Bumble Bee Daycare

Bumble Bee is great! They took our daughter in when our prior day care unexpectedly had to release some children from their care. They helped my daughter through a tough period of transition with a lot of love and attention. We were only with Bumble Bee for a short time, because we have since left Brooklyn. However, even during that short time, we had wonderful experience and have nothing but great things to say about Eunice, Safira and the rest of the Bumble Bee team. My daughter already misses them.

I don’t review things very often, but I felt the need to write this because we were so upset by our experience at Bumble Bee Daycare. The caregivers were rough and uncaring with our son, and we ended up having to remove him from this daycare. It was an experience that I don’t wish on any parent.

The tldr of this review is that I love Bumblebee Daycare and would recommend them without reservations.
The thing I appreciate most about Bumblebee is how loving all the members of the staff are. They genuinely love all the kids there. Whenever I pick up my son, the staff have a deluge of stories about the cute things he’s done that day and often about cute things the other kids have been up to. They’ve given my son about a million cute little nicknames and they’re always very affectionate toward him. My son loves it there, he always claps when we arrive at their front door.
Bumblebee has been great to work with. They’re responsive by phone and email and have been very accommodating and flexible with my sometimes difficult schedule. My son started with Bumblebee as soon as he was old enough. I’m a first time parent and the staff at Bumblebee have given helpful little tips on doing this or that whenever I ask. They’re great at teaching the kids. They work on good behavior like following directions, being kind, and being neat. They sing songs and do art projects. There’s also an outdoor area where they spend as much time as weather permits. Inside the area is clean and kid friendly. In short, it’s a place you can feel happy bringing your child to.

I am so grateful for Bumble Bee Daycare! I researched and visited many, many daycares before we found Bumble BeeThe owner and staff have been great partners in helping raise our son. We have been there a year, and we are only leaving because we are moving out of state.
Here are some of the things we love:
— Great communication and clear expectations from the very beginning
— they are always available via email and phone
— home cooked meals
— the staff seems genuinely happy and content to be there
— they send pictures of my son
— there is a healthy balance of order and unstructured playtime
— I can drop by whenever I want to see my son, which is very important to me
— they always remember the littlest details to tell me about his day, which brings me so much joy
— most importantly, my son loves it and as soon as he kisses us goodbye, he can’t wait to go join the other kids
I heartily recommend Bumble Bee!

The staff at Bumble Bee is excellent, and has taken amazing care of my son. They are very attentive and bonded quickly with him, and we noticed that he was happy and excited to go to daycare every day. The staff is great about giving parents information on how their child does each day (e.g. naps, meals). The facilities are always clean and in good condition.

To start, my husband and I are young (–ish…) and first time parents living in the area. We have absolutely no idea what we are doing with our daughter most of the time, and we have no family within several hundred miles of Brooklyn. We both work. Bumble Bee Daycare has been a real lifesaver for us.
I researched and visited many daycares when I was pregnant, and to be honest, all of them started to seem the same. I picked Bumble Bee because they made an effort to keep prices reasonable, they have a very low infant to carer ratio (lowest I could find!), the babies looked clean and happy and I had a good rapport with the employees I met there. My daughter is now 9 months and she’s been with them for 6 months. Honestly, my husband and I feel very comfortable that she is in their care, and we’ve made a big effort to get to know the staff. I have only positive things to say about all of the carers.
I won’t say our experience has been perfect, but what makes this a 5 star place is how responsive all the staff is and how much they make an effort to care for my daughter. A great example: I received a call (every mom’s nightmare) saying my girl had spiked a very high fever and needed to go to the doctor. I scrambled to get out of work and arrived over an hour later. One of the carers had been holding my daughter and wrapping her in wet towels to lower her fever… the carer was absolutely soaking wet when I arrived, and she didn’t mind at all — the first thing she asked me was to make sure to call them after I got to the pediatrician to make sure my daughter was okay.
I think we’ve managed to make this experience feel as «family-​like» as we can, which means a lot to us. The staff is fabulous. I’ve even learned some parenting techniques (they taught me how to feed her solids and have given me advice on getting my reluctant napper to sleep).

Our son has been enrolled at Bumble Bee since he was three months old (he is now ten months), and we’re grateful to have found caregivers who have shown him so much attention and affection.
We trust them completely while he is in their care and have always felt reassured by how many staff are on hand. As hard as it is to leave him every day, especially at the start when he was so small, we take comfort knowing that the staff enjoys what they do and seems to really care about the kids there. We’ve been lucky that he’s taken to the staff so much that there’s no separation anxiety when we drop him off, he loves his time there.
We also find the staff responsive, especially via email, when we have questions or need to notify them of our schedule changes.

