About Viewtopia Optical
NYS License #005762-01 · ABO-NCLE #018067 · Transitions Expert · 35 years of Optical Experience.
35
Years of Optical Experience.
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Chapter One
VIEWTOPIA Optical is a boutique optical practice at 810 Kings Highway, Brooklyn, NY 11223.
There is one licensed optician here. His name is Abe Zami. He brings over 35 years of optical industry experience to every patient who walks through the door. Every consultation, every measurement, and every follow-up visit is handled by Abe personally.
No rotating staff. No sales associates. The same credentialed professional, every time.
VIEWTOPIA Optical serves patients from across Brooklyn and beyond. The practice does not sell eyewear online. That is not a limitation — it is a professional position, and it is explained in full below.
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Chapter Two
Thirty-five years in the optical industry produces something that credentials alone cannot.
Before opening VIEWTOPIA, Abe spent decades working across multiple facets of the optical field — building a depth of knowledge that goes well beyond what retail experience alone provides. That background informs every consultation, every prescription review, and every lens recommendation made at VIEWTOPIA.
What most people don't realize is that the optician interpreting the prescription and taking the measurements matters as much as the prescription itself. A strong prescription, a complex add power, or a particularly challenging fit requires an optician who understands the variables involved and knows where the process requires extra care — and that comes from experience, not from a machine.
Kings Highway is one of the most diverse retail corridors in Brooklyn, and the patients Abe sees reflect that — first-time glasses wearers, patients referred by neighbors and family members, and everyone in between. That variety, combined with decades of optical knowledge brought into the dispensary, shapes every consultation and every recommendation.
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Chapter Three
Before there was a storefront on Kings Highway, there was a career spent at the heart of the optical industry — just not the part most patients ever see.
For the better part of three decades, Abe worked on the wholesale side of optics — sourcing and supplying spectacle lenses, optical equipment, and lab materials to ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians across the region. For part of that time he was a partner in an optical laboratory, developing a hands-on understanding of how lenses are made — from finished spectacle lenses to custom lab-generated prescriptions. That lab was eventually acquired by Essilor.
But the education that shaped VIEWTOPIA Optical most happened in waiting rooms.
In calling on practices across the region — not just to sell, but to consult and educate on new lens technology and how to integrate it meaningfully into patient care — Abe spent years observing. Waiting for a doctor to finish with a patient. Watching how different practices in different neighborhoods conducted themselves. How opticians spoke to patients. How they presented frames. How they explained lenses. What they said, what they didn't say, and what they should have said.
Those observations accumulated into something invaluable: a clear picture of best practices — and an equally clear picture of what Abe would do differently if he ever stepped behind the counter himself.
VIEWTOPIA Optical is the result of that picture.
Chapter Four
Every credential listed here is verifiable. None of them are honorary.
#005762-01
New York State requires a license to fit and dispense prescription eyewear under Education Law §7101-7121. This is the legally required credential to practice as a dispensing optician in New York. It is not a retail certificate. Viewtopia holds License #005762-01.
#018067
The American Board of Opticianry and National Contact Lens Examiners (ABO-NCLE) is the national voluntary certification body for ophthalmic dispensing. Passing the ABO examination demonstrates competency above the minimum state licensing threshold. Verifiable through the ABO public registry.
Essilor/Transitions Optical
A manufacturer-level credential issued by Essilor/Transitions Optical upon completion of advanced training in photochromic lens technology, activation science, and patient counseling. It is not a general product knowledge quiz. For Brooklyn patients moving between light environments daily, this expertise has direct practical value.
Three credentials. All current. All earned through completed coursework and examination. All listed here because patients deserve to know exactly who is making their eyewear.
“A prescription is a set of numbers. What it does not specify is where to place the optical center of the lens relative to the pupil.”
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Chapter Five
VIEWTOPIA Optical does not sell prescription eyewear online. That is a clinical and ethical position, not a technological gap.
A prescription is a set of numbers. It tells an optician what correction the eyes require. What it does not specify is where to place the optical center of the lens relative to the pupil. It does not define the vertex distance — the space between the back of the lens and the eye — which affects how a strong prescription performs in practice. It does not account for pantoscopic tilt, the slight downward angle of the frame that determines where the reading and distance zones land in a progressive lens.
These measurements require the patient to be physically present. They require an optician who knows what to do with them. When they are skipped or estimated, the lenses can be technically correct on paper and functionally wrong in use — producing headaches, eye strain, or distorted peripheral vision that the patient can feel but cannot easily diagnose.
That understanding — shaped by decades of experience on the wholesale, laboratory, and retail sides of the optical industry — is precisely why VIEWTOPIA's in-person commitment exists. Some things simply require a professional to be in the room.
The Commitment
Every patient at VIEWTOPIA receives a fitting measured to them specifically — precise, personal, and never rushed.
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Your prescription is reviewed before any order is placed — so that every frame and lens recommendation is appropriate for your specific prescription and the way you live your day.
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Once a frame is selected, it is pre-adjusted to sit on your face the way the finished pair will — and your measurements are taken from that position, then verified, to ensure the lenses are ordered with the greatest possible accuracy.
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When your eyewear is ready, it is adjusted once more to ensure a perfect fit. Abe will verify that you are comfortable seeing at all distances, answer any questions, and make sure you leave with everything you need — a case, cleaning solution, and a microfiber cloth, along with a brief walkthrough on how to care for your new eyewear. And whenever you need an adjustment or have a question down the road, Abe is always here.
The Location
VIEWTOPIA Optical is located at 810 Kings Highway, Brooklyn, NY 11223 — in the heart of one of Brooklyn's most vibrant and diverse retail corridors.
Kings Highway is the kind of street that rewards a visit. Dozens of restaurants representing cuisines from around the world sit alongside classic diners, coffee shops, bakeries, and clothing stores for every taste and occasion. Whether you make a day of it or pair your visit with lunch at a neighborhood favorite, Kings Highway offers more than most people expect — and keeps them coming back.
By subway, the B and Q trains stop at Kings Highway and East 16th Street, and the F train stops at Kings Highway and McDonald Avenue — both a short 7-minute walk to the store.
No appointment is necessary. Whether you're ready to choose your next pair of eyewear, need an adjustment or repair, or simply have a question you'd like answered in person — walk in during business hours and Abe will take it from there.