Brooklyn Senior Care

Brooklyn nursing home · CMS number 335104

The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center…

5606 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219 · (718) 851-1000 · 79 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 TREE CARE CENTER LLC.

CMS ratings, data released Oct 8, 2026
Overall
5/5
Health inspections
5/5
Staffing
2/5
Quality measures
3/5 long-stay 4, short-stay 3

“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 74 residents per day in 79 certified beds, so roughly 93% of beds are in use (our division of CMS's two figures). The most recent standard inspection CMS lists was on May 15, 2025, about 16 months before CMS processed this data on September 1, 2026. CMS reports two health citations for rating cycle 1; this is a cycle total, not necessarily the count from that inspection date. Of the 14 citations in CMS's three-year file, one is at severity G or above, the levels CMS's grid describes as actual harm or immediate jeopardy (F0604, Nov 26, 2021). Reported nurse staffing works out to about 194 minutes of nursing time per resident per day, about 39 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 staff3.23194
Registered nurses (RN)0.6639
Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.4728
Nurse aides2.10126
Total nurse staff, weekends2.91175
Registered nurses, weekends0.4426
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)May 15, 2025220
2 and 3Aug 17, 2023110

CMS's total weighted health inspection score: 7.000. “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.

May 15, 2025: two citations (standard inspection; CMS cycle 1)
  • F0655 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
    Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
    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 Jun 18, 2025.
  • F0676 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
    Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is 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 Jun 18, 2025.
August 17, 2023: one citation (standard inspection; CMS cycle 2)
  • 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 Sep 18, 2023.
November 26, 2021: eleven citations (standard inspection; CMS cycle 3)
  • 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 21, 2022.
  • 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 Jan 21, 2022.
  • 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 Jan 21, 2022.
  • F0604 · Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
    Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
    Scope and severity: K Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety; pattern. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction, corrected Jan 21, 2022.
  • F0610 · Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
    Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
    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 21, 2022.
  • 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 Jan 21, 2022.
  • 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 Jan 21, 2022.
  • 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 Jan 21, 2022.
  • F0867 · Administration Deficiencies
    Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
    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 21, 2022.
  • F0880 · Infection Control Deficiencies
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    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 21, 2022.
  • F0921 · Environmental Deficiencies
    Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
    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 21, 2022.

“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
335104
Legal business name
PALM TREE 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
January 1, 1967
Average residents per day
73.8
Inside a hospital
No
Continuing care retirement community
No
Resident and family council
Both
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.