First, what a great website! Just found it. Been living in the Jackson Heights for 30 years. I have 7 pets: 2 dogs, 4 cats, and a bird named Bubba. I highly recommend Dr. Khadiga Nasr, a veterinarian that has run the the Corona Heights animal Health Center on 108th street and 51st avenue right by the Lemon Ice King. a lot of the Italian-american and spanish-speaking community adore her. I have been going to her for eight years now. her number is 718-592-2022
She is easily the most affordable. Checkup is only $25 dollars!!! That struck me as insane because I had been to the other doctors in JH and in Elmhurst and my vet bills were soaring through the roof on really basic procedures. I HaTE going to the vet knowing I'm paying for the leather seats and other frilly things in there ....anyway, I explained that I had lots of pets to Dr. Nasr, and she totally understood and told me about her deal: for a 100 bux, you get four checkup visits a year, and 15% off medication and procedures. I took that deal. Besides the price I will tell you exactly why I go to her: Her personality. she is not some sterile medical doctor type--she is totally energetic, informative, and she talks to my pets the way I do! like the whole goo-goo ga-ga thing lol!! that's is freaking funny. I bring my kids because I want them to learn about how to take care of animals, and they love her and the four cats she has as her clinic mascots.
She told me she's opening up a new clinic in a few days, I think on February 16th, called Vet Express, or Veterinary Express or something like that. It will be on the other side of Eliot avenue by the LIRR 89-08 Eliot ave. 718-424-2241. Reason for the contact info (which I wrote on the back of a card!) is because its a bit roundabout to find. Its on that block right past the LIE overpass on Queens Blvd by the Queens Center Mall.....like when you go past the Sears auto center going towards rego park. Theres a little block there with stores on it and stuff. anyway, though the other vets are ok, I find her to the be the cheaper and much more interesting vet! My pets are in perfect condition, and with her deal they all see her every three months for checkup/diagnosis--and the procedures are far, far, far cheaper than the other vets and with the same or even better quality of service. Regular checkups seem to me the best way to make sure I don't spend lots on procedures, so 100 bux is money well spent.
I must have passed by there several times without noticing it while walking with my dog to Flushing Meadows Park.
The Veterinary Express on Eliot Ave in Rego Park isn't in a good location in terms of being able to finding parking.
I guess I must be the only one who goes to Dr Raider at Maspeth Animal on Grand Ave/74th St, yes he is pricey and
sometimes can be in a bad mood but what matters most to me is that he takes care of whatever the problem is with
my dog. I have had people tell me that they went to him once and never went back because he was rude and yelled
at his staff. Some people are just overly sensitive, so for me it's a non issue.
I have his sales pitches down pat by now(diet dog food biscuits, various supplements)
