Looking for an optician

[redbird]

I want to get new glasses made. I have a prescription (I saw the eye doctor a week ago). What I don't have is a local optician I like.

I'm looking for either a recommendation of an optician in New York (Manhattan, the nearer bits of Brooklyn or Queens, or the northwest Bronx), or maybe slightly further afield, if on transit (PATH, or Bee Line bus if it's one bus to the subway system), or advice on how to pick an optician.

Yes, if necessary I can go to LensCrafters or Cohen's Fashion Optical, but I would as soon not navigate their "sale prices" that aren't actually cheaper than someone else's ordinary price).

Comments

[erik]

Certainly not local, but I get my glasses from www.zennioptical.com

[daharyn.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how complicated your prescription is, but mine is not uncomplicated, and I had surprisingly great results ordering online from Zenni Optical (http://www.zennioptical.com/home.php). As far as a brick-and-mortar location goes, my best friend's girlfriend sang the praises of Union Square Optical (http://www.unionsquareoptical.com/index.php). It looks like they're having a sale just now down there, too.

[catelynn.livejournal.com]

Mark has a place on 165th ST bet Bway and FWA across from Harkness (NYPH). You can ping him directly if you need the precise info; he has the card in his file.