CCN 315268 · Essex County, New Jersey
Brookhaven Health Care Center
120 Park End Place, East Orange, NJ 07018
Brookhaven Health Care Center is a 122-bed for-profit nursing home in East Orange, New Jersey, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1988. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 116.7 residents a day, about 96% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $9.1 million originally, at 3.60%, with $7.2 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in February 2050.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 122
- Average residents per day
- 116.7 (95.7% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Brookhaven Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare LLC
- Certified since
- Oct 24, 1988
- Chain or affiliated group
- Paramount Care Centers (10 facilities, chain average 3.3 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | New Jersey median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 33 at 1, 71 at 2, 70 at 3, 90 at 4, 82 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.27 | 3.60 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.52 | 0.55 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.84 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 28.2% | 38.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 95.7% | 87.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 7 (Aug 25, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Brookhaven Health Care Center meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 3 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookhaven Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 05/10/2022 |
| Brookhaven Center Operations Holdco LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 100% | 05/10/2022 |
| First American Capital Group CorporationOrganization | Security Interest | n/a | 05/10/2022 |
| Paramount Care Centers LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/10/2022 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2022 | Brookhaven Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare LLC | Kenbrook Associates Ltd., L.P. |
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2015 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Brookhaven Health Care Center, 122 beds. Lender at endorsement: First American Capital Group Corp | $9,096,000 | Active: 3.60%, $7,230,938 balanceMatures Feb 1, 2050. Servicer: First American Capital Group C | 03122083 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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