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The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record

The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center is a 79-bed for-profit nursing home in Brooklyn, New York, part of Shimon Lefkowitz. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.10 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the New York average of 2.15, and 34.8% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).

Certified for Medicare and Medicaid · CMS number 335104

The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center

5606 15th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Kings County
Aide hours per resident a day
2.10
New York average 2.15
Nursing staff turnover
34.8%
New York average 40.3%
Certified beds
79
about 74 residents a day
Fines, last 3 years
0
none on record

CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release

How many staff hours residents get

CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.10 hours per resident per day, about the same as the New York average. With about 74 residents a day, that works out to roughly 155 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.

Staff hours per resident per day at The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, New York average, and US average
Hours per resident per dayThis homeNew York avgUS avg
Nurse aides (CNAs)2.102.152.32
Licensed practical nurses0.470.760.86
Registered nurses0.660.710.69
All nursing staff3.233.623.86
All nursing staff, weekends2.913.183.42

CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.

Staff turnover

34.8% of nursing staff at The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a New York average of 40.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 55.0%. No administrators left over the same period.

Nursing staff turnover
34.8%
New York 40.3% · US 45.8%
Registered nurse turnover
55.0%
New York 39.8% · US 42.9%
Administrators who left
0
New York average 0.4

Inspections and penalties

State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 15, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 health deficiencies (New York average 8.0). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.

Health deficiencies, latest cycle
2
From complaints
0
Infection-control citations
—
Payment denials, 3 years
0

CMS star ratings

CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.

Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
5 of 5
Staffing
2 of 5
Quality measures
3 of 5

About The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center

  • Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Chain: Shimon Lefkowitz, 5 homes
  • Legal name: Palm Tree Care Center LLC
  • Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
  • Councils: resident and family councils
  • Area: urban

Nursing homes near The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center

The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.

Nursing homes near The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Column headers sort the table.
Norwegian Christian Home And Health Center
Brooklyn
0.71352.273.6932.3%4None
Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare
Brooklyn
0.85102.283.6520.0%2None
Palm Gardens Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation
Brooklyn
1.32402.834.3431.5%2None
Bensonhurst Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare
Brooklyn
1.42002.133.6018.7%5None
Hamilton Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Brooklyn
1.92002.343.8823.9%4None
Caton Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, LLC
Brooklyn
1.91191.752.7118.7%4None
Ditmas Park Care Center
Brooklyn
1.92002.654.6322.8%5None
King David Center for Nursing And Rehabilitation
Brooklyn
2.32712.363.9222.8%4None

Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.

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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.