CCN 335387 · Queens County, New York
Peninsula Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
50 15 Beach Channel Drive, Far Rockaway, NY 11691
Peninsula Nursing And Rehabilitation Center is a 200-bed for-profit nursing home in Far Rockaway, New York, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1973. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 177.3 residents a day, about 89% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $23 million originally, at 2.89%, with $18.3 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in January 2050.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 200
- Average residents per day
- 177.3 (88.7% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Cardiff Bay Center LLC
- Certified since
- Apr 18, 1973
- Chain or affiliated group
- Cassena Care (13 facilities, chain average 4.1 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 | 2 of 5 | State spread: 111 at 1, 130 at 2, 113 at 3, 100 at 4, 136 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.28 | 3.49 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.02 | 0.58 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.92 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.8% | 38.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 88.7% | 94.1% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $81,387 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 7 (Jul 3, 2024) | ||
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). Peninsula Nursing And Rehabilitation Center does not meet it today: health inspection rating 1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunner, JosephIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 38% | 07/06/2012 |
| Friedman, LeopoldIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 25% | 07/06/2012 |
| Melnicke, MichaelIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 38% | 07/06/2012 |
| Derosa, AnthonyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/06/2012 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2016 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Peninsula Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 200 beds. Lender at endorsement: Keybank National Association | $22,959,000 | Active: 2.89%, $18,318,408 balanceMatures Jan 1, 2050. Servicer: Keybank National Association | 01222327 |
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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