State assisted-living licensing record · New York DOH · record as pulled October 1, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights
21 Clark Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 · Kings County · 256 licensed beds
DOH profile ID 12573389 · licence 331-S-016 · certified, operating certificate in force · first licensed December 2020
The licence
Licensed by DOH · Enriched Housing Program · For profit · managed by Brooklyn Operating Company, LLC
Certificate details, as listed by DOH
- Certified as
- Enriched Housing Program
- Operating certificate
- 331-S-016
- Assisted Living Residence (ALR)
- 256 beds
- Enhanced Assisted Living Residence (EALR)
- 100 beds
- Special Needs Assisted Living Residence (SNALR)
- 52 beds
- Opened
- December 3, 2020
- Ownership
- LLC
- DOH regional office
- Metropolitan Area Regional Office - New York City
Position within New York
16 citations — more than 67% of the 528 licensed assisted living facilities in New York. Compared only within New York: a citation from DOH means what it means in New York, and there is no national assisted living record to compare to. Counted over 4 years, which holds two or three routine inspections. How this is calculated
Not in this record
Fire safety inspection, severity, the regulation text, and enforcement. Fire safety inspections under the state fire code are made by local code enforcement and are not part of DOH's record; what DOH itself cites about the building — its environmental standards and its disaster and emergency planning rules — is here. DOH assigns no severity to a violation and publishes no correction date, only whether the facility's plan of correction was approved, which is not carried here. Violations under dispute through DOH's Inspection Review Process are withheld from its page and so from this one. Civil penalties and other enforcement are published separately and not republished, and an operator that is an individual is not named.
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Building-related citations
The citations about the building itself — physical plant and emergency management. Usually the maintenance side’s to fix.
- 18NYCRR-488.11 Environmental standardsJuly 29, 2025
- 18NYCRR-488.11 Environmental standardsJuly 29, 2025
- 18NYCRR-488.11 Environmental standardsJuly 29, 2025
- 18NYCRR-488.11 Environmental standardsJuly 29, 2025
- 18NYCRR-488.12 Disaster and emergency proceduresJuly 29, 2025
- 18NYCRR-488.12 Disaster and emergency proceduresJuly 29, 2025
- 18NYCRR-488.12 Disaster and emergency proceduresJuly 29, 2025
How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in New York. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 16 |
| Median facility in New York | 8 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| February 3, 2025 | other inspection | 1 |
| July 29, 2025 | complaint investigation | 15 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 4
- Physical plant 4
- Emergency management 3
- Staffing and training 2
- Other 3
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 4 |
| Physical plant | 4 |
| Emergency management | 3 |
| Staffing and training | 2 |
| Records and administration | 2 |
| Food service | 1 |
Every visit on file since October 2022
As published by DOH, newest first, including visits that cited nothing. The wording is DOH’s own.
July 29, 2025 — complaint investigation, 15 citations
| Tag | What DOH checks |
|---|---|
| 10NYCRR-1001.10 | Resident services |
| 10NYCRR-402.4 | General requirements |
| 18NYCRR-488.10 | Records and reports |
| 18NYCRR-488.11 | Environmental standards |
| 18NYCRR-488.11 | Environmental standards |
| 18NYCRR-488.11 | Environmental standards |
| 18NYCRR-488.11 | Environmental standards |
| 18NYCRR-488.12 | Disaster and emergency procedures |
| 18NYCRR-488.12 | Disaster and emergency procedures |
| 18NYCRR-488.12 | Disaster and emergency procedures |
| 18NYCRR-488.7 | Resident services |
| 18NYCRR-488.7 | Resident services |
| 18NYCRR-488.7 | Resident services |
| 18NYCRR-488.8 | Food service |
| 18NYCRR-488.9 | Personnel |
February 3, 2025 — other inspection, 1 citation
| Tag | What DOH checks |
|---|---|
| 18NYCRR-485.11 | Records and reports |
Reflects the DOH record as pulled October 1, 2026. A recent visit may not appear yet. This is the New York state licensing record; it is not the federal nursing home survey and the two are never combined.