Akaraphan Sukanthanag, DO

Lower East Side primary care doesn’t have to mean a clinic that feels like an assembly line. Akaraphan Sukanthanag, DO keeps a family practice at 104 Delancey St, a stretch where old tenements and new condos still share the sidewalk. The address puts you a block from the Williamsburg Bridge and two from Essex Market, so the neighborhood hums with delivery bikes and weekend brunch lines. Walk-ins are rare; most patients book ahead for routine physicals, chronic-disease check-ups, or the kind of minor procedures—skin biopsies, joint injections—that don’t require a referral. When the seasonal sniffles hit or a child spikes a fever, the office is a short subway ride from most of the Lower East Side. Directions are straightforward: plug the map here and follow Delancey east from the B or D stop. Same-day slots sometimes open up, but the line at the pharmacy down the block moves faster if you call (212) 677-2157 first thing in the morning.