CCN 335817 · Nassau County, New York
Garden Care Center
135 Franklin Avenue, Franklin Square, NY 11010
Garden Care Center is a 150-bed for-profit nursing home in Franklin Square, New York, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1999. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 144.7 residents a day, about 97% of its certified beds. HUD's healthcare database shows 2 FHA-insured Section 232 loans for a project matching this facility, most recently $6.5 million in November 2012 (223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loan), and none of them appears in HUD's active-loan file.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 150
- Average residents per day
- 144.7 (96.5% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Partnership
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Garden Care Center Inc.
- Certified since
- Aug 12, 1999
- Chain or affiliated group
- Benjamin Landa (48 facilities, chain average 3.4 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 | 5 of 5 | State spread: 111 at 1, 130 at 2, 113 at 3, 100 at 4, 136 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.33 | 3.49 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.49 | 0.58 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.89 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 26.2% | 38.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 96.5% | 94.1% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 3 (Mar 4, 2026) | ||
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). Garden Care Center meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gottlieb, MikolsIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 53% | 07/27/1999 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 2012 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Garden Care Center, 150 beds. Lender at endorsement: Housing & Healthcare Finc | $6,487,800 | Ended Aug 1, 2024Maturity | 01222268 |
| Jul 15, 2004 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Garden Care Center, 150 beds. Lender at endorsement: Greystone Servicing Company LLC | $6,714,700 | Ended Nov 29, 2012Prepayment | 01222213 |
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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