Adventureland Child Care

Fantastic day care staffed with loving, experienced teachers and no-​nonsense office managers. My husband and I couldn’t recommend this place more.
As a first time mom I was super concerned about leaving my son (four months at the time) with anyone other than family but now, after four months at Adventureland, it’s apparent that we made the right choice. Our son loves this place.
No matter what time we stop in, the teachers are giving the babies their undivided attention be it through playing, rocking, books, or song. Adventureland is impeccably clean and the baby room is bright and cheerful.
We were initially enrolled in a pricier day care nearby but after months of little to no communication on their end and a closed-​door policy, we started looking into alternatives. To be honest, we found the lack of Adventureland curb appeal to be off-​putting so it was one of the last options we explored. Big mistake to write it off without going inside, meeting the staff, and understanding their commitment to the health and well being of the babies.

My daughter attended Adventureland from 8 months to 20 months of age. We were happy with the infant room-​they accept a small number of infants starting at 6 months of age and up. My daughter seemed happy and well cared for and the teachers were warm and caring and happy to follow directions sent from home. That is really all she needed at that age.
At 14 months or so my daughter and a couple of her infant room classmates moved up to the toddler room next door. I believe there were 10 – 12 toddlers and 2 – 3 teachers in the room at any given time. I learned about the ratios required when choosing a daycare and never found them out of ratio. The toddler teachers were also very warm and caring and good about communicating with us (harder to find than you may think) But the room was small and the toddlers under 2 do not (at least when we were there) have access to the roof top playground area. Our child started to seem bored when there and sad at drop off. We choose to place her at a school with lots of outdoor space and a full gym as well as a more developed academic program and I think this was the right move for her. She needed more space to run around and a more structured day.
They do close promptly at 6pm and they are closed pretty much on the public school schedule in terms of holidays (so they are closed quite a bit). The cost was about $ 1250 a month for full time.

My child (4 months) has been here just over a month. This place is very good.
There are enough teachers VS kids, they are all friendly and talkative.
You can see by the end of the day that the teachers are worn out, so it shows they keep busy with the kids.
I am not a day care expert, but the changes in our girl are noticeable & very positive.
We compared our girl vs other similar aged home raised kids and she’s already past them in social development.
This place is actually one of 5, we are on a waiting list to move closer to our house.
Out of what’s we’ve seen, this is one of the best you can find in Queens.
The only draw back is that they raised their price for the younger age group which although understandable, doesn’t make it any easier raising a kid in New York.
Overall conclusion:
It would be a 5 star review if they didn’t bump up the price and if they had later hours available.
However, this place is priceless for working parents plus socially I don’t think my kid could get a better start then this place.
Other worth to mention notes:
They are one block from the yellow line in Astoria, they have a place to leave your stroller, clock-​in clock-​out system, accommodating management and most of all, they give the kids good food.