It provides 24-hour emergency services and long-term specialty care, has outpatient programs, and is one of 14 New York State DOH designated Stroke Centers in Brooklyn.

Brookdale specializes in rehabilitative medicine and long-term specialty care in its Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation and in addition is home to 86 units of assisted living and independent housing in the Arlene and David Schlang Pavilion, a federally subsidized housing project.

[7] In 1970, NYU's Medical Center and School of Medicine initiated an "affilitation agreement" to enhance training and provide student exchange opportunities.

[8] In 2023, One Brooklyn Health at Brookdale Hospital became an MBSAQIP-accredited Center of Excellence for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Brookdale is both a treatment facility and an academic medical center, certified with 530 acute-care beds, and more than 50 specialty clinics.