Doctors in Brooklyn, NY
Active healthcare providers in Brooklyn sourced from the CMS NPPES weekly file, no proprietary ratings, no editorial scores. NPI counts, specialty distribution, and primary practice addresses refreshed each release.
Where this city sits in the corpus
Brooklyn ranks 2nd among 1,005 New York cities by CMS provider count, holding 11.7% of the state's NPIs, led by Specialist.
- 62,180
- NPPES providers in city
- 2nd
- of 1,005 NY cities
- 11.7%
- of New York providers
- 23.7%
- in top 3 specialties
Brooklyn ranks #1 of 10 New York cities for Specialist.
Where Brooklyn ranks among New York cities
Provider count vs every New York city in CMS NPPES (1,005 cities)
62,180 Top 1% higher than 99% of 1,005 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Brooklyn
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Specialist
Specialist
5,664 providers
- Student in an Organi…
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
5,344 providers
- Social Worker
Social Worker
3,734 providers
- Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse
3,530 providers
- Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Social Worker
3,061 providers
- Speech-Language Path…
Speech-Language Pathologist
3,038 providers
- Pharmacist
Pharmacist
2,755 providers
- Mental Health Counse…
Mental Health Counselor
2,623 providers
- Licensed Practical N…
Licensed Practical Nurse
2,534 providers
- Physical Therapist 2,186
Physical Therapist
2,186 providers
What this shows Specialist is the largest specialty (5,664 providers, 9.1% of the city), followed by Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Brooklyn has more, and fewer, of than New York average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across New York , Brooklyn over-indexes specialist at 2.1× the state average and under-indexes physician assistant at 0.71×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than New York average
- Specialist 2.1×
- Behavior Analyst 1.7×
- Behavior Technician 1.7×
- Case Manager/Care Coordinator 1.6×
Less common here than New York average
- Physician Assistant 0.71×
- Family Nurse Practitioner 0.72×
How to read this directory & data limitations
Brooklyn, New York appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 62,180 registered healthcare providers spanning 20 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Brooklyn - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Brooklyn practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2023 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Brooklyn is weighted toward Specialist (5,664 clinicians, followed by Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program with 5,344 and Social Worker with 3,734). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to New York's population, Brooklyn reports roughly 317.7 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.
For Brooklyn patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.
Which specialties are most common in Brooklyn
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Specialist | 5,664 | 9.1% |
| 2 | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 5,344 | 8.6% |
| 3 | Social Worker | 3,734 | 6.0% |
| 4 | Registered Nurse | 3,530 | 5.7% |
| 5 | Clinical Social Worker | 3,061 | 4.9% |
| 6 | Speech-Language Pathologist | 3,038 | 4.9% |
| 7 | Pharmacist | 2,755 | 4.4% |
| 8 | Mental Health Counselor | 2,623 | 4.2% |
| 9 | Licensed Practical Nurse | 2,534 | 4.1% |
| 10 | Physical Therapist | 2,186 | 3.5% |
| 11 | Occupational Therapist | 1,712 | 2.8% |
| 12 | Internal Medicine Physician | 1,553 | 2.5% |
| 13 | Case Manager/Care Coordinator | 1,500 | 2.4% |
| 14 | Physician Assistant | 1,218 | 2.0% |
| 15 | Family Nurse Practitioner | 1,060 | 1.7% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 302)
| Name |
|---|
| Ziyad Effendi Dentist |
| Isaac Effiong, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Tiann Effiong, PHARM.D., RPH Pharmacist |
| Obinna Efobi, M.D. Anesthesiology Physician |
| Aliza Efraimov, R.N. Registered Nurse |
| Sofia Efremoff, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Rachel Efron, PH.D. Psychologist |
| Tina Efron, OT/L Occupational Therapist |
| Irina Efros, OTR/L Pediatric Occupational Therapist |
| Rachel Efrosman Specialist |
| Olukayode Efunnuga, M.A Mental Health Counselor |
| Francina Egad Licensed Practical Nurse |
| Eleanore Egan, PA-C Medical Physician Assistant |
| Matthew Egan, LMSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Natasha Egan, RN Registered Nurse |
| Sarah Egan, M.D. Internal Medicine Physician |
| Virginia Egan, RN Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse |
| Stephanie Egbuchunam, PA Medical Physician Assistant |
| Amarachukwu Egbujor Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Helen Gloria Egeruoh, RD, CDN Nutritionist |
| Madeline Eggenberger Mental Health Counselor |
| Aya Egger Optometrist |
| Kristen Egger, PMHNP Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner |
| Arnold Eggers, M.D. Neurology Physician |
| Kyle Eggers Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor |
| Richard Eggert Chiropractor |
| Sarah Eggleston, LMSW Social Worker |
| Ikenna Ego-Osuala Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Rachel Ehiemua Licensed Practical Nurse |
| Chad Ehimhen, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Omon Ehimiaghe Case Manager/Care Coordinator |
| Suzanne Ehinger, MS, LCAT, BC-DMT Dance Therapist |
| Joseph Ehiorobo, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Elissa Ehlin, MFT Marriage & Family Therapist |
| Corina Ehrenberg, PT Orthopedic Physical Therapist |
| Erica Ehrenberg Psychoanalyst |
| Ethan Ehrenberg, PH.D. Clinical Psychologist |
| Stuart Ehrenberg, PHYSICAL THERAPIST Geriatric Physical Therapist |
| Caroline Ehrenfeld School Psychologist |
| David Ehrenfeld Specialist |
| Joel Ehrenfeld, MD, PT, DPT Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician |
| Allison Ehrenpreis Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Beth Ehrenpreis Psychologist |
| Abigail Ehrenreich, M.S SLP Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Devorah Ehrenreich Specialist |
| Masha Ehrenreich Specialist |
| Moshe Ehrenreich Behavior Analyst |
| Yenta Ehrenreich Specialist |
| Nechama Ehrentreu Specialist |
| Zachary Ehret, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
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