Brooklyn nursing home · CMS number 335811

Linden Center For Nursing And Rehabilitation

2237 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11207 · (718) 649-7000 · 280 certified beds · For profit - Limited Liability company

CMS ratings, data released Oct 8, 2026

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

“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 275 residents per day in 280 certified beds, so roughly 98% of beds are in use (our division of CMS's two figures). The most recent standard inspection CMS lists was on June 8, 2023, about 39 months before CMS processed this data on September 1, 2026; CMS itself flags that this inspection is more than two years old. CMS reports four health citations for rating cycle 1; this is a cycle total, not necessarily the count from that inspection date. None of the 13 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 227 minutes of nursing time per resident per day, about 40 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	3.78	227
Registered nurses (RN)	0.67	40
Licensed practical nurses (LPN)	0.72	43
Nurse aides	2.39	143
Total nurse staff, weekends	3.34	200
Registered nurses, weekends	0.38	23
Physical therapists	0.06	4

Total nursing staff turnover: 23.5%
Registered nurse turnover: 22.2%
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)	Jun 8, 2023	4	4	0
2 and 3	Dec 16, 2020	0	0	0

CMS's total weighted health inspection score: 18.000. “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.

June 8, 2023: four citations (standard inspection; CMS cycle 1)

F0578 · Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
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 Aug 7, 2023.
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 Aug 7, 2023.
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: E No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy; pattern. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected Aug 7, 2023.
F0925 · Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Scope and severity: E No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy; pattern. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected Aug 7, 2023.

January 10, 2019: nine citations (standard inspection; CMS cycle 3)

F0561 · Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
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 Mar 10, 2019.
F0584 · Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
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 Mar 10, 2019.
F0656 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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 Mar 10, 2019.
F0658 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Scope and severity: E No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy; pattern. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected Mar 10, 2019.
F0688 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Scope and severity: E No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy; pattern. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected Mar 10, 2019.
F0711 · Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
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 Mar 10, 2019.
F0758 · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
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 Mar 10, 2019.
F0803 · Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
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 Mar 10, 2019.
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 Mar 10, 2019.

“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.

Spring Creek Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Center, 660 Louisiana Avenue (11239): 1.1 miles
Brooklyn-Queens Nursing Home, 2749 Linden Boulevard (11208): 1.1 miles
Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home, 1485 Dumont Avenue (11208): 1.1 miles