Dr. Terry Kaplan

Family doctors in Manhattan often feel like an endangered species. Dr. Terry Kaplan keeps the tradition alive on the second floor of a walk-up just off the Bowery. The practice handles everything from annual check-ups to urgent sniffles, without the corporate polish of a hospital network.

Routine physicals, flu shots, and blood work are the bread and butter here. Patients also come for chronic-condition management—diabetes, hypertension, asthma—and minor procedures like stitches or wart removal. The office sits at 8 E 3rd St Fl 2, New York, NY 10003, a block where noodle shops and hardware stores still outnumber chain pharmacies.

Walk-ins are rare; most people call ahead. Reach the front desk at (212) 620-0340 to schedule or ask about lab results. The same number works for prescription refills and after-hours questions, though emergencies should still head to the nearest ER.

Lower East Side sidewalks stay lively until late, but the building itself quiets down after six. For directions, the map pinpoints the entrance between a vintage record store and a bodega that’s been selling egg-and-cheese on toast since the nineties.