CCN 335571 · Queens County, New York
Rockaway Care Center
353 Beach 48th Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11691
Rockaway Care Center is a 228-bed for-profit nursing home in Far Rockaway, New York, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1976. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 211.1 residents a day, about 93% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 228
- Average residents per day
- 211.1 (92.6% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Individual
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Rockaway Care Center LLC
- Certified since
- Nov 1, 1976
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- 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 | 1 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 | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.14 | 3.49 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.77 | 0.58 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.83 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 45.1% | 38.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 92.6% | 94.1% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $135,193 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 17 (Dec 10, 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). Rockaway Care Center does not meet it today: overall rating 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melnicke, MichaelIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 06/24/2008 |
| Sterling National BankOrganization | Mortgage Interest | n/a | 05/26/2017 |
| Sirkis, AvromIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/30/2018 |
Holders of a 5% or greater mortgage interest reported in the enrollment record: Sterling National Bank.
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
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
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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