Graham Eye Care

Graham Eye Care offers comprehensive eye exams, prescription glasses, contact lens fittings, dry eye treatment, myopia management, allergy testing, and evaluation and management of eye disease.

Because ophthalmologists, optometrists and opticians work together in the same office, your eye doctor can recommend additional testing or care based on what the examination finds, without sending you elsewhere.

Most adults benefit from a comprehensive eye exam every one to two years, though your eye doctor may recommend a different schedule.

The right interval depends on your age, prescription, eye health, medical history and risk factors. Many patients are due for an exam even when nothing feels wrong, because some eye conditions progress before obvious symptoms appear.

Yes. Clear vision does not mean the eyes are free of disease.

Glaucoma and early retinal changes, for example, can develop without affecting how sharply you see. Routine examinations let your eye doctor track both your vision and the health of your eyes over time, which makes small changes easier to catch.

Yes — screen-related eye strain is one of the most common reasons patients come to our Williamsburg practice.

Tired eyes, intermittent blur and end-of-day headaches can come from uncorrected refractive error, focusing or eye teaming difficulty, or a tear film that breaks down when you blink less at a monitor. These feel identical but are treated differently, so the exam starts by working out which one you have.

Yes. A contact lens exam covers both your prescription and the fit of the lens on your eye.

Your eye doctor will match you to a daily, bi-weekly or monthly lens based on comfort, fit and eye health. For patients with dry eyes or seasonal allergies, daily disposables are often the healthier choice. Contact lens prescriptions are separate from glasses prescriptions and require their own measurements.

Yes. The practice has a full optical department with prescription eyewear and designer frames.

Our opticians help you choose frames and lens options — single vision, progressive, blue light filtering, anti-reflective coatings — based on your prescription and how you spend your day. You are welcome to bring in a prescription from another provider.

Many prescriptions are completed quickly because there is an optical lab on the premises.

Turnaround depends on your prescription, the lens type you choose, the frame and product availability. Complex or specialty lenses take longer than standard single vision. Ask the optical team for a timeline when you place the order.

Yes. Dry eye is one of the practice’s specialties.

Symptoms include burning, irritation, redness, watering, a gritty sensation, or vision that fluctuates through the day. Tears have three layers — oil, water and mucin — and the right treatment depends on which layer is failing, which is why your eye doctor evaluates the cause before recommending a plan.

Yes. A comprehensive exam evaluates far more than how clearly you see.

Your eye doctor examines the eye for signs of glaucoma, cataracts, retinal disease, macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease and other findings that may need monitoring or treatment. Some of these are detected years before they would affect vision.

Yes. Diabetes can damage the blood vessels of the retina, a condition called diabetic retinopathy.

Early diabetic retinopathy often causes no symptoms at all. Patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes should follow the schedule of comprehensive dilated eye examinations recommended by their eye doctor and primary care physician, and mention any recent change in blood sugar control at the visit.

Myopia management is treatment that slows the progression of nearsightedness in children, available at Graham Eye Care from age 7.

Nearsightedness that advances through childhood raises the long-term risk of retinal problems in adulthood, so the goal is not only clearer vision now but a lower final prescription later. Options may include specialty contact lenses, spectacle lens designs or prescribed drops, depending on the child’s eyes and daily routine.

An optometrist (OD) provides primary eye and vision care; an ophthalmologist (MD) is a physician who also performs eye surgery.

Optometrists examine eyes, prescribe glasses and contact lenses, and diagnose and manage many eye conditions. Ophthalmologists provide medical and surgical treatment of eye disease. Eyepic brings both, plus licensed opticians, into the same practice, so patients move between them without a referral to an outside office.

Eyepic accepts many major vision plans and health insurance plans.

A routine exam for glasses or contacts is usually covered by a vision plan, while a medical eye exam — dry eye, glaucoma monitoring, an eye infection, diabetic evaluation — is billed to medical insurance. Many patients have both. Because participating providers and benefits vary, contact the practice before your appointment and our staff will confirm your coverage.

The practice sits on the Graham Avenue corridor and serves Williamsburg, East Williamsburg, Bushwick and Greenpoint.

It is a short walk from the Graham Avenue L station, which makes it a straightforward stop for patients coming from anywhere along the L line in north Brooklyn.

Yes. Eyepic operates four practices across Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Alongside Graham Eye Care in Williamsburg, Eyepic runs Park Slope Eye Care, Flatbush Eye Care, and Harlem Eye Care in East Harlem. See all Eyepic locations.