Bridge View Nursing Home

    143-10 20th Ave, Whitestone, NY 11357
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Welcoming, compassionate staff, excellent care

    I'm very pleased with my experience here - the staff are consistently welcoming, compassionate, and hands-on. Beverly and the social services team went above and beyond; nurses, attentive aides and PT Nardia provided excellent nursing and rehab. The building is clean, meals are good, activities and outings keep residents engaged, meds are on time, and admissions/administration were transparent and helpful. My family felt the transition was seamless and I'd gladly recommend this facility.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.05·(79)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.1
    • Staff

      3.4
    • Meals

      2.4
    • Amenities

      1.5
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive nursing staff
    • Strong short-term rehabilitation and therapy services
    • Intensive therapy schedules (up to six days/week)
    • Active recreation and social programming, including outings
    • Supportive social-work and case-management assistance
    • On-site admissions and administrative support
    • Assistance with insurance and billing matters
    • Personalized dietary accommodations (kosher/customized meals)
    • Convenient location with on-site parking
    • Responsive maintenance and therapy support in some units

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and shift coverage
    • Sanitation and odor concerns in some units and common areas
    • Pest-control concerns in select areas
    • Aging infrastructure and deferred maintenance (elevators, fixtures, ceilings)
    • Safety and equipment-maintenance gaps (beds, window treatments, elevators)
    • Inconsistent medication administration and clinical management
    • Limited dementia-specific care capabilities
    • Weak family communication and administrative responsiveness
    • Inadequate personal-property tracking and record-keeping
    • Variable meal quality and inflexible meal-policy practices
    • Limited evening and nighttime staff presence
    • Variability in staff conduct and professionalism

    Summary of reviews

    These reviews describe a facility with a clearly polarized reputation: a visible core of clinical and therapy strengths exists alongside persistent operational and environmental issues. The rehabilitation department and therapy staff receive consistent praise for effective short-term outcomes, frequent therapy schedules, and accommodating transitions back to home. Many families cite helpful admissions staff, supportive social work/case-management, and assistance with billing and insurance as meaningful strengths during placement and discharge.

    Care quality is reported uneven. Several accounts highlight attentive, compassionate nurses and aides who know residents by name and deliver timely clinical care; others describe lapses in clinical follow-up, missed or delayed medications (including insulin concerns), and insufficient responses to acute changes in condition. There are also serious individual-level claims — including allegations of inappropriate staff conduct and concerns following hospitalizations — that some families cited. These are not universal across reviews, but they underscore variability in how residents are monitored and managed.

    Staffing and communication patterns emerge as central themes. Reviewers frequently describe inconsistent staffing levels, limited evening/night coverage, slow or unresponsive phone and front‑desk communication, and difficulty obtaining timely information from administration or executives. Positive interactions with particular staff members and departments are common, yet families also report unpredictable access to administrators and delays in locating resident records or responding to inquiries.

    Dining and activities are similarly mixed. The facility offers active recreation programming, offsite outings, holiday events, and some families praise customized meal options (including kosher preparations) and supportive dining staff. However, other families report inconsistent food quality, small portions, and inflexibility around meal policies. The activity program is a clear strength for residents who engage, but engagement appears variable by unit.

    The physical environment and maintenance are notable concerns. Multiple reviews cite aging infrastructure, deferred maintenance, and cosmetic deterioration — for example, malfunctioning elevators, worn fixtures, patched ceilings, and small rooms with limited amenities. Sanitation concerns, odor issues in some common areas, and pest-control problems are reported in certain units. These environmental issues are linked in some accounts to safety hazards (e.g., unsafe beds, window-treatment failures) and to general impressions that renovation and capital investment are needed.

    Overall pattern: families and residents frequently experience a mix of highly effective clinical and therapy care alongside operational weaknesses that affect safety perception and day‑to‑day comfort. Prospective residents should weigh the facility's strong rehabilitation and supportive admissions services against variable staffing, communication, cleanliness, and building‑maintenance challenges. Visiting multiple times, asking for unit-specific information (staffing ratios, recent maintenance work, infection- and pest-control records), and confirming dementia-care capabilities and medication-management protocols will help families assess whether this facility fits their expectations and clinical needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Bridge View Nursing Home is located at 143-10 20th Ave, Whitestone, NY, 11357.

    About Bridge View Nursing Home

    Bridge View Nursing Home sits in Whitestone, Queens, close to neighborhoods like Whitestone and College Point, and while its walk score of 68 means the area is somewhat walkable, many people may still need to drive or get rides for errands. The home lies near schools such as PS 79 Francis Lewis, JHS 185 Edward Bleeker, and Flushing High School. Bridge View has 200 certified beds and is part of The Grand Healthcare System, which means it's approved for both Medicare and Medicaid, and the latest inspection from September 2020 showed no citations. Bridge View has services for apartment rentals and sales and provides both nursing care and assisted living services.

    The staff offer 24/7 skilled nursing, help with daily tasks like getting out of bed, eating, and bathing, and handle medication monitoring and therapy services including physical, occupational, speech, and recreational therapy, and there's special care for things like wound care, pain management, memory care, IV antibiotics, and treatments for various health needs such as tracheostomy, respiratory, and bariatric care, along with comfort and palliative services. For people staying short-term, care covers post-surgical recovery, orthopedic and joint replacement help, nutritional counseling, and specialized therapy. The staff can speak several languages, including Cantonese, Hebrew, English, Tagalog, Russian, and Spanish, which can help residents feel more comfortable.

    Bridge View gives out flu shots and pneumonia vaccines, and tracks details like medication reviews, fall incidents, functional checks, and whether a resident can safely leave. They also offer COVID-19 vaccines, reporting rates for both staff and residents. There's a secured grounds setup, and safety features include electronic medical records, wander management, elopement prevention, staff duress alarms, nurse call systems, alert escalation, and asset management tools. Meal services focus on daily home-cooked meals with dietary adjustments, and the kitchen's executive chefs make sure food meets various needs without losing taste or quality, and there are personalized menu choices, as well as private and semi-private rooms, free cable TV, beauty and barber services, and newspaper subscriptions. The concierge staff are around all day and night to help guests settle in, run errands, or answer questions. The activities team runs light exercise classes, arts, and other options for recreation.

    Bridge View has a long-stay resident rating of 5 stars, which is well above average, and the quality of measures rating is 4 stars, which is above average, but the overall CMS rating sits at 2 stars, which puts it below average in some categories, and while staffing is rated "average" with 3 stars, there's a noted fine of $663 from January 31, 2022, but no payment denials under Medicare for three years. Amenities are aimed at comfort and include what they call luxurious facilities, secured grounds, and programs targeted at clinical care and wellness like the Gold Standard Grandtech Dietary Program, and recreation and therapy options are made to make recovery and daily living more manageable.

    Bridge View aims for a hospitable atmosphere that supports comfort, recovery, and well-being, and keeps a focus on safety, health, and a wide range of medical and support services, and while the ratings mix both strong and average marks, there are no recent health inspection issues.

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    Bridge View Nursing Home offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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