State assisted-living licensing record · New York DOH · record as pulled October 1, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Sunrise at East 56th
139 E 56th St, New York, NY 10022 · New York County · 182 licensed beds
DOH profile ID 12576650 · licence 420-S-399 · certified, operating certificate in force · first licensed December 2021
The licence
Licensed by DOH · Enriched Housing Program · For profit · managed by GWC-East 56th Street Inc.
Certificate details, as listed by DOH
- Certified as
- Enriched Housing Program
- Operating certificate
- 420-S-399
- Assisted Living Residence (ALR)
- 182 beds
- Enhanced Assisted Living Residence (EALR)
- 182 beds
- Special Needs Assisted Living Residence (SNALR)
- 112 beds
- Opened
- December 2, 2021
- Ownership
- Business Corporation
- DOH regional office
- Metropolitan Area Regional Office - New York City
Position within New York
13 citations — more than 61% 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 standardsJanuary 10, 2026
- 18NYCRR-488.11 Environmental standardsJanuary 10, 2026
- 18NYCRR-488.11 Environmental standardsJanuary 10, 2026
- 18NYCRR-488.11 Environmental standardsJanuary 10, 2026
- 18NYCRR-488.11 Environmental standardsJanuary 10, 2026
- 18NYCRR-488.12 Disaster and emergency proceduresJanuary 10, 2026
- 18NYCRR-488.12 Disaster and emergency proceduresJanuary 10, 2026
How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in New York. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 13 |
| Median facility in New York | 8 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| October 19, 2023 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| December 26, 2024 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| January 10, 2026 | relicensure inspection, complaint investigation | 13 |
What the citations cover
- Physical plant 5
- Food service 2
- Resident care 2
- Emergency management 2
- Other 2
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Physical plant | 5 |
| Food service | 2 |
| Resident care | 2 |
| Emergency management | 2 |
| Staffing and training | 1 |
| Records and administration | 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.
January 10, 2026 — relicensure inspection, complaint investigation, 13 citations
| Tag | What DOH checks |
|---|---|
| 10NYCRR-1001.7 | Admission and retention standards |
| 18NYCRR-488.11 | Environmental standards |
| 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-488.3 | General provisions |
| 18NYCRR-488.7 | Resident services |
| 18NYCRR-488.8 | Food service |
| 18NYCRR-488.8 | Food service |
| 18NYCRR-488.9 | Personnel |
December 26, 2024 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
October 19, 2023 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
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.