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CHI Health Center 11219 — Brooklyn, NY

CHI Health Center 11219 is a community health center clinic at 1466 49th St, Brooklyn, NY 11219, open 80 hours a week. That is 34 more hours than the typical New York clinic (46 a week). It is run by Community Health Initiatives Inc., which serves 8,492 patients across 2 clinic locations.

Address: 1466 49th St, Brooklyn, NY 11219 · Directions
Phone: (718) 210-3110
Weekly hours: 80 (New York clinic median: 46)
Operated by: Community Health Initiatives Inc. (federally qualified health center)
Care offered by this health center: primary care, mental health care, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth

Fees are on a sliding scale. What you pay at CHI Health Center 11219 depends on your income and household size, and the clinic bills Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance. Care is not free, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay. Among Community Health Initiatives Inc. patients, 2% are uninsured, 70% have Medicaid or CHIP, 6% have Medicare and 22% have private insurance. Call (718) 210-3110 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Community Health Initiatives Inc.

Patients came to Community Health Initiatives Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Mental health care	820	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Well-child visits	700	children had checkups
Flu shots	873	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	428	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	59	patients screened
Family planning	329	patients served
Diabetes care	475	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	720	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	500	patients with asthma
HIV testing	1,326	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	961	patients tested

Community Health Initiatives Inc. also provides care by telehealth.

Who Community Health Initiatives Inc. serves

8,492 patients used Community Health Initiatives Inc. in 2025. 65% live at or below the poverty line and 91% are at or below twice the poverty line. 134 patients were experiencing homelessness.

Measure	This center	NY median	U.S. median	vs NY
Patients at or below the poverty line	65%	72%	65%	−7 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	91%	92%	92%	−1 pts

Measure	This center	NY median	U.S. median	vs NY
Uninsured patients	2%	6%	14%	−5 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	70%	52%	42%	+18 pts
Medicare patients	6%	13%	11%	−7 pts
Privately insured patients	22%	20%	24%	+3 pts

Quality of care at Community Health Initiatives Inc.

Community Health Initiatives Inc. is at or above the New York median on 1 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	64%	69%	68%	−6 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	40%	57%	54%	−17 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	44%	54%	54%	−10 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	45%	46%	44%	In line
Patients 12+ screened for depression	61%	73%	77%	−11 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	80%	79%	86%	+1 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	54%	76%	79%	−22 pts

Staffing at Community Health Initiatives Inc.

The health center employs 44 full-time-equivalent staff, including 9 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 3 mental health staff. That is 978 patients per clinical provider against the New York median of 878 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 29,958 visits, about 3.5 per patient.

Patients from ZIP 11219

3,092 Community Health Initiatives Inc. patients live in ZIP 11219, and 1% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:

Ezra Medical Center — 20,295 patients from 11219
Premium Health, Inc. — 15,348 patients from 11219
Lasante Health Center, Inc. — 13,098 patients from 11219
Sunset Park Health Council, Inc. — 5,304 patients from 11219

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