Nursing home
Brookside Multicare Nursing Center
7 Route 25A, Smithtown, NY 11787 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Optima Care (8 facilities) · 353 certified beds
Brookside Multicare Nursing Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Smithtown, New York. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.10 hours per resident per day, above the New York average of 3.65. Its most recent inspection on Nov 25, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $3,145In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Brookside Multicare Nursing Center compares
This facility vs. the New York and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | New York avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.10 | 3.65 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.93 | 0.70 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.48 | 2.18 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 22.1% | 40.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 7.6 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the November 25, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 20, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $3,145, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Brookside Multicare Nursing Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Environmental Deficiencies · Nov 2, 2022 - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 2, 2022 - Potential for harm
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.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 2, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Nov 2, 2022 - Potential for harm
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.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Nov 2, 2022
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 7 Route 25A
Smithtown, NY 11787 - CMS certification #
- 335175
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 353
- Avg residents/day
- 300.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1978-06-12
- Chain
- Optima Care (8 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Optima Care
Optima Care operates 8 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Optima Care facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Brookside Multicare Nursing Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2019
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Nov 19, 2019 to Nov 15, 2021. Violations found: Overtime, Family and medical leave. Back wages: $824 owed to 7 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Brookside Multicare Nursing Center (Optima Care Smithtown, LLC). Case 1952959.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- St Catherine Of Siena Hospital, Smithtown. 1.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- St Catherine of Siena NRSG and Rehab Care Center, Smithtown. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Centerwell Home Health, Hauppauge. 2.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 11787 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Smithtown Dialysis, Smithtown, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
St. Catherine Of Siena Hospital, Smithtown, 1.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fmc Hauppauge Dialysis Center, Hauppauge, 3.6 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 11787.
Vns And Hospice Of Suffolk, Inc, office in East Northport, 7.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Nyu Langone Hospital - Suffolk Hospice, office in Patchogue, 11.1 miles away, straight line
Hospice Care Of Long Island, Queens, South Shore, office in Woodbury, 14.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- North Shore Hematology Oncology Associates PC, Smithtown. 1.5 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.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
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: very low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado very 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.
What we checked
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.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Brookside Multicare Nursing Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Brookside Multicare Nursing Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Brookside Multicare Nursing Center staffed?
Brookside Multicare Nursing Center reports 4.10 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New York average of 3.65.
Has Brookside Multicare Nursing Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Brookside Multicare Nursing Center have?
Brookside Multicare Nursing Center is certified for 353 beds.