Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
520 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238 · Kings County · 320 certified beds · avg 307 residents/day · certified since Jun 1, 1978
Part of chain: CASSENA CARE (13 facilities, chain avg rating 4.2★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★★★☆4/5 · CMS overall rating: 5/5
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.
Most serious findings (actual harm or immediate jeopardy)
▲ Actual harm, one-off · Jun 27, 2025 · F-0584 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs.
Why it matters: An unsafe or unclean environment affects residents' health, comfort, and dignity every single day.
Severity (G): One or a few residents were actually harmed — physically or emotionally — though not put in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Corrected: Jul 18, 2025 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
All citations in the current public record (18)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2025 | ▲ G · Actual harm, one-off | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. · from a complaint |
| Jun 27, 2025 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility was not managed in a way that uses its money, staff, and resources effectively and efficiently to care for residents. · from a complaint |
| Apr 10, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. |
| Jan 10, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not fully assess residents on time — a complete assessment of health, abilities, and needs is required when a resident is first admitted and at least once every 12 months after that. |
| Jan 10, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not update each resident's care assessment at least once every 3 months. These regular check-ins keep the resident's care plan matched to their current condition. |
| Jan 10, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not enter each resident's assessment information into the required format and send it to the state within 7 days of completing the assessment, as the rules require. |
| Jan 10, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not accurately assess a resident's health and needs. Assessments are the foundation for all the care a resident receives. |
| Jan 10, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility allowed residents to lose the ability to do daily activities — like bathing, dressing, and eating — when there was no medical reason for the decline. Good care helps residents keep the abilities they have. |
| Jan 10, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide activities that meet residents' needs and interests. Nursing homes must offer meaningful activity programs, not just leave residents idle. |
| Jan 10, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
| Oct 29, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not properly hold, secure, and manage residents' personal money that was deposited with it for safekeeping. Facilities holding residents' funds must keep careful, honest accounts. |
| Oct 29, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility used physical restraints — devices that limit a resident's movement — when they weren't needed for medical treatment. |
| Oct 29, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not develop a resident's complete plan of care within 7 days of the full assessment, or the plan wasn't prepared, reviewed, and updated by a team of health professionals as required. |
| Oct 29, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility allowed residents to lose the ability to do daily activities — like bathing, dressing, and eating — when there was no medical reason for the decline. Good care helps residents keep the abilities they have. |
| Oct 29, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. |
| Oct 29, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. |
| Oct 29, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not protect residents' personal information or did not keep complete, accurate medical records that meet professional standards. |
| Oct 29, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections decreased between the last two inspection cycles (7 → 1).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | D |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | D |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | G ▲ |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
No fines or payment denials in the published 3-year window.
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | New York avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 2.94 | 3.58 | 3.95 | bottom 22% in New York; bottom 12% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.98 | 0.68 | 0.69 | top 12% in New York; top 16% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 2.55 | 3.13 | 3.50 | bottom 19% in New York; bottom 11% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.86 | 0.48 | 0.48 | top 10% in New York; top 9% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 37.2 | 40.3 | 45.8 | top 47% in New York; top 29% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 46.3 | 39.8 | 42.9 | bottom 31% in New York; bottom 41% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.23, RN 1.08, weekend 2.80. Staffing rating: 3/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 5/5 · long-stay residents: 5/5 · short-stay residents: 4/5
Who owns this facility
For profit - Limited Liability company
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carillo, Joseph | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 10% | 03/03/2016 |
| Debenedictis, Pasquale | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 27% | 03/03/2016 |
| Friedman, Leopold | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 27% | 03/03/2016 |
| Rutenberg, Solomon | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 8% | 03/03/2016 |
| Solovey, Alex | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 27% | 03/03/2016 |
| Carillo, Joseph | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/03/2016 |
| Debenedictis, Pasquale | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/03/2016 |
| Derosa, Anthony | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/03/2016 |
| Friedman, Leopold | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/03/2016 |
| Rutenberg, Solomon | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/03/2016 |
| Schrieber, Michael | Individual | W-2 Managing Employee | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/25/2018 |
| Schrieber, Michael | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/25/2018 |
| Solovey, Alex | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/03/2016 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "Can we tour the resident rooms, bathrooms, and common areas today, including areas not on the usual tour route?"
- "What were the findings behind this administration citation, and what has leadership changed since?"
- "How many residents here use oxygen or breathing equipment, and who checks that equipment each shift?"
- "How soon after admission is a full assessment completed, and how are the findings shared with the family?"
- "How do you track that every resident's quarterly assessment happens on time?"
- "How do you make sure resident assessments are completed and submitted to the state on time?"
- "Who completes resident assessments here, and how do you check them for accuracy?"
- "How do you help residents maintain their daily living skills, and how do you measure whether it's working?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 0.9 mi | Brooklyn, NY | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center, LLC | 0.9 mi | Brooklyn, NY | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Oxford Nursing Home | 1.0 mi | Brooklyn, NY | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitatio | 1.2 mi | Brooklyn, NY | ★★★☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Dr Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation | 1.5 mi | Brooklyn, NY | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| The Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center | 1.6 mi | Brooklyn, NY | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| The Monarch at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing | 1.6 mi | Brooklyn, NY | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare | 1.6 mi | Brooklyn, NY | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 335625.