CCLC at 90 Park

CCLC @ 90 Park is AMAZING! Both our children have been enrolled there for the past 2 years. The director, Kim Palumbo and her entire staff are caring, professional, early childhood educators. We feel so fortunate to have our kids there, and they love it! The center is clean and spacious and the kids frequently take trips around the neighborhood including Bryant Park, Grand Central Station, the NY Public Library and more. The classrooms are a wonderful learning environment and our kids have learned so much!

CCLC Park is a very well-​run child care center that’s just a couple blocks walk from Grand Central — a miracle! The center takes babies through Pre-​K, and is open from 7am — 6:30 pm.
On my tour, I was very impressed by the director, Kim Palumbo, who has 15+ years of early education experience and is a mom herself. The center also has another full-​time administrator. In my experience, having full-​time administrative staff is essential to maintaining the quality of a child care center.
The center has two infant classrooms, one toddler classroom, one 2’s classroom, and one 3 – 4’s classroom. The infant classrooms are teeny-​tiny, especially after you add all those cribs, but the other classrooms are good size, and the lobby feels spacious and nice.
This review is based on a tour I took in February of 2013, so the specifics might be dated. That said, one of my colleagues has sent her child here for the past year and she is delighted with the quality of care.
As of my tour in February 2013, CCLC offered full-​time, MWF and TR options. For full-​time care, monthly tuition was about $ 2.6K /​month for infants, scaling down to $ 2.2K /​month for Pre-​K.
Given that the Bright Horizons at Rockefeller Center is closing in September 2014, I expect there will be a lot of demand at CCLC. I’d recommend taking a tour and getting on the waitlist long before you need care.

We have had our son at CCLC’s 90 Park location for just over one month. It has been an unbelievable experience. The quality of care they provide is undeniable — and I was certainly nervous going into the whole daycare situation. Now looking back, it is the best decision i ever made. The facility is super cute and clean, and the teachers are always smiling and always giving so much love to the children. When you walk through the door you can see that the kids are HAPPY — which says it all. Everyone at the center is equally professional as they are personable and they are completely understanding of every child’s specific needs as well as every parent’s individual concerns. When i go pick my son up each day i hear all about his activities, his mood, how he slept, how he ate — the full report. It makes me feel 100% comfortable dropping him off every day, knowing he is being stimulated, attended to, cared for and ultimately loved. They have my highest recommendation,

Our daughter has been there for several months now. My wife and I love the care and attention she gets there. The teachers are incredibly dedicated, attentive, and communicate with us really well. We get pictures of all the activities that they do every week. We are extremely happy with our choice!

My son has been here for several months and I am nothing more than 101% satisfied with every aspect of CCLC. I never think twice about his good care in the hands of the fantastic, professional, highly educated teachers there. If you have to work all day like most parents in NYC and you have access to CCLC as your daycare/​preschool center, have no hesitation placing your child in their care.