Brooklyn nursing home · CMS number 335626

Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation

40 Heyward Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249 · (718) 858-6200 · 200 certified beds · For profit - Limited Liability company

CMS ratings, data released Oct 8, 2026

Overall: 5/5
Health inspections: 5/5
Staffing: 3/5
Quality measures: 5/5 long-stay 5, short-stay 4

CMS high-performing icon “Nursing homes that perform highly, in addition to the traditional 5-star rating, have a trophy icon. These nursing homes have fewer citations (safety violations), higher staffing levels, and other quality indicators.” (CMS Technical Users' Guide)

“Nursing homes with 5 stars are considered to have much above average quality and nursing homes with 1 star are considered to have quality much below average.” (CMS) How CMS builds these ratings.

Our reading of these numbers

Written by us from the CMS figures on this page. Percentages and minutes are our arithmetic.

CMS counts an average of about 194 residents per day in 200 certified beds, so roughly 97% of beds are in use (our division of CMS's two figures). The most recent standard inspection CMS lists was on March 19, 2025, about 18 months before CMS processed this data on September 1, 2026. CMS reports three health citations for rating cycle 1; this is a cycle total, not necessarily the count from that inspection date. None of the nine citations in CMS's three-year file is at severity G or above, the levels CMS's grid describes as actual harm or immediate jeopardy. Reported nurse staffing works out to about 245 minutes of nursing time per resident per day, about 47 of them from registered nurses (CMS's hours times 60). CMS's three-year penalties file lists no fines or payment denials.

Staffing

“This includes three nurse staffing level measures (hours per resident per day) and three measures of staff turnover.” (CMS Technical Users' Guide) “The staffing measures are derived from data submitted each quarter through the Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) System, along with daily resident census derived from Minimum Data Set, Version 3.0 (MDS 3.0) assessments.” (CMS)

Reported hours per resident per day (CMS). Minutes are our conversion.
Staff	Hours	Minutes
Total nurse staff	4.08	245
Registered nurses (RN)	0.78	47
Licensed practical nurses (LPN)	0.80	48
Nurse aides	2.51	151
Total nurse staff, weekends	3.80	228
Registered nurses, weekends	0.48	29
Physical therapists	0.08	5

Total nursing staff turnover: 29.4%
Registered nurse turnover: 34.2%
Administrators who have left the nursing home: 0

Health inspections and citations

CMS rating cycles. The most recent standard survey (rating cycle 1) is assigned a weighting factor of 3/4, and the second most recent standard survey (rating cycle 2) is assigned a weighted factor of 1/4. The date is the cycle's standard inspection; the counts are CMS's totals for the whole cycle, which can include complaint inspections on other dates. A citation can be classed as both standard and complaint, so those two columns need not add up to the total.
Cycle	Standard inspection date	Cycle total citations	Standard	Complaint
1 (most recent)	Mar 19, 2025	3	3	0
2 and 3	Mar 28, 2023	2	2	0

CMS's total weighted health inspection score: 11.000. “Note that a lower survey score corresponds to fewer deficiencies and revisits, and thus better performance on the health inspection domain.” (CMS)

Every citation in CMS's three-year file for this home, newest first. The letter is CMS's scope and severity code, which indicates the level of harm to the resident(s) involved and the scope of the problem within the nursing home (CMS data dictionary). Letters G to L, marked in red, are the actual-harm and immediate-jeopardy rows of CMS's grid.

March 19, 2025: three citations (standard inspection; CMS cycle 1)

F0550 · Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Scope and severity: D No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy; isolated. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected May 13, 2025.
F0684 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Scope and severity: D No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy; isolated. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected May 13, 2025.
F0761 · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Scope and severity: D No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy; isolated. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected May 13, 2025.

March 28, 2023: two citations (standard inspection; CMS cycle 2)

F0583 · Resident Rights Deficiencies
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Scope and severity: D No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy; isolated. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected May 17, 2023.
F0657 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Scope and severity: D No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy; isolated. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected May 17, 2023.

February 27, 2020: four citations (standard inspection; CMS cycle 3)

F0679 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Scope and severity: D No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy; isolated. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected Feb 27, 2020.
F0761 · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Scope and severity: D No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy; isolated. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected Feb 28, 2020.
F0812 · Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Scope and severity: F No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy; widespread. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected Feb 28, 2020.
F0880 · Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Scope and severity: D No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy; isolated. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected Feb 28, 2020.

“Note that results from the third most recent recertification health inspection and associated deficiencies are displayed on Care Compare but are not used for health inspection ratings.” (CMS)

Fines and payment denials

CMS's penalties file, “A list of the fines and payment denials received by nursing homes in the last three years.” (CMS), has no entries for this home.

Nearest other nursing homes

Straight-line distance between CMS's map coordinates (our calculation), not travel distance.

The Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 140 St. Edwards Street (11201): 1.2 miles
Concord Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 300 Madison Street (11216): 1.2 miles
New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center, LLC, 405 Carlton Avenue (11238): 1.2 miles