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The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center

5606 15th Avenue, BROOKLYN, NY, 11219

(718) 851-1000

79 licensed beds

★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall5/5 health inspections2/5 staffing3/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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5606 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11219

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CMS facility ID

335104

Care type

Nursing home

County

Kings

Facility name

The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center

Street address

5606 15th Avenue

City / state / ZIP

Brooklyn, NY 11219

Phone

(718) 851-1000

About this facility — The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center

The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Brooklyn, New York. It is licensed for 79 beds — well below 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 The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center 32 times across 6 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation; no federal fines are on record. 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

Shimon Lefkowitz

Ownership type

For profit - Limited Liability company

Registered owners & officers

Lefkowitz, Shimon

Direct owner · Officer · Operational control · Partner · Additional disclosable party — 98% stake — since 2008

Badin, Steven

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2024

Binder, Zev

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2022

Lefkowitz, Chani

Direct owner — since 2009

Regulatory standing

Licensed / certified since

1967-01-01

CMS overall rating

5 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

2 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2025-05-15

Nurse staffing

3.2 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$594 per day (≈ $18,060/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

56% Medicaid · 22% Medicare · 22% private/other

Occupancy

89% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

22% above the NY median of $486/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

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 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2025-05-15Health inspection2 citations

F-0655

D · No harm found

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

Corrected 2025-06-18

F-0676

D · No harm found

Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.

Corrected 2025-06-18

2023-08-17Health inspection1 citation

F-0803

D · No harm foundFood safety

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.

Corrected 2023-09-18

4 earlier / fire-safety inspections (29 citations)

2021-11-26Health inspection11 citations

F-0550

D · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Corrected 2022-01-21

F-0578

D · No harm found

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.

Corrected 2022-01-21

F-0584

D · No harm found

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.

Corrected 2022-01-21

F-0604

K · Immediate jeopardy

Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.

Corrected 2022-01-21

F-0610

D · No harm found

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Corrected 2022-01-21

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 2022-01-21

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 2022-01-21

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 2022-01-21

F-0867

E · No harm found

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

Corrected 2022-01-21

F-0880

E · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2022-01-21

F-0921

E · No harm found

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.

Corrected 2022-01-21

2025-05-15Fire-safety inspection3 citations

K-0225

E · No harm found

Have stairways and smokeproof enclosures used as exits that meet safety requirements.

Corrected 2025-05-30

K-0355

D · No harm found

Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.

Corrected 2025-05-29

K-0918

C · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2025-05-28

2023-08-17Fire-safety inspection1 citation

K-0918

D · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2023-09-14

2021-11-26Fire-safety inspection14 citations

K-0211

D · No harm found

Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.

Corrected 2022-01-15

K-0222

E · No harm found

Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.

Corrected 2022-01-15

K-0225

E · No harm found

Have stairways and smokeproof enclosures used as exits that meet safety requirements.

Corrected 2022-01-15

K-0281

D · No harm found

Install proper backup exit lighting.

Corrected 2022-01-15

K-0291

D · No harm found

Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.

Corrected 2022-01-15

K-0311

E · No harm found

Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.

Corrected 2022-01-15

K-0321

E · No harm found

Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.

Corrected 2022-01-15

K-0341

D · No harm found

Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility.

Corrected 2022-01-15

K-0351

E · No harm found

Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.

Corrected 2022-02-07

K-0353

D · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2022-01-15

K-0362

E · No harm found

Ensure that corridors are separated from use areas by walls constructed to limit the passage of smoke.

Corrected 2022-01-15

K-0372

E · No harm found

Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.

Corrected 2022-01-15

K-0911

E · No harm found

Meet requirements for the installation and maintenance of electrical systems.

Corrected 2022-01-15

K-0920

E · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2022-01-15

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 335104.

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Source

CMS Nursing Home Compare

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Last verified 2026-08-31

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