# Elmwood Eye Center, York PA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/pa/york/elmwood-eye-center-york-pa. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-31.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/pa/york/elmwood-eye-center-york-pa

## Photos

- ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmrnq8ykv01kooqi8scl27nd4%2F0.jpg)


## In short

Elmwood Eye Center is an eye care center in York, PA. Its AI Score is 47 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 | 1601 2nd Ave, York, PA 17403, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Fri to Sun |
| Phone | (717) 848-2520 |
| Rating | 3.7 across 27 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Tuesday |
| Updated | October 31, 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 | 1601 2nd Ave, York, PA 17403, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 1601 2nd Ave, York, PA 17403 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Elmwood Eye Center | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (717) 848-2520 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Cataract surgery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Contact lens fitting | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Eye exams | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Glaucoma treatment | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Optical | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Prescription glasses | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/elmwoodeye | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | http://www.elmwoodeye.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 2 services Elmwood Eye offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cataract surgery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Optical |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Elmwood Eye

Address: 1601 2nd Ave, York, PA 17403, USA. Phone: (717) 848-2520. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Fri to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### When to go

Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Wednesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3rd Ave. at Yale St. ib. | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Third Ave. at Belmont St. ib. | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
| 3rd Ave. at Ogontz St. ib. | Bus stop | 4 min walk |
| Elmwood Park | Park | 4 min walk |
| Belmont Bean Co | Coffee shop | 5 min walk |
| Third Ave. at Hill St. ib. | Bus stop | 5 min walk |


## Reputation

3.7 average across 27 reviews: Google 27. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

Elmwood Eye Center offers skilled doctors but struggles with organizational consistency and staff professionalism. (AI guess, from 27 reviews.)


### What people like

- Efficient pre and post-op care
- Wide selection in the optical department


### What people do not like

- Long wait times for appointments
- Staff disorganization and rudeness
- Errors in prescription and follow-up


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 2 of the 32 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Booksy | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Not listed |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Fresha | Not listed |
| Groupon | Not listed |
| Healthgrades | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Houzz | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Listed |
| MD.com | Not listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Not listed |
| NPI No. | Listed |
| Porch | Not listed |
| Psychology Today | Not listed |
| RateMDs | Not listed |
| RealSelf | Not listed |
| Sharecare | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Vagaro | Not listed |
| Vitals | Not listed |
| Wellness.com | Not listed |
| Yelp | Not listed |


## Questions people ask


### walk in here, or is it appointment only?


### Somewhere to park near Elmwood Eye?


### real doctors here, or is it beauticians


### Why do people rate Elmwood Eye?


### opening hours at Elmwood Eye in York, what are they these days?


### Do they post anywhere?


### paying in instalments, is that possible here


### pain wise, what is it like here


### best ophthalmology clinic in York


### anyone been on a Saturday, were they trading


### same day appts, does that ever happen here


### which one, Elmwood Eye or Eyes of?


### prices round here, anyone got a number


### Anything this place is known for doing well?


### is there a day here that is not slammed


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


### Worth the hype at Elmwood Eye?


## The AI Score: 47 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. York eye care centers run 32 to 58. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Elmwood Eye scores 47, above the York average of 45. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Elmwood Eye |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 53 | 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 | 41 | 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 | 20 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 65 | 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 | 52 | 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 | 63 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 54 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

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 Elmwood Eye |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elmwood Eye Center | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://www.elmwoodeye.com/ | Subject of this page |
| York, Pennsylvania | City | #city |  | City Elmwood Eye 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 York, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best eye care centers in York: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/pa/york/eye-care-center
- Best businesses in York: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/pa/york


### Nearby

- /pittsburgh: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/pa/pittsburgh
- /bala-cynwyd: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/pa/bala-cynwyd
- /harrisburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/pa/harrisburg


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Pennsylvania: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/pa


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJabaxBOeOyIkRy-HwBYJCcFs (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
- [2] elmwoodeye.com, https://elmwoodeye.com/cataract-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [3] elmwoodeye.com, https://elmwoodeye.com/optical-shop/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [4] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [5] elmwoodeye.com, http://www.elmwoodeye.com/ (accessed Oct 18, 2026)