Nursing home
Ocean Gardens Care Center
64 11 Beach Channel Drive, Arverne, NY 11692 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 280 certified beds
Ocean Gardens Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Arverne, New York. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 2.45 hours per resident per day, below the New York average of 3.65. Its most recent inspection on Sep 27, 2023 cited 9 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Ocean Gardens Care 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) | 2.45 | 3.65 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.42 | 0.70 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.64 | 2.18 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 38.6% | 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.
What inspectors found at Ocean Gardens Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- 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 · Mar 25, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards.
Administration Deficiencies · Mar 25, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 25, 2026 · 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 · Jan 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Apr 3, 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 · Sep 27, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 27, 2023 - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 27, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Sep 27, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 27, 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
- 64 11 Beach Channel Drive
Arverne, NY 11692 - CMS certification #
- 335738
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 280
- Avg residents/day
- 263.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1992-04-07
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone 1; in FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AE)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- St John'S Episcopal Hospital At South Shore, Far Rockaway. 2.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Resort Nursing Home, Arverne. 0.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Americare Certified Special Services, Inc Chha, Brooklyn. 6.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- SMK Pharmacy. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 11692 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Cassena Kidney Care At Peninsula, Far Rockaway, 0.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Rockaway Dialysis, Far Rockaway, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Marjorie Basser Dialysis Center, Far Rockaway, 2.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 11692.
Caring Hospice Services Of New York, LLC, office in Brooklyn, 7.4 miles away, straight line
Hospice Of New York, LLC, office in Long Island City, 12.8 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, 13.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Peninsula Medical Care PLLC, Rockaway Park. 2.2 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
- Zone AE: 1% annual chance flood area (high risk); base flood elevation set. This is inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages. Base flood elevation 8 Feet NGVD29. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively high, coastal flooding very high, tornado relatively 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ocean Gardens Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Ocean Gardens Care Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Ocean Gardens Care Center staffed?
Ocean Gardens Care Center reports 2.45 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New York average of 3.65.
Has Ocean Gardens Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does Ocean Gardens Care Center have?
Ocean Gardens Care Center is certified for 280 beds.