Brierwood Child Care of Lancaster, Inc.
A day care center in Lancaster, New York 14086
4920 William Street, Lancaster, New York 14086. (716) 681-2500.
What New York’s list coversOutside New York City
Programs New York State’s Office of Children and Family Services licenses or registers outside New York City, each county added once it is read in full. Programs in the city’s five boroughs, including the day care centers its Health Department regulates, aren’t here yet.
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The short answer
Record last released by New York State Office of Children and Family Services on Nov 5, 2026.
- 5 violations in the last three years
- Sep 102026 the latest visit on record
- 122 children, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean4
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
17 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 10, 2026.
5 violations cited in the last three years.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
5 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each violation, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
Nov 24, 2025: fire Safety - Alternate Year1 violation
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The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: documentation showing inspection and approval of any steam or hot water boilers performed in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Department of Labor and service performed once every 24 months during the current license period on all other fuel burning heating systems and equipment and boilers not subject to the New York State Department of Labor requirements;
Jan 27, 2025: mid-Point1 violation
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Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required thirty (30) hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions:
Feb 27, 2024: fire Safety - Alternate Year1 violation
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The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: documentation showing inspection and approval of any steam or hot water boilers performed in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Department of Labor and service performed once every 24 months during the current license period on all other fuel burning heating systems and equipment and boilers not subject to the New York State Department of Labor requirements;
Feb 5, 2024: annual Unannounced2 violations
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The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times;
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The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: children’s individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child’s medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by child care center staff; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | Fire Safety - Renewal | No violations found |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 7, 2026 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Annual Unannounced | No violations found |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Self Reported Serious Incident | No violations found |
| Jan 27, 2025 | Mid-Point | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | No violations found |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| May 15, 2024 | Monitoring | No violations found |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Fire Safety - Alternate Year | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 5, 2024 | Annual Unannounced | 2 violations cited |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Monitoring | No violations found |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, open since Jan 1, 2003.
- School district: Lancaster.
- Capacity, in New York’s words: 16 Infants, 33 Toddlers, 49 Preschoolers and 24 School-Aged Children.
- Approved by New York to give medication.
- Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
- Licence 100645, issued Jan 1, 2023, expires Dec 31, 2026.
- Capacity: 122 children.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
Has New York acted against it?
- No complaints in the last three years.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- New York doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual programs.
Who owns it?
- New York’s open data doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Doesn’t take part in QUALITYstarsNY, New York’s quality rating program.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 467 child care providers in Erie County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 5.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Brierwood Child Care of Lancaster, Inc. This child care provider | 5 |
| Childrens Garden Preschool | 1 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 5 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 1 |
| YMCA Buffalo Niagara | 6 |
| Gina Property Holdings LLC | 1 |
| BRIGHTPATH | 1 |
| KinderCare Education LLC | 22 |
| Little O’s Cuddley Family Day Care | 0 |
| Bluff, Lori | 0 |
| Stepping Stones Family Day Care | 0 |
| Harris, Tonya | 4 |
What the record doesn’t say
- New York doesn’t grade violations by severity, so read what was cited.
- New York’s records give the regulation behind each violation, not what the inspector saw.
- New York’s program pages cover four calendar years; this page shows the last three years.
- New York doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual programs.
Sources
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New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs (cb42-qumz).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history.
Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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