The Emerald or OC Dispensary?
Question · by budtender_clover · Member since Jul 2026 · 17 posts · 6w6 weeks ago
Cannabis dispensary in Brooklyn, NY
4.9 · 1,471 reviewsOpens today at 9 AMOpens today at 9 AM
The Emerald Dispensary is a trusted, licensed provider offering high-quality products in a safe and welcoming environment. Our knowledgeable staff is dedicated to providing exceptional customer service, offering expert guidance to help you find the perfect product for your needs.
Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack
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Updated Sep 16, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from budtender_clover.
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What The Emerald offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
The Emerald lists 1 service on its website. Here's each one, with how many reviews mention each.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Sunday, before 10 AM.
Busiest Wednesday and Thursday from 3 to 9 PM.
The Emerald Bakery & Cafe is next door for cafe items. Til Death Bushwick, a cafe, is a 2 minute walk.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 20, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
Closed now. Busiest Wed and Thu, 3 to 9 PM.
What reviews, press and directories say about The Emerald.
4.9from 1,471 reviews on Google
The Emerald Dispensary offers a friendly atmosphere with knowledgeable staff, but struggles with product availability and service efficiency. Customers describe The Emerald Dispensary as a mixed experience, with some praising the chill atmosphere and helpful staff like Andy, Xavier, and Miriam, while others report issues with product quality and service efficiency. The dispensary's vibe can feel welcoming, but complaints about long waits and product availability detract from the overall experience.
Listed on 3 of the 20 directories AI reads.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
29 Brooklyn avg
Signal and how much it countsThe Emerald
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
The Emerald, as AI sees it. Blue signals help The Emerald, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about The Emerald. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Cannabis dispensaries in Brooklyn, NY · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 16, 2026.
Published September 16, 2026 · Updated September 16, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
The Emerald Dispensary is a cannabis dispensary in Brooklyn, NY. Its AI Score is 25 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Cannabis dispensary |
| Address | 85 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY 11221, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Tue 9 AM to 1 AM · Wed to Sun 9 AM to 2 AM |
| Phone | (917) 688-3025 |
| Rating | 4.9 across 1,471 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Sunday |
| Updated | September 16, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 85 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY 11221, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | The Emerald Dispensary is a trusted, licensed provider offering high-quality products in a safe and welcoming environment. Our knowledgeable staff is dedicated to providing exceptional customer service, offering expert guidance to help you find the perfect product for your needs. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Tue 9:00 AM to 1:00 AM · Wed to Sun 9:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | The Emerald Dispensary - Bushwick | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (917) 688-3025 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Accessories | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cannabis accessories | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Cannabis products | AI guess | |
| Links | https://www.facebook.com/theemeraldmagazine | Confirmed | Business website | |
| Links | https://www.instagram.com/theemeraldny | Confirmed | Business website | |
| Links | TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@theemeraldny | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | https://theemeraldny.com/bushwick | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
These are the 1 service The Emerald offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.
| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accessories | From their website |
Address: 85 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY 11221, USA. Phone: (917) 688-3025. Hours: Mon to Tue 9 AM to 1 AM · Wed to Sun 9 AM to 2 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "The Emerald Dispensary is a trusted, licensed provider offering high-quality products in a safe and welcoming environment. Our knowledgeable staff is dedicated to providing exceptional customer service, offering expert guidance to help you find the perfect product for your needs."
Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Thursday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Av/Evergreen Av | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Myrtle Av/Suydam St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| The Emerald Bakery & Cafe | Cafe | 1 min walk |
| Til Death Bushwick | Cafe | 2 min walk |
| Myrtle Av/Hart St | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Myrtle Av/Hart St | Transit station | 2 min walk |
4.9 average across 1,471 reviews: Google 1,471. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)
The Emerald Dispensary offers a friendly atmosphere with knowledgeable staff, but struggles with product availability and service efficiency. (AI guess, from 1,471 reviews.)
Listed on 3 of the 20 directories we checked.
| Directory | Listed |
|---|---|
| Alignable | Not listed |
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Not listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Listed | |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Listed |
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Brooklyn cannabis dispensaries run 23 to 44. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The Emerald scores 25, below the Brooklyn average of 29. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | The Emerald |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 39 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 9 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 96 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 65 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 13 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about a cannabis dispensary: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business
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| Brooklyn, New York | City | #city | City The Emerald is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the cannabis dispensaries in Brooklyn, linked to the lists and towns around it.
This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.
