Where to Give Birth in Brooklyn, New York (2026): Hospitals Compared with CMS Data
Brooklyn, New York has 9 hospitals that provide labor and delivery care, according to CMS Care Compare data. This page compares them on whether CMS has designated each hospital Birthing-Friendly and on each hospital’s overall star rating. Every acute-care or critical-access hospital in Brooklyn, New York’s CMS data provides labor and delivery care, so none were excluded.
Every acute-care or critical-access hospital in this area’s CMS data provides inpatient labor & delivery care, so none were excluded.
Hospitals in Brooklyn, New York that provide labor & delivery care
| Hospital | Location | CMS Overall Rating | Birthing-Friendly | Maternal safety bundle adopted | Patient experience (HCAHPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Hospital Center – Downtown Campus | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 57% would definitely recommend |
| Maimonides Medical Center | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| South Brooklyn Health | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 60% would definitely recommend |
| Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 55% would definitely recommend |
| Wyckoff Heights Medical Center | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Brookdale Hospital Medical Center | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 1/5 stars · 42% would definitely recommend |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| New York Community Hospital Of Brooklyn, Inc. | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | No | Not reported | 1/5 stars · 51% would definitely recommend |
| Suny/Downstate University Hospital Of Brooklyn | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
What CMS does not tell you
CMS has not published a hospital-level cesarean-delivery rate or a severe-maternal-complication rate in its current data release, and that is true nationwide, not specific to Brooklyn, so this page cannot show either number for any hospital listed here. A state-level NICU or perinatal level-of-care listing is also left off this page because it could not be verified against a current, authoritative source for Brooklyn.
How we built this page
This list was built by filtering CMS Hospital Type to Acute Care Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals, then excluding any hospital whose CMS Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure (SM_7) is marked “Not Applicable (does not provide inpatient labor/delivery care).”
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information and Maternal Health – Hospital datasets, data.cms.gov. File released 2026-08-13. Maternal-health measurement period: calendar year 2024.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) patient-experience survey, data.cms.gov. Measurement period 10/01/2024–09/30/2025.
