Eastside Optometric, PC

Prompt office, Courteous Staff, Easy to book appointments, contacts arrived in less than 36 hrs. Contact fitting/​eye exam is quick and painless. I’m quite happy with my service here for the last 3 years. All of the staff make you feel like a valued customer and it’s clear that they want to assist in any way possible. Definitely recommend them.

Great office, stumbled onto it by accident. Very friendly staff and doctors. Everyone was patient, but to the point. Was seen promptly, and stayed on scheduled. They are very good at working quickly, without making the patient feel rushed. Being a person that is short on time usually, but always has questions, their attitude suited my personality perfectly. I definitely see myself becoming a long term patient here. I would highly recommend this practice. Well worth the visit.

I found this office staff to be incredibly helpful and the Doctors to be professional, kind, and knowledgable. Not to mention I have never had to wait more than 5 minutes for an appointment. I highly recommend going here!

Found this office through the networks listing and its proximity to my office, and boy oh boy was it a great find. This was one of the most efficiently run Optometry offices I’ve had in over 20 years. I was in and out in 30 minutes after having a full annual exam and contact lens fitting. Dr. Kushner was pleasant, personable, and most importantly, genuine!!! I made an appointment online which was very simple and being a new patient with them, they sent me a link to complete the usual paperwork in advance to expedite the process!
Thank you for a great experience! See you next year!

Dr. Kushner is an excellent optometrist. I have complete and total confidence in his diagnostic ability and professional judgment. In addition to refraction exam for glasses, he will measure eye pressure and perform a flicker test. The practice routinely suggests retinal imaging as part of the yearly exam. This is not covered by insurance, but I think that it is well worth the $ 35 to catch early symptoms of retinal disease (macular degeneration.) The office staff is friendly and seem to have a grasp of what is and isn’t covered by insurance.

These are the BEST Optometrists in the City. Hands down! After years of going from one optometrist to another around the city, and being totally disappointed in their service, I found Dr. Goldberg and Eastside about 10 years ago. Since then, I’ve recommended Eastside to many friends and family members. Each time I’ve gone in for an exam, they’ve been professional, thorough and very friendly. If you’re looking for the best eye doctors in NYC, go to Eastside. You will love it!

I was really hoping to like this place since it is close to work and they accept my insurance. However their management skills are subpar at best. I made an appointment for Sunday (which is great that they have office hours that day) however I received legit ten different emails and phone calls for a Saturday appointment. So I called and they had scheduled me on the wrong date. NBD, they fixed it and I was all set for Sunday. So I go in Sunday and they tell me according to my insurance I can not be seen untill the 11 (mind you my appointment was on the 9) YOU COULDN’T HAVE TOLD ME THIS IN THE 100’s OF EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS you made to confirm my appointments. Not only did I waste time on a beautiful Sunday afternoon but now I have to waste another one of my Sunday’s coming to your incompetent office. NOT COOL

I love this optometrist office. Everyone is super nice and it’s easy to get an appointment. The staff and doctors are top notch and I recommend anyone who wants to try contacts to go to this office. The doctors were extremely helpful in getting me situated as a first time contact wearer. When I had a problem with my contacts at first the doctors encouraged me not to give up and I am very happy that I didn’t give up. I love wearing contacts and I owe the doctors a big thanks! I’ve referred friends to this office and they had the same great experience. Two big thumbs up!

I had a wonderful experience here. I was in and out in under half an hour with my eyes checked, a clean bill of health, and a new contact and glasses prescription. Dr. Abilevitz was wonderful, kind, and efficient. I will definitely be returning for my eye appointment here next year and have recommended the place to my co-​workers, as we work across the street.

Dr Kushner is fantastic. I had such a wonderful experience with him and this office and am very happy to finally have found a doctor who can answer all my questions. I’ve been wearing glasses since I was 6 so I’ve seen my fair share of eye doctors. Recently I wasn’t very happy with the service I was receiving with another office so I decided to try Eastside Optometric as it’s conveniently located by my office near Grand Central.
They took me right on time for my appointment (when does any doctor office ever do that?) and Dr Kushner was able to answer all my (probably rather annoying) questions about my current situation– why my 2 glasses with the same prescription gave me completely different eyesight. He also put me in new contacts that are much better than my previous brand. He even was able to explain that the way I put my eyeliner on is the reason for the dryness in only my right eye. I didn’t expect that from a male doctor and really appreciated the fact that he knew so much about female patients and how much they love their eyeliner.
He also spoke to the optician in Lenscrafters to look further into my glasses issue and sure enough the new glasses they made me are perfect and I can finally see again. All my eye problems have been solved thanks to Dr Kushner.
Just take note they don’t take Amex so bring your Visa/​MC.

