BMS Dental@Bristol — Brooklyn, NY
BMS Dental@Bristol is a community health center clinic at 259 Bristol St, Brooklyn, NY 11212, open 43.5 hours a week. The typical New York clinic is open 46 hours a week. It is run by Brownsville Community Development Corp., which serves 19,018 patients across 4 clinic locations.
- Address: 259 Bristol St, Brooklyn, NY 11212 · Directions
- Phone: (929) 232-6800
- Website: www.bmsfhc.org
- Weekly hours: 43.5 (New York clinic median: 46)
- Operated by: Brownsville Community Development Corp. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Brownsville Community Development Corp.
Patients came to Brownsville Community Development Corp. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 4,318 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 1,555 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 108 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 2,701 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 2,744 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 2,562 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 2,016 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 810 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 1,831 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 3,459 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 2,089 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 7,381 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 5,501 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 632 | children tested |
Brownsville Community Development Corp. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Brownsville Community Development Corp. serves
19,018 patients used Brownsville Community Development Corp. in 2025. 86% live at or below the poverty line and 96% are at or below twice the poverty line. 180 patients were experiencing homelessness and 67 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | NY median | U.S. median | vs NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 86% | 72% | 65% | +14 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 96% | 92% | 92% | +4 pts |
| Measure | This center | NY median | U.S. median | vs NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 4% | 6% | 14% | −2 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 63% | 52% | 42% | +11 pts |
| Medicare patients | 13% | 13% | 11% | In line |
| Privately insured patients | 20% | 20% | 24% | In line |
Quality of care at Brownsville Community Development Corp.
Brownsville Community Development Corp. is at or above the New York median on 6 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | NY median | U.S. median | vs NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 69% | 69% | 68% | −1 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 64% | 57% | 54% | +7 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 70% | 54% | 54% | +16 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 52% | 46% | 44% | +6 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 94% | 73% | 77% | +21 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 91% | 79% | 86% | +12 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 79% | 76% | 79% | +3 pts |
Staffing at Brownsville Community Development Corp.
The health center employs 206 full-time-equivalent staff, including 22 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 9 dental staff and 6 mental health staff. That is 876 patients per clinical provider against the New York median of 878 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 70,870 visits, about 3.7 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 11212
8,918 Brownsville Community Development Corp. patients live in ZIP 11212, and 3% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation — 3,040 patients from 11212
- Sunset Park Health Council, Inc. — 2,168 patients from 11212
- Lasante Health Center, Inc. — 1,536 patients from 11212
- Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center, Inc. — 854 patients from 11212
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