In the examination lane
Comprehensive eye examination
How well you see, how your eyes work together, and how they are.
Two halves, one practice
What we do
An examination lane and a frame room, run out of the same building on 61st Street. Below is everything in both, with the same card and the same grid for each — the colour is the only thing that changes.
In the examination lane
What an optometrist does. Every one of these ends with somebody telling you what they saw and what happens next.
In the examination lane
Contact lens fitting and aftercare
Measuring the eye, choosing the lens, and teaching the handling.
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Children's vision
An examination that does not need a child to read letters aloud.
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Glaucoma screening and monitoring
The one that takes sight without symptoms until it is late.
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Diabetic eye screening
Photographs of the back of both eyes, once a year, whatever your sight is like.
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Red eye and urgent visits
Time kept free every day for eyes that cannot wait until next week.
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Screen and computer vision
Tired eyes by four in the afternoon, and what actually helps.
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Retinal imaging and visual fields
A picture that can be laid beside next year's picture.
In the examination lane
Your prescription, and what it is
Yours, written down, and yours to take anywhere.
In the frame room
What an optician does. Nothing here needs an appointment to start, and nothing here is sold as a cure.
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Sunglasses and tints
Prescription or not, and the part that is not about the colour.
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Contact lenses, and getting them
What we supply, how it arrives, and what it costs to keep wearing.
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Repairs, adjustments and fitting
Free, while you wait, whether or not they came from here.
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Insurance and paying
What we can check, what we cannot, and what you pay if none of it applies.
One diary, both halves
What a visit costs, and how long it takes
An examination in a lane and a frame adjustment at the dispensing table are booked in the same diary and published in the same table below, side by side — every visit says its own length and its own fee before you book it.
| Visit | Where | Length | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive eye examination | Examination lane | 45 min (+15 first visit) | $145 |
| Contact lens fitting | Examination lane | 60 min | $125 |
| Contact lens follow-up | Examination lane | 20 min (+10 first visit) | $55 |
| Children's eye examination | Examination lane | 40 min (+10 first visit) | $125 |
| Myopia management review | Examination lane | 30 min (+15 first visit) | $95 |
| Dry eye assessment | Examination lane | 40 min | $115 |
| Urgent visit: a red or painful eye | Examination lane | 25 min (+5 first visit) | $95 |
| Diabetic eye screening | Examination lane | 35 min (+10 first visit) | $105 |
| Glaucoma monitoring | Examination lane | 35 min (+10 first visit) | $105 |
| Low vision assessment | Examination lane | 60 min | $155 |
| Frame styling and fitting | Dispensing table | 30 min | Free |
| Repair or adjustment | Dispensing table | 15 min | Free |
In the frame room
Lenses and coatings, priced apart from the frame
A frame's price is the frame alone. The lens design and every coating are chosen afterwards and priced on their own below, which is the only honest way to show what a pair of glasses actually costs before a prescription has been written.
Lens designs
| Lens design | What it is | From |
|---|---|---|
| Single vision | One power across the whole lens. Distance, or reading, or a screen. | $95 |
| Varifocal, long corridor | Distance, middle and near in one lens, with the widest usable middle. | $325 |
| Varifocal, short corridor | The same three zones, compressed, for a shallower frame. | $295 |
| Bifocal | Two powers with a visible line between them. | $175 |
| Occupational | Built for a desk rather than for a street. | $245 |
Coatings
| Coating | What it does | From |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-reflection | Lets more light through the lens and stops other people seeing it bounce off. | $65 |
| Scratch-resistant hard coat | Makes a plastic lens harder to scratch. Not impossible to scratch. | $35 |
| Ultraviolet filter | Blocks ultraviolet in a clear lens, with no tint. | $25 |
| Photochromic | Darkens in daylight and clears indoors, slowly. | $125 |
| Polarised | Cuts reflected glare off water, snow and wet roads. | $95 |
| Thinner material | The same prescription in a thinner, lighter lens. | $85 |
Straight talk
What we do not do
Every service above has its own “what this is not”. Nine pages say the rest of it plainly, in the open, rather than leaving it for you to find out.
Ready when you are
Ring to book an eye examination, or come in and browse the frame room — no appointment needed to look.