Fountaingate Gardens Named Long Island’s Best Senior Living Community

Commack, NY – Fountaingate Gardens Independent Living community has been honored as the Best Senior Living Community on Long Island in the 2025 Long Island Business News' highly competitive Reader Rankings Awards, earning top recognition among senior living providers across Long Island. The Reader Rankings Awards represent the voice of Long Island's business community and readership.

"We are deeply honored to receive this recognition from Long Island Business News and the community we serve," said John Mastacciuola, Vice President and Executive Director of Fountaingate Gardens. "This award reflects our unwavering commitment to providing exceptional independent living options and quality care for Long Island's older adults.”

Fountaingate Gardens is the newest Independent Living community on Long Island, offering active older adults 62 years and older a dynamic retirement lifestyle and a unique peace-of-mind healthcare security net guaranteeing priority access to higher levels of care in the many healthcare programs and senior living options throughout the Gurwin Healthcare System, if ever needed. Opened in 2022, the 129-luxury apartment brought to fruition the vision of a Life Plan Community on the Gurwin Commack campus.

“For Long Island seniors choosing to retire and remain on the Island, near the people and places they love, Life Plan Communities life Fountaingate Gardens provide a valuable option for successful aging in place,” said Stuart B. Almer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gurwin Healthcare System. “Receiving the “Best Senior Living Community” on Long Island award is a reflection of our team's unwavering commitment to providing exceptional care, fostering meaningful connections and creating an environment where our members can truly thrive in every stage of life."

About Fountaingate Gardens
Fountaingate Gardens, part of the renowned Gurwin Healthcare System, is an elegant, 129-apartment independent living community located on Gurwin’s 36-acre campus in Commack. The
addition of Fountaingate Gardens completes Gurwin’s Life Plan Community vision of providing
Long Islanders with independent living and assisted living options, short-term rehabilitation,
skilled nursing long-term care, memory care and other healthcare services -- all on one campus.

The community offers a vibrant lifestyle for independent active older adults, and is comprised of
beautiful luxury apartment homes, a connected, state-of-the-art clubhouse and myriad wellness-focused amenities and programs. Unique among other senior living communities on Long Island, Fountaingate Gardens offers future financial and healthcare security, providing predictable monthly expenses and access to higher levels of healthcare if ever needed, on the same campus via the area’s expert in senior healthcare and living services, Gurwin Healthcare System. Visit FountaingateLI.org to learn more or call 631-715-2693.