Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY
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About Maimonides Medical Center
Maimonides Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level I trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 2 out of 5. It has 711 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn, about 1.3 mi away.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- MRSA bloodstream infectionsNo different · SIR 1.27
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)No different · SIR 0.63
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.43
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)Worse than national · SIR 1.74
- Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomyNo different · SIR 0.00
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 0.69
56% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend62%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1056%
- Completed surveys2,225
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
40.63946, -73.99878
Nearby hospitals
- NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn150 55th Street, Brooklyn, NY · Level I traumaHospital1.3 mi
- NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital506 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY · Level II traumaHospital2.2 mi
- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - Brooklyn800 Poly Place, Brooklyn, NY · Emergency roomVA medical center2.5 mi
- Suny/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn445 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, NY · Emergency roomAcute care hospital2.9 mi
- Kings County Hospital Center451 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY · Level I traumaAcute care hospital3.0 mi
- New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.2525 Kings Highway, Brooklyn, NY · Emergency roomAcute care hospital3.2 mi
- Kingsboro Psychiatric Hospital681 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NYPsychiatric hospital3.5 mi
- Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center585 Schenectady Avenue, Brooklyn, NY · Emergency roomHospital3.7 mi
- Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus121 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY · Emergency roomAcute care hospital3.7 mi
- South Brooklyn Health2601 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY · Emergency roomAcute care hospital4.0 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Maimonides Medical Center located?
Maimonides Medical Center is at 4802 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219 in Kings County.
Does Maimonides Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Maimonides Medical Center reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 208 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Maimonides Medical Center?
Maimonides Medical Center has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 2 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is Maimonides Medical Center a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level I trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date April 2024). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the New York EMS or trauma program. In an emergency, call 911: paramedics take seriously injured patients to the right trauma center.
What is the phone number of Maimonides Medical Center?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (718) 283-6000.
Would patients recommend Maimonides Medical Center?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (2,225 completed surveys), 62% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 56% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
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