Brooklyn Senior Care

Brooklyn nursing home · CMS number 335328

Palm Gardens Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation…

615 Avenue C, Brooklyn, NY 11218 · (718) 633-3300 · 240 certified beds · For profit - Limited Liability company

This name stops at 50 characters in CMS's file, so it may be cut short. CMS's legal business name for the home: PALM GARDENS CARE CENTER LLC.

CMS ratings, data released Oct 8, 2026
Overall
2/5
Health inspections
3/5
Staffing
2/5
Quality measures
1/5 long-stay 1, short-stay 1

“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 232 residents per day in 240 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 December 3, 2025, about 9 months before CMS processed this data on September 1, 2026. CMS reports seven health citations for rating cycle 1; this is a cycle total, not necessarily the count from that inspection date. None of the 14 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 261 minutes of nursing time per resident per day, about 48 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.
StaffHoursMinutes
Total nurse staff4.34261
Registered nurses (RN)0.7948
Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.7143
Nurse aides2.83170
Total nurse staff, weekends4.02241
Registered nurses, weekends0.7042
Physical therapists0.063

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.
CycleStandard inspection dateCycle total citationsStandardComplaint
1 (most recent)Dec 3, 2025770
2 and 3Aug 31, 2023660

CMS's total weighted health inspection score: 30.000. “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.

December 3, 2025: seven 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 Jan 29, 2026.
  • F0577 · Resident Rights Deficiencies
    Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
    Scope and severity: C No actual harm with potential for minimal harm; widespread. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected Jan 29, 2026.
  • F0695 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
    Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
    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 Jan 29, 2026.
  • F0725 · Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
    Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
    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 Jan 29, 2026.
  • F0732 · Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
    Post nurse staffing information every day.
    Scope and severity: C No actual harm with potential for minimal harm; widespread. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected Jan 29, 2026.
  • F0756 · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
    Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
    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 Jan 29, 2026.
  • 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 Jan 29, 2026.
August 31, 2023: six citations (standard inspection; CMS cycle 2)
  • F0570 · Resident Rights Deficiencies
    Assure the security of all personal funds of residents deposited with the facility.
    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 Oct 23, 2023.
  • F0641 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
    Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
    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 Oct 23, 2023.
  • 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: 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 Oct 23, 2023.
  • F0755 · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
    Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
    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 Oct 23, 2023.
  • F0756 · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
    Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
    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 Oct 23, 2023.
  • 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 Oct 23, 2023.
June 18, 2021: one citation (standard inspection; CMS cycle 3)
  • 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 12, 2021.

“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.

More from CMS's file

Provider information
CMS certification number
335328
Legal business name
PALM GARDENS CARE CENTER LLC
Ownership type
For profit - Limited Liability company
Chain
SHIMON LEFKOWITZ (5 homes; CMS chain average overall rating 2.8)
Program
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved for Medicare and Medicaid
June 1, 1971
Average residents per day
232.1
Inside a hospital
No
Continuing care retirement community
No
Resident and family council
Resident
Sprinklers in all required areas
Yes
Changed ownership in last 12 months
No

CMS's own page for this home: Medicare Care Compare.

Nearest other nursing homes

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