# Dr Richard Nauheim Ophthalmologist, Merrick NY: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ny/merrick/dr-richard-nauheim-ophthalmologist-merrick-ny. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-11-01.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ny/merrick/dr-richard-nauheim-ophthalmologist-merrick-ny

## In short

Dr Richard Nauheim Ophthalmologist is an eye care center in Merrick, NY. Its AI Score is 54 of 100, which is fair.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 2025 Merrick Ave, Merrick, NY 11566, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 9 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (516) 868-7110 |
| Rating | 4.5 across 16 reviews on Google |
| Updated | November 1, 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 | 2025 Merrick Ave, Merrick, NY 11566, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 2025 Merrick Ave, Merrick, NY 11566 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Dr Richard Nauheim Ophthalmologist | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (516) 868-7110 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Corneal transplantation | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Dispensing contact lens | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Eye emergencies | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Routine eye examinations | From their website | Business website |
| Team | Merrick Ave, NY |  | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Website | http://www.rnauheimmd.net/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 4 services Dr Richard Nauheim offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Corneal transplantation |  |  |  | From their website |
| Eye emergencies |  |  |  | From their website |
| Routine eye examinations |  |  |  | From their website |
| Dispensing contact lens |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

1 person is named on this page.


### Merrick Ave, NY

| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |


## Visiting Dr Richard Nauheim

Address: 2025 Merrick Ave, Merrick, NY 11566, USA. Phone: (516) 868-7110. Hours: Mon to Fri 9 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RS Beanery | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Good Life Clubhaus Juice Bar & Play Café | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Margaritas Cafe | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Santorini Greek Restaurant | Greek restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Merrick Station | Parking lot | 3 min walk |
| La Strada of Merrick Restaurant | Italian restaurant | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

4.5 average across 16 reviews: Google 16. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

Dr. Nauheim is distinguished by his thoroughness in cataract surgery and his compassionate approach to patient care. (AI guess, from 16 reviews.)


### What people like

- Thorough cataract surgery
- Compassionate patient care
- Quick response to urgent eye issues
- Excellent bedside manner
- Informative consultations


### What people do not like

- Unprofessional staff interactions
- Poor communication from reception


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


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## What AI gets wrong about Dr Richard Nauheim

We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini about Dr Richard Nauheim. These are the answers that don’t match this page.

ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026. Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026.

| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Address | Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026: 7 The Keratoconus Center | 2025 Merrick Ave, Merrick, NY 11566, USA |


## The AI Score: 54 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Merrick eye care centers run 39 to 61. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Dr Richard Nauheim scores 54, above the Merrick average of 51. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Dr Richard Nauheim |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 50 | 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. | Fair |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 60 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Fair |
| AI visibility | 14 | 67 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Good |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 39 | 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. | Poor |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 50 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 79 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 58 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 34 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery


## 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 Dr Richard Nauheim |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dr Richard Nauheim Ophthalmologist | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://www.rnauheimmd.net/ | Subject of this page |
| Merrick Ave, NY | Person | #team-merrick-ave |  |  |
| Merrick, New York | City | #city |  | City Dr Richard Nauheim 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 eye care centers in Merrick, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best eye care centers in Merrick: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/merrick/eye-care-center
- Best businesses in Merrick: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/merrick


### 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:ChIJ5wt2VKF-wokRNE0ubpSqQbQ (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
- [2] rnauheimmd.net, https://rnauheimmd.net/services/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)