Butterflies Garden Daycare is child care in the provider's own home. New York State licenses this kind of home (“group family day care”) for up to 12 children plus 4 school-age children; an assistant must be on hand once more than eight children are present. State inspectors check it, not the city Health Department. The state's file shows 3 inspection visits, most recently Jun 11, 2026, with no uncorrected violations on file. Per the state's record, this provider had violations in the last 3 years, all shown as fixed in the record. Its license or registration runs through May 1, 2029 in the state registry. Everything we publish for this record is free.
Last inspection · record checked against the state's child care registry .
Inspection history
Every state inspection visit on record for this home, newest first, from New York State's public file. We show the record as it stands and don't grade it.
How to read this record
- New York State inspects home programs at least once a year unannounced, when the license or registration comes up for renewal, and after complaints. Every visit is listed with its date and result.
- Violations found means inspectors cited one or more rule violations on that visit. Each one lists the rule, what it requires, and whether the record shows it corrected (fixed) or still uncorrected.
- The state doesn't publish severity rankings the way the city does for daycare centers. Read the description itself, and ask the provider about anything that worries you.
- To double-check anything or request the fuller file, open the official state record or get a pre-filled records-request letter, using the buttons under the inspection list. More in our methodology.
Official rule text — what the state requires: a search of the state-based child abuse or neglect repository of any state other than New York where such person lives or lived during the preceding five years.
What this means
Records The required background clearances include a search of the child abuse or neglect registry of any state other than New York where the person lives or lived during the preceding five years. The citation concerns that search. It does not say what a search found.
Worth asking: Has every adult who needs an out of state registry search had one?
Official rule text — what the state requires: Each program must hold two shelter-in-place drills annually during which procedures and supplies are reviewed. Parents must be made aware of this drill in advance.
What this means
Practice Each program must hold two shelter in place drills a year, during which procedures and supplies are reviewed, and parents must be told about the drill in advance. The citation concerns those drills.
Worth asking: When was the last shelter in place drill, and how were parents told?
Official rule text — what the state requires: The provider, assistant(s), and substitute(s), must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider:
What this means
Records The provider, assistants and substitutes must each give the program a medical statement from a health care provider, on the state's form or an approved equivalent. The citation concerns those statements, and the public record does not say whose was missing.
Worth asking: Is a current medical statement on file for each caregiver?
Official rule text — what the state requires: The provider, assistant(s), and substitute(s), must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: before such person has any involvement in child care work.
What this means
Records The provider, assistants and substitutes must each submit a medical statement from a health care provider before having any involvement in child care work. The citation concerns those statements.
Worth asking: Does every adult who cares for children have a medical statement on file?
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