Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing
26-13 21St Street, Astoria, NY 11102 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · 280 certified beds
New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Astoria, New York. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.01 hours per resident per day, above the New York average of 3.65. Its most recent inspection on Apr 24, 2023 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing 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) | 4.01 | 3.65 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.30 | 0.70 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.57 | 2.18 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 24.1% | 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 May 13, 2025 inspection was corrected by July 4, 2025
What inspectors found at New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing
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
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 24, 2023 - 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 · Apr 24, 2023
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
- 26-13 21St Street
Astoria, NY 11102 - CMS certification #
- 335838
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 280
- Avg residents/day
- 269.4
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2002-05-03
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Works with hospice
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2022
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 1 violation cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing 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.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Mar 9, 2022 to Mar 7, 2024. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours). Employer as DOL recorded it: New York Center for Rehabilitation and Nursin (New York Rehabilitation Care Management, LLC). Case 1991435.
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.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- May 7, 2020: referral inspection, complete (health). Case closed Jul 20, 2022. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing.
Details
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(k)(6)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 12, 2020.
- Apr 28, 2020: fatality or catastrophe inspection, no inspection (health). Case closed May 27, 2020. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing.
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
- Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York. 1.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co INC, New York. 1.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Assured Care Home Health, LLC, East Elmhurst. 2.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- astoria RX inc. 0.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 11102 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Atlantic Dms - Newtown Ave, Astoria, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Atlantic Dms - Astoria 35Th Ave, Astoria, 1.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 11102.
Hospice Of New York, LLC, office in Long Island City, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Vnsny Hospice And Palliative Care, office in New York, 3.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
M J H S Hospice And Palliative Care, Inc, office in New York, 6.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Long Island Internal Medicine PLLC, Astoria. 0.0 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: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively high, 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 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| 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 New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing a good nursing home?
CMS gives New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing an overall rating of 5 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 New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing staffed?
New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing reports 4.01 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New York average of 3.65.
Has New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing have?
New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing is certified for 280 beds.