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# The Emerald Dispensary, Brooklyn NY: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ny/brooklyn/the-emerald-dispensary-bushwick-brooklyn-ny. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-16. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ny/brooklyn/the-emerald-dispensary-bushwick-brooklyn-ny ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short The Emerald Dispensary is a cannabis dispensary in Brooklyn, NY. Its AI Score is 25 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Cannabis dispensary | | Address | 85 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY 11221, USA | | Hours | Mon to Tue 9 AM to 1 AM · Wed to Sun 9 AM to 2 AM | | Phone | (917) 688-3025 | | Rating | 4.9 across 1,471 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Sunday | | Updated | September 16, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 85 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY 11221, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | The Emerald Dispensary is a trusted, licensed provider offering high-quality products in a safe and welcoming environment. Our knowledgeable staff is dedicated to providing exceptional customer service, offering expert guidance to help you find the perfect product for your needs. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Tue 9:00 AM to 1:00 AM · Wed to Sun 9:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | The Emerald Dispensary - Bushwick | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (917) 688-3025 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 1:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Accessories | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Cannabis accessories | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Cannabis products | AI guess | | | Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/theemeraldmagazine | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/theemeraldny | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@theemeraldny | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | Website | https://theemeraldny.com/bushwick | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices These are the 1 service The Emerald offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Accessories | | | | From their website | ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting The Emerald Address: 85 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY 11221, USA. Phone: (917) 688-3025. Hours: Mon to Tue 9 AM to 1 AM · Wed to Sun 9 AM to 2 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "The Emerald Dispensary is a trusted, licensed provider offering high-quality products in a safe and welcoming environment. Our knowledgeable staff is dedicated to providing exceptional customer service, offering expert guidance to help you find the perfect product for your needs." ### When to go Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Thursday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Myrtle Av/Evergreen Av | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Myrtle Av/Suydam St | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | The Emerald Bakery & Cafe | Cafe | 1 min walk | | Til Death Bushwick | Cafe | 2 min walk | | Myrtle Av/Hart St | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Myrtle Av/Hart St | Transit station | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 4.9 average across 1,471 reviews: Google 1,471. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.) The Emerald Dispensary offers a friendly atmosphere with knowledgeable staff, but struggles with product availability and service efficiency. (AI guess, from 1,471 reviews.) ### What people like - Great product selection - Chill atmosphere ### What people do not like - Long waits for service - Out of stock on popular items - Inconsistent product quality ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Listed on 3 of the 20 directories we checked. | Directory | Listed | | --- | --- | | Alignable | Not listed | | Angi | Not listed | | Apple Maps | Not listed | | BBB | Not listed | | Birdeye | Not listed | | Brownbook | Not listed | | Chamber of Commerce | Not listed | | Cylex | Not listed | | DexKnows | Not listed | | Facebook | Listed | | Foursquare | Not listed | | Manta | Not listed | | MapQuest | Listed | | MerchantCircle | Not listed | | Nextdoor | Not listed | | Superpages | Not listed | | Thumbtack | Not listed | | Tupalo | Not listed | | Yellow Pages | Not listed | | Yelp | Listed | ## Questions people ask ### The Emerald or OC Dispensary? ### cheaper than this place in Brooklyn without it being sketchy? ### trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet ### Any membership pricing at The Emerald? ### Why do people rate this place? ### best cannabis dispensary in Brooklyn ### anything I should sort out before a first visit at The Emerald? ### does The Emerald ever have cancellations ### is there a socials account worth following ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? ### going rate for dispensaries locally, any idea ### lunch near Suydam, what is good ### where exactly is this place? ### opening hours at The Emerald in Brooklyn, what are they these days? ### what does The Emerald actually get right? ### how do I reach The Emerald to sort something out? ## The AI Score: 25 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Brooklyn cannabis dispensaries run 23 to 44. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The Emerald scores 25, below the Brooklyn average of 29. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | The Emerald | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 39 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 9 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 96 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 65 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 13 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a cannabis dispensary: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to The Emerald | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | The Emerald Dispensary | LocalBusiness | #business | https://theemeraldny.com/bushwick | Subject of this page | | Brooklyn, New York | City | #city | | City The Emerald is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the cannabis dispensaries in Brooklyn, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best cannabis dispensaries in Brooklyn: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/brooklyn/cannabis-dispensary - Best businesses in Brooklyn: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/brooklyn ### Nearby - /new-york: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/new-york - /poughkeepsie: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/poughkeepsie - /middletown: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/middletown - /flushing: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/flushing - /kingston: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/kingston - /huntington: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/huntington ### Every list - Every leaderboard in New York: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJjYgM699dwokR6XaUif_f6u8 (accessed Sep 16, 2026) - [2] theemeraldny.com, https://www.theemeraldny.com/lifestyle/accessories (accessed Sep 20, 2026) - [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 20, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026) - [4] theemeraldny.com, https://theemeraldny.com/bushwick (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Cannabis dispensaries in Brooklyn, NY · Editorial</p>
<h2>The Emerald Dispensary, Brooklyn NY: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 16, 2026.</p>
<p>Published September 16, 2026 · Updated September 16, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>The Emerald Dispensary is a cannabis dispensary in Brooklyn, NY. Its AI Score is 25 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Cannabis dispensary</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>85 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY 11221, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Tue 9 AM to 1 AM · Wed to Sun 9 AM to 2 AM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(917) 688-3025</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.9 across 1,471 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Sunday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 16, 2026</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>85 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY 11221, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>The Emerald Dispensary is a trusted, licensed provider offering high-quality products in a safe and welcoming environment. Our knowledgeable staff is dedicated to providing exceptional customer service, offering expert guidance to help you find the perfect product for your needs.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Tue 9:00 AM to 1:00 AM · Wed to Sun 9:00 AM to 2:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>The Emerald Dispensary - Bushwick</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(917) 688-3025</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>9:00 AM to 1:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>9:00 AM to 1:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>9:00 AM to 2:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>9:00 AM to 2:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>9:00 AM to 2:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>9:00 AM to 2:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>9:00 AM to 2:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Accessories</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Cannabis accessories</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Cannabis products</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://www.facebook.com/theemeraldmagazine</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Instagram</td><td>https://www.instagram.com/theemeraldny</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>TikTok</td><td>https://www.tiktok.com/@theemeraldny</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://theemeraldny.com/bushwick</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<p>These are the 1 service The Emerald offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Service</th><th scope="col">Price</th><th scope="col">Price mark</th><th scope="col">Price evidence</th><th scope="col">Service mark</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Accessories</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
