CCN 335250 · Nassau County, New York
Highfield Gardens Care Center of Great Neck
199 Community Drive, Great Neck, NY 11021
Highfield Gardens Care Center of Great Neck is a 200-bed for-profit nursing home in Great Neck, New York, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1977. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 196.6 residents a day, about 98% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $31.4 million originally, at 3.18%, with $26.4 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in November 2052.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 200
- Average residents per day
- 196.6 (98.3% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Wedgewood Care Center Inc
- Certified since
- Jun 1, 1977
- Chain or affiliated group
- Jonathan Bleier (18 facilities, chain average 2.4 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 York median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 of 5 | State spread: 111 at 1, 130 at 2, 113 at 3, 100 at 4, 136 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.80 | 3.49 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.09 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 35.4% | 38.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 98.3% | 94.1% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 2 totaling $4,922 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 8 (Feb 3, 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). Highfield Gardens Care Center of Great Neck meets that part today: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bleier, JonathanIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 81% | 09/01/2022 |
| Bleier, SorahIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 14% | 01/01/2020 |
| Schiffer, SamuelIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 10% | 01/01/2020 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2017 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Bleier - Highfield Gardens CC Great Neck, 200 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $31,418,500 | Active: 3.18%, $26,428,682 balanceMatures Nov 1, 2052. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 01222343 |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Highfield Gardens Care Center, 200 beds. Lender at endorsement: Pgim Real Estate Agency Financing, LLC | $20,222,500 | Ended Feb 28, 2013Prepayment | 01222250 |
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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