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NYC Health + Hospitals/Carter

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Skilled Nursing / Long-Term Care New York, New York

LTC Equality Index Leader· Reviewed July 22, 2026Medicaid Accepted
NYC Health + Hospitals/Carter

About

Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility is a public facility in East Harlem, part of NYC Health + Hospitals, with roughly 365 beds. It combines long-term acute care with skilled nursing, which is an unusual pairing and means it takes people whose needs are too complex for an ordinary nursing home.

It is publicly listed as a 2025 Long-Term Care Equality Index Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. That designation reflects documented policies and staff training on LGBTQIA+ residents, and it is the reason this listing appears in our directory. It is not a rating of clinical quality.

NYC Health + Hospitals is the public health system, so admission and cost work differently from a private facility. Medicaid, Medicare and the system's own financial assistance all come into play, and nobody is turned away for inability to pay.

Bed availability, services and admission routes change. Confirm directly, and check the facility's current inspection record on Medicare's Care Compare.

Care levels & services

Skilled NursingRespite Care

Pricing & availability

Pricing
Medicaid accepted · A public facility. Medicaid, Medicare and system financial assistance apply; nobody is turned away for inability to pay.
Availability
Contact directly · Contact the facility about admission and current bed availability. (as of August 6, 2026)Availability changes often. Contact the provider to confirm current openings.

LGBTQIA+ inclusion & documented evidence

  • LTC Equality Index LeaderReviewed July 22, 2026

    Recognized as a 'Leader' in the Human Rights Campaign Long-Term Care Equality Index for LGBTQIA+-inclusive policies and practices.

    A policy benchmark scored by HRC in a given year; not a care-quality rating.

    Source

Couples & chosen family

We don't yet have documented couples or chosen-family policy details for this organization. Ask them directly, and let us know what you learn.

Trans-inclusive practices

No trans-inclusive care documentation is on file yet. This does not indicate exclusion, ask the provider about their specific practices.

Staff training

No LGBTQIA+ aging staff-training credential is on file for this organization. That is not evidence of exclusion, so ask them directly what training their staff receive.

Work here? How to earn a credential.

Amenities & features

  • 24/7 staffing
  • Licensed nursing on site
  • On-site physical or occupational therapy
  • Help with bathing, dressing and daily living
  • Medication management
  • On-site social worker or care coordinator
  • Multilingual staff
  • LGBTQIA+ staff training
  • Written nondiscrimination policy
  • Sliding-scale fees

Location & service area

1752 Park Avenue
New York, New York

Serves New York, NY

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Licensing & inspections

This provider is a Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home, which means federal and state inspectors visit it and publish what they find. It has 164 certified beds.

Certified with Medicare as Henry J. Carter Skilled Nursing Facility.

Medicare ratings

OverallAverage

Built mainly from the health inspection rating, then adjusted by staffing and quality measures.

Health inspectionsAverage

Based on what state inspectors found on their last three annual visits and any complaint investigations. The only one of the four measured entirely by an outsider.

StaffingAbove average

Nursing hours per resident per day, drawn from payroll records rather than self-report, and adjusted for how much care the residents need.

Quality measuresAbove average

Clinical outcomes the home reports itself, such as falls, pressure sores and hospital readmissions.

What inspectors found

  • Last standard inspection October 1, 2025, with 2 citations (2 from complaint investigations).
  • 6.1 hours of nursing time per resident per day, 2.4 hours above the national median of 3.68.
  • Of that, 2.27 hours comes from a registered nurse, against a national median of 0.58.
  • Nursing staff turnover 30% a year, national median 44.9%.
  • 1 penalty in the last three years, totalling $17,345 in fines.

These ratings do not measure affirming care. Nothing an inspector checks asks whether staff will use your name, treat your partner as your partner, or respect a trans resident's body and history. A five-star home can get all of that wrong, and a home that has trained every member of staff can still be short of nurses. Read the two together, and ask about the second one yourself.

Source: CMS Care Compare provider data, July 29, 2026. CMS certification number 335092. Ratings and citations change between inspections, so check Care Compare for the current record before you decide.

State licensing

In New York, nursing homes and hospices are licensed by the New York State Department of Health. Its public register is the place to confirm this provider holds a current licence and to read whatever inspection history the state publishes.

Health Profiles carries inspection and enforcement history for each facility.

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We link the register rather than copying records out of it. State licensing data is published in a different shape in every state, updated on its own schedule, and a stale copy of a licence is worse than no copy.

Questions to ask

9 things worth asking before you decide, chosen because the public record does not answer them. A blank means nobody has published the answer, not that the answer is bad.

  • Can a same-sex couple share a room or an apartment, on the same terms as any other couple, at every level of care you offer?
  • Who counts as family for visiting, for medical updates and for decisions, if the person closest to me is not a relative or a spouse?
  • Are there other LGBTQIA+ residents here, and is there anywhere they gather? Could I meet one before I decide?
All 20 questions for NYC Health + Hospitals/Carter, ready to print

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Last updated August 6, 2026. Suggest a correction.

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