The Brookdale 1099 Broad St…read more Bloomfield NJ 07003 The Big Cheese A member from my group page tipped me off about this location because I am currently working on a compilation reel about oversized menu items. This one pound mozzarella stick definitely fulfilled that criteria. It was so gigantic it was almost like getting a workout in just to lift it. The outside was heavily breaded with bread crumbs and the top was sprinkled with parmesan cheese and chopped scallions. Even the dipping cup was supersized to accommodate the diameter of the stick! Typically, I would have posted until after my I finished my oversized food compilation project. However, it's being posted early because The Brookdale is permanently closing its doors. I am truly sad to hear they will no longer be in business, but their three sister restaurants at 1109 Broad Street will still remain open. #thebrookdale #thebigcheese #bloomfieldnj

If you've seen their giant mozzarella stick online, yes it is good and worth it! I ordered the big…read moremozz and a shrimp vodka pizza ; Both were real good but too much cheese for the two of us!!! Maybe a salad with the mozz stick woulda been better! Service was good and the restaurant with low lighting was a good vibe! Its split into a half bar and half dining area which i liked. Only complaint i can think of is they didnt have many options of beer on tap as they advertised on thier menu. Overall good experience would recommend!

Nice park!! I love that it's always chill and not too much going on. Love riding bikes aroundread more

I really love Brookdale Park! My best friend actually introduced me to this park when I was in…read moreundergrad, so I have some good memories here. I remember coming during the day when it was really quiet and almost empty. My daughter was able to play on the playground all by herself, which was kind of nice because she had the whole place to enjoy! Now, years later, I still find myself coming back to Brookdale Park. I walk and run here, and it's become one of my go-to spots for an outdoor workout. I especially enjoy walking in the evening. Funny enough, after all these years, this was actually my first time officially walking the entire park! There's so much space here. They have a running track, tennis courts, and pickleball courts. There's plenty of room for kids to ride their bikes, and there are open areas where people can play soccer, football, and other sports. I also love that there's plenty of grass and open space if you want to bring a blanket, have a picnic, or just sit and relax. There are also different events held throughout the year, which gives the park an even better community feel. Overall, Brookdale Park is just a really nice place to spend time. Whether I'm coming here to walk, run, exercise, relax, or spend time with family, I always enjoy being here. It's definitely a park I've appreciated over the years, and I'm happy to have made so many memories here.

I could post a book of negativity about this place. The outside is beautiful. But inside those…read moredoors was a hell hole of lies. Nightmare for my mother. I don't know how the administrative people sleep at night. My mom was there for 2 plus years. She was so traumatized.

Our mother was a resident at Brookdale at Monroe for 17 months. We had high hopes that this move…read morefrom independent living would continue to foster our mother's sense of dignity and self-worth. Unfortunately, our experience didn't match our expectations. The facility was clean, pleasant, and the activities and food were without complaint. Our biggest and most consistent issue was how our mother was treated by the staff and the lack of appropriate action taken by administration to address these concerns. Our issue was solely with the administration and how they handled the complaints we made on behalf of our mother and her treatment by the aides. A slight stroke left out mother with limited mobility which necessitated a move to assisted living. Being confined to a wheelchair meant that our mother was completely reliant on the aides to for every physical move; ie in and out of her recliner, wheelchair, toilet, commode etc. The only thing our mother could do was brush her teeth and feed herself. Dressing, toileting and even just reaching for her water, tv remote, and blankets was impossible. Therefore her reliance on the aides was all encompassing. While some of the aides treated out mother with patience and respect, there was a consistent lack of understanding, a sense that out mother should be doing more to assist the aides and a conveyed feeling that our mother was a burden and inconvenience. Over the course of 17 months, we reported specific instances of inappropriate, rude and hurtful comments, such as; " you are too heavy for us to move", "you don't help us at all", "stop drinking so we don't have to toilet you so much", "my back hurts from lifting you") however, the response from the administration was always in favor of the aides. We were always told that the aides reported a different version of the incident with our mother being described as uncooperative and needy. We found this to be unconscionable, indefensible and without regard to our mother's feelings or well-being. We never felt as though our mother was cared for or respected in the way we were told she would be during our tour and inspection of Brookdale. The last 2 -3 weeks of our mother's stay at Brookdale caused great concern by family members. She was attended to last for meals resulting in her eating a cold breakfast alone in the dining room; oftentimes being the only resident at her table for lunches and dinners. Our mother was a dynamic, vibrant and accomplished independent woman who experienced many unfortunate physical illnesses which slowly limited her mobility. She remained sharp and had limited cognitive impairment which made her treatment at Brookdale all the more demeaning and unacceptable. She always stated that she felt she was treated as less than a human being which made her situation all the more difficult and sad for her and our family. We have since moved her to another facility where she receives respectful and decent treatment as she should. In our first week, an incident arose in which an aide made an inappropriate comment. When we reported it to the administration, it was handled in a quick and professional manner with the aide apologizing to our mother and family members. This is all we ask and expect; for our mother to be treated with respect, dignity and kindness. Unfortunately we rarely experienced that at Brookdale.

