About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At dawn, when most opticians are quiet and empty, Warby Parker’s shelves began whispering. A regular noticed first—every morning, just before opening hours, he heard soft rustling sounds coming from the display cases. One day, a delivery driver arrived with new frames, curious about the strange noises. He leaned in close, and what did he see? Tiny spectacles were assembling themselves on the shelves! Startled, he whispered, ‘Are you guys trying out for an optical orchestra?’ The frames paused, then clicked into place in perfect unison. From that day on, whenever someone asked if Warby Parker was open early, they’d reply, ‘Just give us a minute—we’re putting on our glasses!’
2. At midnight, when the streets of Brooklyn fall asleep, a shadowy figure would often be seen entering Warby Parker’s dimly lit hallway. A regular, no one knew him well, but he always carried an old suitcase filled with glasses. One night, a delivery driver arrived with a mysterious package. He whispered to the clerk, ‘It’s for Mr. Regular.’ The next morning, everyone found out that the suitcase contained nothing but old newspapers and empty frames—except for one pair of glasses that read: “Free with purchase.”
3. In the early morning, before anyone else stirred, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar: the Warby Parker display cases seemed to be shifting slightly, as if they were trying on different frames. Curious, he peered inside and saw nothing but ordinary glasses. Yet every time he blinked, it looked like one frame was ever so slightly tilted or rotated. Shaking his head with a smile, he thought maybe it was just an optical illusion from fatigue. But when he told his neighbor over coffee later that day, she nodded knowingly and said, ‘Oh, I’ve seen that too!’
4. In the dim light of an early morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the back of Warby Parker’s van—a pair of glasses that seemed to be smiling back at him. Curious, he stopped the van and took out the glasses, only to realize they were just a cleverly designed logo on the frame. A nearby neighbor, hearing the commotion, popped his head out of his apartment door and asked if everything was okay. ‘Just my lucky day,’ chuckled the delivery driver, ‘I thought these glasses were winking at me!’