New York Optometric opens location in Armory Square

SYRACUSE — A new branch of an optometric business has opened at 85 Walton St. in the Armory Square district. Lou Enzerillo, owner of New York Optometric, opened his second location in Syracuse on April 16. Enzerillo’s first store is at 116 E. Washginton St. He is calling the stores New York Optometric Downtown and New York Optometric Armory Square, respectively.  

Enzerillo noted the reason he has launched another store, that is not much more than a five-minute walk from the first, has to do with the different areas of the city and different clients.

“I want to bring new things to the Armory Square location that currently can’t be found in Central New York. New specialty frame lines such as Lindberg, Lafont, and Salt.optics are eyeglass frames that differ from the traditional eyeglass standards,” he says.  

The opportunity to lease the Walton Street location presented itself through a previous relationship with the building owner, Robert Ducette. Enzerillo signed the lease with Center Armory Associates LLC in December 2011. Terms of the lease were not disclosed. 

“We did extensive renovating to the new site,” says Enzerillo, “all new lighting, new flooring, new plumbing (added a sink in the exam room), new paint (including a feature wall done by Jean Conte), and reworked the furniture/fixtures.” The cost of the renovations was not disclosed.  

Thus far, Enzerillo has hired one additional, full-time person, optician Lisa Giocondo, for the new location. Later, staffing with depend upon the ebb and flow of the business. For the present time, he’s keeping the scheduling of his current employees flexible.

New York Optometric currently has three employees on East Washington Street, not including an optometrist who comes in two days a week, and one employee on Walton Street. Enzerillo will continue to spend the majority of his time on East Washington Street, but will keep his time flexible.   

SYRACUSE — A new branch of an optometric business has opened at 85 Walton St. in the Armory Square district. Lou Enzerillo, owner of New York Optometric, opened his second location in Syracuse on April 16. Enzerillo’s first store is at 116 E. Washginton St. He is calling the stores New York Optometric Downtown and New York Optometric Armory Square, respectively.  

Enzerillo noted the reason he has launched another store, that is not much more than a five-minute walk from the first, has to do with the different areas of the city and different clients.

“I want to bring new things to the Armory Square location that currently can’t be found in Central New York. New specialty frame lines such as Lindberg, Lafont, and Salt.optics are eyeglass frames that differ from the traditional eyeglass standards,” he says.  

The opportunity to lease the Walton Street location presented itself through a previous relationship with the building owner, Robert Ducette. Enzerillo signed the lease with Center Armory Associates LLC in December 2011. Terms of the lease were not disclosed. 

“We did extensive renovating to the new site,” says Enzerillo, “all new lighting, new flooring, new plumbing (added a sink in the exam room), new paint (including a feature wall done by Jean Conte), and reworked the furniture/fixtures.” The cost of the renovations was not disclosed.  

Thus far, Enzerillo has hired one additional, full-time person, optician Lisa Giocondo, for the new location. Later, staffing with depend upon the ebb and flow of the business. For the present time, he’s keeping the scheduling of his current employees flexible.

New York Optometric currently has three employees on East Washington Street, not including an optometrist who comes in two days a week, and one employee on Walton Street. Enzerillo will continue to spend the majority of his time on East Washington Street, but will keep his time flexible.