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Health care in Brooklyn, NY: hospitals, ERs, clinics and pharmacies

Brooklyn, NY has 11 hospitals in Medicare (CMS) data; 10 list emergency services and 2 state a trauma center designation on their own website. Our data also lists 53 urgent care centers, 817 pharmacies, 168 community health center sites, 40 nursing homes, 1 hospice, 14 home health agencies, 45 dialysis facilities and 21 licensed assisted living homes in Brooklyn.

Built automatically from official data (Medicare, the NPI Registry, HRSA and state licence lists) and from what each hospital publishes on its own website; see Sources and dates. Services change: call before you go.

In a medical emergency, call 911. This guide says what the official data lists for the city on the dates shown; it is not medical advice and not a ranking.

Emergency care

10 of the 11 hospitals in Brooklyn list emergency services in Medicare's data; 6 of them state 24-hour emergency care on their own website, and 2 state a trauma center designation. The wording of each designation is quoted from the hospital’s website.

Walk-in care

53 urgent care centers in Brooklyn are registered in the federal NPI Registry. Urgent care centers treat illnesses and injuries that need care soon but are not emergencies, usually without an appointment. The registry does not record opening hours: call before you go.

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Pharmacies

817 pharmacies in Brooklyn are registered in the NPI Registry (Community/retail pharmacy: 617; Pharmacy: 193; Clinic pharmacy: 7). The registry does not record opening hours or 24-hour service: call the pharmacy. All pharmacies in Brooklyn →

Low-cost care

168 community health center sites in Brooklyn (Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), funded by HRSA: 141; FQHC Look-Alike (meets the same HRSA requirements, without HRSA grant funding): 19; Federally Qualified Health Center enrolled in Medicare (CMS): 8). Health centers in the federal Health Center Program (HRSA) must offer a sliding fee based on income and serve patients whether or not they have insurance. Weekly hours are as reported to HRSA.

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Hospitals compared

11 hospitals, highest Medicare rating first. Rating: CMS overall hospital star rating, 1 to 5 (10 of 11 rated). Beds: from the hospital's own website where our research has read it (5 of 11). Price list: the hospital's federal price-transparency file is on its page (9 of 11).

Hospitals in Brooklyn, NY: type, emergency services, Medicare rating, beds and price list
HospitalTypeEmergencyMedicare ratingBedsPrice list
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - Brooklyn · Full profile Federal/VA Acute Care Hospital ER 4 of 5 stars — —
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 2 of 5 stars — Yes
Maimonides Medical Center · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 2 of 5 stars — Yes
South Brooklyn Health · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 2 of 5 stars 351 Yes
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 2 of 5 stars 310 Yes
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 2 of 5 stars — —
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 1 of 5 stars 530 Yes
Kings County Hospital Center · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 1 of 5 stars 753 Yes
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc. · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 1 of 5 stars — Yes
Suny/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 1 of 5 stars 376 Yes
Kingsboro Psychiatric Hospital · Full profile Psychiatric Hospital Not listed Not rated — Yes

Specialists

Clinicians affiliated with these 11 hospitals, by specialty, from Medicare's clinician data; the number counts clinicians whose primary specialty belongs to that page.

Specialties the hospitals list on their own websites

The number is how many hospitals here list it on their own website (hospitals with a reviewed website profile only).

Long-term care

Medicare-certified providers in Brooklyn, with Medicare star ratings where published, and the state’s licensed assisted living homes.

Nursing homes in Brooklyn with the highest Medicare overall rating

Sources and dates

This guide is generated from the data files above for the 100 U.S. cities with the most hospitals in Medicare's data (cities as CMS spells them; the data has no metro-area definition). Wording last revised November 8, 2026. Not medical advice.

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