Nursing home
Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm
1516 Oriental Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11235 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 436 certified beds
Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Brooklyn, New York. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.60 hours per resident per day, below the New York average of 3.65. Its most recent inspection on Oct 16, 2024 cited 9 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $8,018In 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 Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm 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) | 3.60 | 3.65 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.77 | 0.70 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.28 | 2.18 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 31.1% | 40.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 9.0 | 7.6 | 9.5 | above 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 24, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 23, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $8,018, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual harm
Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
Administration Deficiencies · Nov 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Nov 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual 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 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 30, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Oct 30, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Oct 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Oct 16, 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 · Oct 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Oct 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Oct 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
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
- 1516 Oriental Blvd
Brooklyn, NY 11235 - CMS certification #
- 335653
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 436
- Avg residents/day
- 424.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1982-06-28
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says A memory care unit, works with hospice
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 1 violation cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone 1
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Mar 30, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Sep 20, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Menorah Home and Hospital for the Aged and Infirm.
- Aug 14, 2020: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed Mar 17, 2022. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $1,082 proposed, $650 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Menorah Home and Hospital for the Aged and Infirm.
Details
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $1,082 proposed, $650 now. To be fixed by Nov 20, 2020. Contested by the employer.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- South Brooklyn Health, Brooklyn. 1.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Brooklyn. 0.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Prime Home Health Services, LLC, Brooklyn. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Pharmacy At The Wave. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 11235 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- New York Akc, Inc, Brooklyn, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Sheepshead Bay Renal Care Center, Brooklyn, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Flatlands Dialysis, Brooklyn, 2.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 11235.
Caring Hospice Services Of New York, LLC, office in Brooklyn, 1.6 miles away, straight line
M J H S Hospice And Palliative Care, Inc, office in New York, 9.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Staten Island University Hospital Univ Hospice, office in Staten Island, 10.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Sergey Genkin, MD, Brooklyn. 0.6 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.
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone 1 on the New York City hurricane evacuation zones. (NYC Emergency Management, map updated May 8, 2025)
- 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 very low, coastal flooding relatively moderate, 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| 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 |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm a good nursing home?
CMS gives Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm staffed?
Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm reports 3.60 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New York average of 3.65.
Has Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm have?
Menorah Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm is certified for 436 beds.