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Brooklyn Center for Rehabilitation and Residential

170 BUFFALO AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY, 11213
(718) 252-9800
brooklyn-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org
281 licensed beds
★★★★★2/5CMS Five-Star overall2/5 health inspections2/5 staffing4/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Public record summary

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Bed capacity
281
CMS facility ID
335178
Care type
Nursing home
County
Kings
Facility name
Brooklyn Center for Rehabilitation and Residential
Street address
170 BUFFALO AVENUE
City / state / ZIP
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Phone
(718) 252-9800
Website
brooklyn-center.facilities.centershealthcare.org

About this facility — Brooklyn Center for Rehabilitation and Residential

Brooklyn Center for Rehabilitation and Residential is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Brooklyn, New York. It is licensed for 281 beds — well above the median for skilled nursing facilities in New York (160 beds).

It is one of 100 senior care facilities in Brooklyn and 596 skilled nursing facilities across New York. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Brooklyn Center for Rehabilitation and Residential 35 times across 9 inspections in the last three years, including 3 food-safety citations, and CMS has imposed $9,110 in fines. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
Centers Health Care
Ownership type
For profit - Limited Liability company

Registered owners & officers

Rozenberg, Kenneth
Direct owner — 95% stake — since 2015
Abramchik, Amir
Additional disclosable party — since 2000
Balin, Yonatan
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Blumenfeld, Sol
Partner — since 2021
Goldman, Nathan
Governing body — since 2025
Hendrix, Heidi
Governing body — since 2025
Lantzitsky, Aharon
Governing body — since 2025
Lati, Zev
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2024
Lerner, Leo
Partner — since 2007

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
4 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
1967-01-01
CMS overall rating
2 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
7 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$9,110 total
Last standard inspection
2025-12-08
Nurse staffing
3.7 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$566 per day (≈ $17,210/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
54% Medicaid · 22% Medicare · 24% private/other
Occupancy
96% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
16% above the NY median of $486/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
281
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 3 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2025-12-08Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0602
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Corrected 2026-01-10
F-0761
D · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2026-01-10
2025-11-04Health inspectionComplaint-triggered5 citations
F-0609
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Corrected 2025-12-10
F-0657
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2025-12-10
F-0684
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2025-12-10
F-0688
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
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.
Corrected 2025-12-10
F-0689
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2025-11-26
5 earlier / fire-safety inspections (28 citations)
2023-11-02Health inspectionComplaint-triggered13 citations
F-0550
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Corrected 2023-11-30
F-0553
D · No harm found
Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
Corrected 2023-11-30
F-0580
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Corrected 2023-11-30
F-0609
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Corrected 2023-11-30
F-0610
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Corrected 2023-11-30
F-0684
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2023-11-30
F-0688
D · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2023-11-30
F-0689
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2023-11-30
F-0711
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
Corrected 2023-11-30
F-0761
D · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2023-11-30
F-0791
D · No harm found
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Corrected 2023-11-30
F-0812
F · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2023-11-30
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2023-11-30
2021-09-29Health inspection9 citations
F-0574
F · No harm found
The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands.
Corrected 2021-11-19
F-0577
F · No harm found
Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
Corrected 2021-11-19
F-0656
D · No harm found
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2021-11-19
F-0657
D · No harm found
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2021-11-19
F-0688
D · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2021-11-19
F-0711
D · No harm found
Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
Corrected 2021-11-19
F-0732
C · No harm found
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Corrected 2021-11-19
F-0812
F · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2021-11-19
F-0814
D · No harm foundFood safety
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Corrected 2021-11-19
2025-12-08Fire-safety inspection2 citations
K-0223
D · No harm found
Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.
Corrected 2026-01-13
K-0311
D · No harm found
Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.
Corrected 2026-01-13
2023-11-02Fire-safety inspection2 citations
K-0311
E · No harm found
Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.
Corrected 2023-11-13
K-0351
D · No harm found
Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
Corrected 2023-11-13
2021-09-29Fire-safety inspection2 citations
E-0015
F · No harm found
Address subsistence needs for staff and patients.
Corrected 2021-11-19
K-0311
D · No harm found
Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.
Corrected 2021-10-24

Federal penalties

2025-11-04Fine$9,110
Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 335178.

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Ownership & corporate history

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Prior operators & transfers
Corporate network & affiliates
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Owners' other facilities
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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Civil & criminal lawsuits

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Federal dockets
CDC infection data
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Original records

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Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
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Google Business Profile
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