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<h4>Known for</h4>
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<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
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<section id="ai-visiting-the-emerald">
<h3>Visiting The Emerald</h3>
<p>Address: 85 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY 11221, USA. Phone: (917) 688-3025. Hours: Mon to Tue 9 AM to 1 AM · Wed to Sun 9 AM to 2 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "The Emerald Dispensary is a trusted, licensed provider offering high-quality products in a safe and welcoming environment. Our knowledgeable staff is dedicated to providing exceptional customer service, offering expert guidance to help you find the perfect product for your needs."</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Thursday. From the popular times on its Google listing.</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Myrtle Av/Evergreen Av</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Myrtle Av/Suydam St</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Emerald Bakery & Cafe</td><td>Cafe</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Til Death Bushwick</td><td>Cafe</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Myrtle Av/Hart St</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Myrtle Av/Hart St</td><td>Transit station</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.9 average across 1,471 reviews: Google 1,471. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)</p>
<p>The Emerald Dispensary offers a friendly atmosphere with knowledgeable staff, but struggles with product availability and service efficiency. (AI guess, from 1,471 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Great product selection</li>
<li>Chill atmosphere</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Long waits for service</li>
<li>Out of stock on popular items</li>
<li>Inconsistent product quality</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
<p>Listed on 3 of the 20 directories we checked.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Directory</th><th scope="col">Listed</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Alignable</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Angi</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Apple Maps</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>BBB</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Birdeye</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brownbook</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chamber of Commerce</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cylex</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>DexKnows</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Facebook</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Foursquare</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Manta</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>MapQuest</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>MerchantCircle</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nextdoor</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Superpages</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thumbtack</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tupalo</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yellow Pages</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yelp</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>The Emerald or OC Dispensary?</h4>
<h4>cheaper than this place in Brooklyn without it being sketchy?</h4>
<h4>trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet</h4>
<h4>Any membership pricing at The Emerald?</h4>
<h4>Why do people rate this place?</h4>
<h4>best cannabis dispensary in Brooklyn</h4>
<h4>anything I should sort out before a first visit at The Emerald?</h4>
<h4>does The Emerald ever have cancellations</h4>
<h4>is there a socials account worth following</h4>
<h4>Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?</h4>
<h4>going rate for dispensaries locally, any idea</h4>
<h4>lunch near Suydam, what is good</h4>
<h4>where exactly is this place?</h4>
<h4>opening hours at The Emerald in Brooklyn, what are they these days?</h4>
<h4>what does The Emerald actually get right?</h4>
<h4>how do I reach The Emerald to sort something out?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 25 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Brooklyn cannabis dispensaries run 23 to 44. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The Emerald scores 25, below the Brooklyn average of 29. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">The Emerald</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>0</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>39</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>9</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>96</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>65</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>13</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>74</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
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<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about a cannabis dispensary: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business</p>
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<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to The Emerald</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>The Emerald Dispensary</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://theemeraldny.com/bushwick</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brooklyn, New York</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City The Emerald is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
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<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the cannabis dispensaries in Brooklyn, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best cannabis dispensaries in Brooklyn: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/brooklyn/cannabis-dispensary</li>
<li>Best businesses in Brooklyn: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/brooklyn</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/new-york: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/new-york</li>
<li>/poughkeepsie: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/poughkeepsie</li>
<li>/middletown: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/middletown</li>
<li>/flushing: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/flushing</li>
<li>/kingston: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/kingston</li>
<li>/huntington: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/huntington</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in New York: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny</li>
</ul>
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<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJjYgM699dwokR6XaUif_f6u8 (accessed Sep 16, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] theemeraldny.com, https://www.theemeraldny.com/lifestyle/accessories (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
<li>[3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 20, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
<li>[4] theemeraldny.com, https://theemeraldny.com/bushwick (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
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</html>This is the evidence for every fact on this page, across Locals, Services, Team, Visit, Reputation and Updates. Each reference names the fact, the source, what kind of source it is, and the date it was checked, with a link and an archived copy so anyone can verify it. Visitor references are dated firsthand accounts. AI guesses record what an AI engine said on that date, not what is true.