I moved my mother here from Texas. It was a big change for her. Luckily the staff at Brookdale…read morewelcomed her and have been so kind and helpful. She says I picked the perfect place for her. They have different size rooms, meals three times daily, games and entertainment all the time. The place is clean and well maintained. It is smaller than some other facilities in Bergen County, but as she has dementia, it is the perfect size for her. I think the smaller size facilities better relationships between staff and residents.

Brookdale is a big corporation with deep pockets and the management can care less about providing…read morequality living for its residents. They hire Executive Directors of buildings who don't return the emails or calls from concerned family members and friends of residents. They fire employees with integrity and who are trying to do right by the residents. The Brookdale buildings that have a strong Medicaid base of residents are not maintained well and are severely understaffed with CNAs and med techs. They cover up the smell of urine in the halls with Febreeze .... Rodent issues - Mice traps are clear as day in residents rooms, hallways, and common areas. Yea, not a good place to put a loved one!

Just a note to thank your dedicated staff: Megan, Sara, and those I cannot name, for their…read moreprofessionalism and compassionate assistance this past week when my sister, Sara, was moved very efficiently to her new room. We are grateful for the participation of everyone involved, they were quite extraordinary. Your care of my sister, Sara, is always beyond our expectations. Jupiter Village has truly become her home and her haven. You treat her humanely and with a humanity not always available to those with dementia. Thank you again. Sincerely, Jack and Candace Miller

My very medically complicated Mom has been a resident at Juniper Village Paramus for about a year…read moreand a half. I truly rest easy and don't worry, she is very well taken care of, they have managed her medical conditions well, we've had fewer hospital trips and the aides and staff members really do care about the residents. They communicate with families about concerns or needs, I've had a great experience with the nursing staff. The facility is well-kept and clean, the rooms are spacious and functional. They have plenty of activities, and the residents all seem happy to be there. I visited many other facilities and I'm glad I chose Juniper Village.

I'm insured by delta dental and I received terrible care. The dentist took five minutes to clean my…read moreentire mouth. She cleaned and polished without me rinsing. She never introduced herself. In 63 years a dentist cleaned each quad and I rinsed each time., then polished. Approximately 15 minutes if done properly. She walked out after I asked, is that it? No professionalism. I'm waiting to see how much she charges for her part. They had another woman that didn't introduce herself, tell me they could schedule surgery before the dentist came to give me half a cleaning and never talk to me, except to say," it's alright when touching my face to turn and put back in my mouth.

Dr. Acra the pediatrician is wonderful and is full of great energy to match her kind persona. Very…read morecool to have for my twins medical care

Terrible,I took my son here to literally just get something in his eye checked.They took his weight…read moreand sat us in the waiting room for like 2 hours.Just to send us back outside so a doctor can come lol at his eye and say everything is fine.Then these terrible people had the audacity to send me a check in the mail for 1,400$ FOR NOTHING!!!! ill be damned if I get charged for such disrespectful and lazy service for my one year old.I got charged 1,400$ for the doctor checking my sons eye IN THE OUTSIDE WAITING ROOM!!!I got no prescription literally nothing.The whole trip was pointless and I ended up treating it at home.Terrible.

The doctors here are dedicated and generally kind. They know how to talk to their patients in a way…read morethat is respectful, yet authoritative.

This is Brookdale hospital located on Rockaway parkway between Linden Blvd, ( Serving : East…read moreFlatbush, Flatlands, Mill Basin, East New York, Brownsville , Canarsie, Flatbush ,Crown Heights, Marine park ,Etc - residents ) in Borough of Brooklyn. it's pretty cool hospitals and staff members as well .it's very similar to Kings county hospital and S.U.N.Y-Downstate College / Hospital. and pretty a big hospital building as well !!!!! very convenient by the mta transportation: Subway: 3- Train , Sutter Avenue - Rutland Road. Train station (Walking distance). L-Train,New Lots Avnue. Train Station (Walking Distance). Bus: B35,B15,B60, B8 ,etc buses !

