North Brook Heights Home for Adults

The local health department inspects the kitchen that serves residents. Results are in the agency's own words.

New York State Department of Health: Northbrook Heights Home for Adults

• Sep 17, 2026 (inspection): 1 critical, 0 not critical.
  1 violation

  • Toxic chemicals are improperly labeled, stored or used so that contamination of food can occur. (Critical)
• Feb 11, 2026 (inspection): 0 critical, 2 not critical.
  2 violations

  • Floors, walls, ceilings, not smooth, properly constructed, in disrepair, dirty surfaces (Not critical)
  • Improper use and storage of clean, sanitized equipment and utensils (Not critical)
• Oct 3, 2025 (inspection): 0 critical, 1 not critical.
  1 violation

  • Non-food contact surfaces and equipment are improperly designed, constructed, installed, maintained (equipment not readily accessible for cleaning, surface not smooth finish) (Not critical)
• Feb 12, 2025 (inspection): 0 critical, 0 not critical. No violations listed.
• Sep 20, 2024 (inspection): 0 critical, 0 not critical. No violations listed.
• Jan 26, 2024 (inspection): 0 critical, 3 not critical.
  3 violations

  • Improper use and storage of clean, sanitized equipment and utensils (Not critical)
  • Lighting and ventilation inadequate, fixtures not shielded, dirty ventilation hoods, ductwork, filters, exhaust fans (Not critical)
  • Food contact surfaces not washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any time of operations when contamination may have occurred (Not critical)

Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. Critical Violation: The state's critical violation, one more likely to cause foodborne illness. Not Critical Violation: A sanitation or maintenance violation. Does not cover New York City, and several large counties (for example Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Erie and Monroe) run their own programs and are not in this dataset.

On the New York list of Medicaid providers. Listed as North Brook Heights Home for Adults under Assisted Living Program (ALP). Assisted Living Program beds certified: 101 (2026 Q2). (state list, as of Jun 30, 2026)

Being on the list means the community has taken part in the program. Ask whether it has a Medicaid opening now, and how many residents it serves on Medicaid.

How Medicaid pays for care in New York

• Assisted Living Program (ALP). Medicaid can pay for services through the Assisted Living Program (ALP), which is only for people who qualify for nursing home care. Medicaid recipients must have ALP services approved ahead of time by the local social services district. (state page)

Nearest hospital with an emergency room

Auburn Community Hospital, Auburn. 0.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Finger Lakes Center for Living, Auburn. 0.6 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Nascentia Health At Home, Syracuse. 20.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Rite Aid. 0.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 13021 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).

Dialysis within 15 miles

Univ Dialysis Ctr @ Auburn, Auburn, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)

Hospice

2 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 13021.
Hospice Of Central New York, office in Liverpool, 21.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Upstate Community Medical, PC, Syracuse. 19.9 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.

Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.

Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.

Flood zone

Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)

FEMA National Risk Index

Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)

A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.

Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.