My wife and I have had our son in daycare with bumble bee for 4 months now, and the experience and care has been wonderful! Our son started when he was just 4 months old. At first, we were nervous about leaving him with complete strangers, but the staff at BB quickly proved to be extremely caring.
Safyrah and Anna are absolute pros when it comes to looking after children, and they legitimately fall in love with every kid they work with. Eunice, who handles the business end, is extremely on point and flexible. Overall, we recommend them without hesitation.

My 4 mos. old son has been a Bumble Bee for about a month. We found the daycare through Park Slope Parents and Unilocal.After reading such positive reviews and exploring various options, we signed up. So far we’ve been really happy with BB.
I’m sorry to read that someone had such an unpleasant experience. Ours has been different. We’ve found Eunice, the owner, is very responsible, accommodating and communicative.
As other posts mentioned, the staff is amazing. And that’s one of the most important factors we looked for. We appreciate that they work with our requests (adding in naps, using cloth diapers).
Sometimes it gets a little hectic during pickup and there’s not much room to wait. Also, it’d be great if they have a little spot to nurse/​feed the baby if needed during pickup/​drop off. But, it’s NY and we all know how limited space is.
The price is reasonable. But they only take cash or check. You prepay for the week.

Bumble Bee Daycare is a really great place. I enrolled my five month old son Milo. Whenever I am there the babies are all happy as could be with no tears in sight! The staff is really nurturing, loving and patient. I have found Eunice and the rest of the staff really fast to respond to emails or any other inquiries we have. I’d would absolutely recommend.

Our daughter happily attended Bumble Bee Daycare for almost two years. Bumblee Bee’s huge strength is providing a genuinely warm environment. The women who work there connect with children. They get to know them. They find them fun and interesting. They give them a lot of individual attention. My daughter is very attached to her «teachers» and has made good friends. They do a wonderful job teaching infants and toddlers social skills and how to be independent. Over the last two years I was often surprised to see our daughter pick up a skill I had very little part in teaching her (counting to 11, saying please and I’m sorry, and blowing her own nose). Another plus — her teachers are willing to babysit on evenings and weekends. It’s great to have a highly qualified babysitter that our daughter knows.
We left for logistical reasons and hope to have her return occasionally or in the future.

Until our son began preschool this week, he attended Bumble Bee Daycare. We are big fans of the facility, and of the woman who basically runs it, Eunice. (I did a lot of research for the Prospect Heights and Park Slope areas and went to view various places before making a final decision.) Bumble Bee was not only a valuable resource for care during working hours, but also for supplemental babysitting, and we can confidently recommend it to anyone.
They provide healthy, balanced regular hot meals and snacks, which is a great help once your little one starts eating solids. They also have daily circle/​song time, crafts projects, various skills building toys/​activities, and sufficient and regular outdoor play in a well kept area in the back. When our time there came to a close last week, we actually shed a few tears because they’d become like family to us, and we intend to continue to use them as an after school resource as needed.

My child has attended this daycare for one year. The staff at bumblebee is very caring and nurturing. They try their best to make each child and their family happy. The management however needs improvement. The owner does not respond to emails promptly or at all. The owner makes changes without informing parents. For example, I gave permission for my child to nap in a playpen in a napping room, and one day I found my child on a mat at pickup near the daycare entrance. To my surprise there was no more napping room. The place is also very dirty. I threw away several pairs of my child’s socks as they were not even washable. Because of the filthy floors I did not permit my child to go barefoot. The daily notes were illegible until a new staff member googled a better form. Rules also change on the spot and are not communicated by the owner. The owner also created an all or nothing policy about meals and told me that if I sent in all food from home, then my child could not have any daycare food or snacks. It has been a rough year and stressful dealing with management. An employee requested a medical ASAP to, keep them from failing an audit. If it is that important, you should give a parent more than a days notice. The daycare is expanding and growing faster than the owner can handle. The owner appears more concerned about making money then making the neccesary changes to keep parents happy and a smooth running daycare. Staff appear frustrated with the owner also. There is no licensed teacher although parents were misled to believe so. Children sleep on hard floor mats up against a baseboard heater that is missing connectors. Also, the phone is out of order often and the answering machine message is a chinsese message that is not for bumble bee daycare. Lots and lots of stuff… The list is endless…

My daughter has attended Bumble Bee for six months as of this review. She began when she was 5 months old and has thrived under the care of the wonderful staff, who are flexible, well-​trained, patient and kind.
The best endorsement is this: not once has my daughter cried at being dropped off, and she often cries at being picked up, because she doesn’t want to leave her friends. She is always excited to be there and loves going to school.

My niece is a student at Bumble Bee and my sister wanted me to write about what a great place this is! Unlike other Daycare centers, their bright location, clean and safe backyard is a great place for her little one to run around. The organizers and day care staff are kind and attentive. There are also a lot of little extra touches that make moms feel like their kids are very well taken care of such as the daily reports.
We are very happy that they have joined the neighborhood and will be keeping her there for a long time. My sister is pregnant and definitely plans to send her next baby there as well!