Honestly forget it. This place is unorganized if you want the staff to constantly yell at you go…read moreahead and check yourself in as a patient or being the family member of a patient. We went there due to a family member being transported there from another hospital because this hospital has neurology. When we got in we waited a bit while my man was inside the ER room with this family member so after a whole while he's comes out and we were told that this family member was going to stay the night. So we decided to ask the front desk what the visiting ours are and she asked us for the patients name and we gave it to her (mind you even after 7 hours of just waiting in the previous hospital for nothing we were still very nice) she had then proceeded to tell us that this family member was discharged at 18:27. I'm here like excuse me?!!! Checked out?! What do you mean checked out? Like he just gonna stroll out by himself?! I ask the front desk lady if he was discharged from THIS hospital or the hospital before and I clear as day remember her telling me that it was the hospital we were currently in. I told her that is impossible because we got there AFTER 18:45 she said "im just telling you what I see on the screen" she goes and ask the doctors and nurses if they seen my family member and she comes back telling me they never seen him...... EXCUSE ME?! DID YOU JUST LOSE MY FAMILY MEMBER?! They told us they probably didn't chart him yet. Ok fine. STRIKE ONE. I called the next day and decided to figure where they were in. I called and she told me they was in this department. The first girl I talked to I asked her about their health and she was nice ( a lil altercation when she told me to call back to speak to the nurse then didn't let me speak to her when I called back but honestly whatever) HOWEVER it was not as back as the lady I spoke to today. Omg she's the absolute worse like there is no words to describe how dumb this conversation was. I told her the first name of the patient (since their last name is long I started to spell it) I said their first name is ------ and their last name is V as in Victor a as in Apple she immediately cuts me off saying I don't see a ------ Victor or a Victor ------- I'm here telling her no his last or first name isn't victor his last name STARTS with V AS IN VICTOR. She starts getting loud wit me and start yelling at me and the entire conversation was her telling me she can't find a victor and to come and basically find him my damn self. Then same thing they can't find his chart even after a whole 24hr of him being there she basically telling me the hospital has loss record of where my family member went. ^ that is my experience as a patients family member because honestly how do you lose a patient. My family member has told me they treated them extremely badly in there like they was trash. They told the nurses they was hungry cuz they hadn't eaten since yesterday which would make 2 days and they brought them a hot cup of water and when they said they didn't want hot water and if they were just gonna give them water when their hungry they would like cold and they take it away and come back with even hotter water....wth. My family member stated that they were seen by 5 different doctors telling them 10 different things and were seen by atleast 10 different nurses telling them 10 different thing. They nurse told them they would be discharged even with their condition because Sunday and Monday was a holiday so there would be no docs to see them like WHAT?! I work in a medical facility too and never would we leave a critical patient without care...... They left them there for hours on end and when they tried to call a nurse the nurse would look and them and walk away. Honestly, what kind of facility is this? Because the amount of stressed my family was put through just trying to find out what's going on and where he is, is a whole haste giving me a damn headache.

I am giving Brookdale's Emergency Department two stars, and that feels generous. My mother arrived…read moreshort of breath and in a wheelchair, yet there appeared to be no meaningful initial triage at the entrance. We first had to wait in line, and I ultimately had to approach staff, nearly in tears, asking that someone assess her breathing. When we finally reached triage, the response I received was essentially, "Your mother just has to wait." The interaction felt dismissive and lacked the compassion one expects when bringing an elderly, medically complex patient to an emergency department. The physical environment made matters worse. The waiting/triage area was crowded, difficult to navigate with a larger wheelchair, outdated, and visibly unclean. The bathrooms were particularly concerning and lacked basic supplies. Thankfully, our experience changed dramatically once my mother reached the back treatment area. We encountered clinicians who were engaged, compassionate, attentive, and seemed genuinely invested in her care. I am grateful to them. Brookdale desperately needs to reevaluate the front-end emergency department experience--particularly arrival, triage, cleanliness, accessibility, communication, and compassionate care. Patients and frightened families should feel that care begins when they walk through the door, not hours later when they finally reach the treatment area.

Being admitted here you are GUARANTEED to be disrespected by the nurses, doctors and whoever else…read morein between. They closed the good hospitals and kept the 1 for WHAT?