This is the location I fill my contact orders. I had to see an O.D. for a new prescription. The original O.D. was brusque and dismissive and left me extraordinarily upset. The lovely ladies at the front desk let Dr. Goldberg know how upset I was, and he called me personally to apologize for the treatment I received. Dr. Goldberg took the time to re-​evaluate me and took the time to explain to me what the previous O.D. practically refused to. If it wasn’t for the resolution, I would have taken my business elsewhere.

Excellent service. Dr Scott Isaacs did a phenomenal job at fitting my contact lenses on the first try. I had trouble getting fitted before and had given up on lenses. He provided me 2 week disposable, extremely comfortable and excellent clarity.
I highly recommend Dr. Isaacs for contact lens fittings and glasses prescriptions as well.

Dr. Lou Kushner is an EXCELLENT doctor. In addition to being really nice, he did a fantastic job getting me the exactly right prescription for my glasses. Before seeing Dr. Kushner I had for years seen a different doctor. I had always complained to my previous doctor that I couldn’t see well with his glasses and there was never a change in prescription. Dr. Kushner, in contrast, changed the cylinder number a tiny bit and now I can see more clearly than I have for years. He knew the exact prescription that would help me read. He’s excellent at what he does! I don’t like the fact that his office is in Lenscrafters where they try to make a sale on glasses. Lenscrafters was more than twice the price of the place where I did get my glasses made. Hate Lenscrafters; love Dr. Kushner!

Laura is wonderful, full of knowledge and full of life, she made the visit fun and educational, She is a winner!

Quick and friendly service. While visiting NYC, our daughter had an eye irritation that required attention. The doctor was able to see us within 30 minutes of calling their office.

I waited 45 minutes after my scheduled appointment time to see Dr. Kushner. No apology from him or the staff.

I saw Dr. Kushner for my first exam in about 2 years. He was an excellent doctor and actually suggested that my previous physician may have given me a prescription just so they could sell me contacts and glasses. Apparently I have ²⁰⁄₂₀ vision!
Dr. Kushner is amazing in that, despite working out of a shop that sells glasses, made no effort to up-​sell me. He even gave me a sample of eye drops because I was complaining about dry eyes at work.
Thought he may not see me often since I don’t need corrective lenses, I took a few cards to hand to my colleagues at work. Highly, highly recommend him. He knows what he’s doing.

Saw Dr. Kushner for my first eye exam in about 6 years. He was friendly and got my eye exam done quicker than I had expected.
They operate within a Lenscafters which was cool because I could browse the selection while waiting for my appointment. The sales people weren’t pushy, but ultimately the LensCrafters didn’t really have what I was looking for.
I’ll probably come back again in 6 years when I get my next eye exam.

The team are friendly and competent enough but their charges are misleading and their business practices weould be more at home in a Turkish bazaar than midtown Manhattan. I was told when I arrived that I’d have to make a co-​payment of $ 20 for an eye exam and it would be a further $ 75 if I needed a prescription. I didn’t require a prescription as I have a year’s worth of lenses at home and so just wanted an exam to make sure nothing had changed. Nothing had changed. But they insisted I had to pay the full $ 95 at the extra $ 75 was for some sort of «contact lens» exam (which I think was the 3 minutes she spent looking at my eyes with a light when I had my lenses in). I intend to go to a more honest place in future.

I’ve been going here for several years now. I chose it because it was convenient to my office, has a good range of hours, accepts my insurance AND has glasses in store (inside a Lenscrafters) so you can do it all at once.
I never have an issue getting an eye appointment and scheduling is easy. I am big on front desk service and find it fine here — no red flags. My billing has always been right.
As for the ordering of glasses, the associates at Lenscrafters have always explained my benefits to me and help me with the frames.
** Therapy at no extra cost** Last summer when I went, I was very frustrated that I had trouble reading the chart (until recently was ²⁰⁄₂₀ but an astigmatism is challenging this). I started tearing up and told the doctor «I give up.» Dr. Kushner could not have been MORE PATIENT with my antics and just so polite. He pushed me to keep trying and said I wasn’t getting old but eyes sometimes change. (ps: at the end of it all, I over-​reacted, my script was the same. Silly me)
Recommend :)