Nursing home
Rockaway Care Center
353 Beach 48Th Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11691 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 228 certified beds
Rockaway Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Far Rockaway, New York. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.36 hours per resident per day, below the New York average of 3.65. Its most recent inspection on Jul 27, 2023 cited 14 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $135,193In 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 Rockaway 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) | 3.36 | 3.65 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.17 | 2.18 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 35.8% | 40.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 14.0 | 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 December 11, 2025 inspection was corrected by February 9, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $135,193, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Rockaway 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 · Dec 11, 2025 · 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 · Dec 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Environmental Deficiencies · Dec 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for 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 · Dec 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Dec 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for 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 · Dec 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Administration Deficiencies · Dec 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 10, 2025 · 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
- 353 Beach 48Th Street
Far Rockaway, NY 11691 - CMS certification #
- 335571
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 228
- Avg residents/day
- 206.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1976-11-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Rockaway Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2017, 8 violations cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone 1; in FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AE)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Rockaway Care Center 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.
- May 30, 2018: follow-up inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Nov 26, 2018. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Rockaway Care Center INC.
- Feb 16, 2017: complaint inspection, partial (safety). Case closed May 30, 2018. 8 violations cited (2 serious, 6 other). Penalties: $14,038 proposed, $14,038 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Rockaway Care Center LLC.
Details
- Serious: Personal protective equipment (general) (1910.132(d)(1)). Penalty $11,408 proposed, $11,408 now. To be fixed by May 31, 2017.
- Serious: Personal protective equipment (general) (1910.132(d)(1)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 31, 2017.
- Other than serious: Reporting a death, hospitalization, amputation or eye loss to OSHA (1904.39(a)(2)). Penalty $1,000 proposed, $1,000 now.
- Other than serious: Annual summary of injuries and illnesses (1904.32(a)(4)). Penalty $1,630 proposed, $1,630 now. To be fixed by Aug 21, 2017.
- Other than serious: Injury and illness log forms (OSHA 300 and 301) (1904.29(b)(3)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now.
- Other than serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(e)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Oct 2, 2017.
- Other than serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(g)(8)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Oct 2, 2017.
- Other than serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(h)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Oct 2, 2017.
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
- St John'S Episcopal Hospital At South Shore, Far Rockaway. 1.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Lawrence Nursing Care Center, INC, Arverne. 0.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Americare Certified Special Services, Inc Chha, Brooklyn. 7.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 11691 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Cassena Kidney Care At Peninsula, Far Rockaway, 0.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Rockaway Dialysis, Far Rockaway, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Marjorie Basser Dialysis Center, Far Rockaway, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 8 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 11691.
Caring Hospice Services Of New York, LLC, office in Brooklyn, 8.3 miles away, straight line
Comprehensive Comm Hospice Of Parker Jewish Inst, office in New Hyde Park, 11.6 miles away, straight line
Hospice Of New York, LLC, office in Long Island City, 13.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Peninsula Medical Care PLLC, Rockaway Park. 3.2 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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively high, coastal flooding relatively high, 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 | 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 Rockaway Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Rockaway Care Center an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Rockaway Care Center staffed?
Rockaway Care Center reports 3.36 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New York average of 3.65.
Has Rockaway Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 14 deficiencies.
How many beds does Rockaway Care Center have?
Rockaway Care Center is certified for 228 beds.