Comprehensive Review: Midway Nursing Home

Overview

Midway Nursing Home, now operating as Central Queens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, is a 200-bed skilled nursing facility at 6995 Queens Midtown Expressway in Maspeth, New York 11378. Its phone number is (718) 429-2200. The home is a for-profit corporation that has been certified for Medicare and Medicaid since 1976. On its most recent evaluation, Medicare.gov Care Compare gave it an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, which the program labels below average.

How Medicare rates this facility

Medicare rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars, where 1 is much below average and 5 is much above average. Central Queens Rehabilitation carries an overall rating of 2 stars. That overall score rolls up three separate measures: health inspections, staffing, and quality of resident care. The picture underneath is mixed, so it helps to look at each part on its own.

Health inspection

• The facility earns 3 out of 5 stars for health inspections, which Medicare considers average. This rating is built from the results of state surveys conducted over roughly the past three years, weighted so the most recent inspection counts the most.
• Among the three rated areas, the health inspection score is this home's strongest, sitting right at the middle of the pack for New York nursing homes.

Staffing

• Staffing is rated 2 out of 5 stars, below average. The home reports 3.02 total nurse staffing hours per resident per day. That falls short of the roughly 3.5 hours per resident per day that experts generally point to as a reasonable benchmark for safe care.
• Registered nurse coverage comes to 0.37 RN hours per resident per day, with the rest of the nursing time provided by licensed practical nurses (0.54 hours) and nurse aides (2.11 hours). Turnover is worth noting too: total nursing turnover ran 38.3 percent over the year, and registered nurse turnover reached 50 percent, meaning half the RN staff left.

Quality measures

• Quality measures earn 1 out of 5 stars, the lowest possible score, which Medicare labels much below average. This rating draws on clinical data such as how often long-stay residents experience problems like falls, pressure ulcers, or declining mobility.
• The 1-star quality rating is the weakest part of this facility's profile and the area families may want to ask the most pointed questions about during a visit.

Most recent inspection

The most recent standard health survey took place on August 4, 2025. Inspectors cited 7 health deficiencies, all of them from the standard survey rather than from complaint investigations.

• The prior inspection cycle, dated July 26, 2023, was rougher, with 16 total deficiencies that included 4 tied to complaints. The drop to 7 at the latest survey suggests conditions have improved, though families should read the full reports rather than rely on the count alone.

• The specific findings from each survey, including their severity and scope, are published on Medicare.gov Care Compare and through the New York State Department of Health.

Fines and penalties

Medicare records no federal fines against this facility, no payment denials, and no other penalties in the most recent reporting period. A clean penalty history is a positive sign, especially set against the low quality-measure score.

• The home is also not flagged with Medicare's abuse icon, which the program applies to facilities cited for abuse or potential abuse. Its absence here is reassuring.

Size, ownership, and occupancy

The home is licensed for 200 certified beds and averages about 192.9 residents per day, which works out to roughly 96 percent occupancy, a busy and near-full building. It operates as a for-profit corporation under the legal name Midway Nursing Home, Inc., and participates in both Medicare and Medicaid.

The bottom line

Central Queens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, the home long known as Midway Nursing Home, lands below average overall on Medicare's scale. Its middling health-inspection record and clean penalty history are points in its favor, but the below-average staffing and much-below-average quality-measure ratings are real concerns for anyone weighing long-term placement.

If you are considering this facility, the staffing hours and the 1-star quality rating deserve a direct conversation. Ask how many nurses and aides are on each shift, how the home is working to raise its quality scores, and what the latest survey findings were.

Visit in person, walk the units at different times of day, and speak with current residents and families where you can. Ratings are a starting point, not the whole story.

All ratings and figures above come from Medicare.gov Care Compare and reflect data processed as of June 2026. Check the current listing before making a decision, since ratings are updated regularly.