{"id":117511,"date":"2026-01-30T16:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/117511\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:13:09","slug":"warby-parker-to-open-downtown-brooklyn-store-at-city-point-on-jan-31-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/117511\/","title":{"rendered":"Warby Parker to open Downtown Brooklyn store at City Point on Jan. 31 \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Warby Parker\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Warby Parker \u2014 the national lifestyle eyewear brand \u2014 will open a Downtown Brooklyn location on Jan. 31. <\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of Warby Parker<\/p>\n<p>Warby Parker is bringing its signature mix of style, affordability and design to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/category\/neighborhoods\/downtown\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Downtown Brooklyn.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 31, the lifestyle eyewear brand will open a new store at <a href=\"https:\/\/stores.warbyparker.com\/ny\/brooklyn\/445-gold-st\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">City Point<\/a>, expanding its footprint in the borough and giving local shoppers easier access to eye exams, glasses and contacts in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn\u2019s growing retail center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The City Point location will offer Warby Parker\u2019s full optical and sunglass assortment, including the brand\u2019s Spring 2026 collection, as well as frames for children aged four to eight and third-party contact lenses and accessories. The store will also provide in-person eye exams, allowing customers to handle everything from prescriptions to frame fittings in one visit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-237497 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769789588_180_image-2.jpg\" alt=\"Warby Parker\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\"  \/>The City Point location, sat in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn, is the store\u2019s third location in the borough.Photo courtesy of Warby Parker<\/p>\n<p>Adding a Brooklyn touch, the space will feature artwork by beloved local cartoonist Roz Chast, making it one of the few stores with a location-specific artistic element.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate opening weekend, the company will lean into a festive, local vibe. Shoppers can enjoy complimentary cookies while shopping, and the first 50 customers through the doors will receive a custom lens cloth featuring Chast\u2019s artwork. Customers who take advantage of Warby Parker\u2019s \u201cAdd a Pair and Save\u201d promotion will also receive a free tote bag, also designed with Chast\u2019s illustrations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new store is the latest addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citypointbrooklyn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">City Point BKLYN<\/a>, the mixed-use development that has become a retail and dining hub for Downtown Brooklyn, steps from the DeKalb Avenue subway station, which houses the B, Q and R trains and Hoyt Street station, with access to the 2 and 3 trains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-237496 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769789589_563_image.jpeg\" alt=\"Warby Parker\" width=\"700\" height=\"560\"  \/>The first 50 customers will receive a custom lens cloth illustrated by local artist Roz Chast.Photo courtesy of Warby Parker<\/p>\n<p>Founded to make eyewear more accessible, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warbyparker.com\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Warby Parker<\/a> built its reputation by designing frames in-house, selling directly to customers and keeping prices lower than traditional eyewear brands. The company also operates a long-running \u201cBuy a Pair, Give a Pair\u201d program, through which more than 20 million pairs of glasses have been distributed worldwide to people in need.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Warby Parker has other Brooklyn locations on Bergen Street, Flatbush Avenue and N. 6th Street in Williamsburg.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Warby Parker, located at City Point BKLYN, will open Jan. 31.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warby Parker \u2014 the national lifestyle eyewear brand \u2014 will open a Downtown Brooklyn location on Jan. 31.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,288,51835,51836,3076,21460,9,24,12,370,63,51837,51838],"class_list":["post-117511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-business","tag-city-point","tag-city-point-bklyn","tag-downtown-brooklyn","tag-glasses","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-nyc","tag-roz-chast","tag-warby-parker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}