Heart of Brooklyn Veterinary Hospital - Fort Greene

My animals have been patients since close to day 1. Heart of Brooklyn puts compassionate, evidence-based care first, ensuring long-term patient health. My previous two animals lived to 17 & 19, and the team at HOBK did everything possible to keep my cat as healthy as possible after she was diagnosed with kidney disease at 16 (she died at 19). They successfully performed surgery on my very senior dog, saving his life. While my tortie may have tortured the team, they sent the sweetest note when she passed. My current duo are happy and healthy, with zero white coat anxiety (my cat purrs throughout her appointment & is happy to see everyone; my dog wiggles with delight & happiness). The helped me figure out that my current cat rescue is the rare Japanese bobtail, a discovery that still delights me to this day. During a time when private equity is swallowing vet clinics, Dr Farmer has put his everything in to make these clinics safe & welcoming spaces for pets & humans alike. So happy they’re in the neighborhood 💓

Absolute lifesaver. My frenchie was showing early signs of IVDD, which if left untreated can move quickly to loss of back leg function, and they squeezed me in same day on a Saturday - most likely skipping a short break to do so. Dr. Miller obviously cares deeply for animals and didn’t try to upsell me in my emotionally vulnerable state. If anything, he down sold me on a medication or two, saying Potato’s case was too mild to warrant everything. Potato had a very sudden and severe flare two days later after seeming to be well, and again, they were able to squeeze me in within twenty minutes despite their solidly booked schedule. Great doctors and admin here!

This place is wonderful!! I brought my kitten Comet here for his first vet visit complete with vaccination and it was fast and easy. The front desk staff were so friendly and the vet and nurse were super helpful and knowledgeable!! I’m recommending them to my mother who owns Comet’s sister! Will be back next month and I can’t wait 🥰

They will nickel and dime you without concern for your pets health. We brought our dog in last year because she was suddenly having accidents. They did a pee test, charged $800 and told us, oh! Your dog is just really hydrated. (She had allergy issues) The issues persisted and we took her back. They told us well, it's been a year, so we have to do the same test and charged us another $800. Again the test showed nothing Our dog has an allergy issue, which we had to figure out and inform the vet. She's had no issue since taking allergy medicine and now they want to charge for blood work before refilling her prescription. This clinic will nickel and dime you.

I got exam and nail trimming for my cat. The staff was very friendly and helpful. The doctor (chu) as well as his assistant was very helpful to me. Answered any questions or concerns I had. My cat was very calm during the exam and nail trimming. I definitely recommend here

I do not recommend bringing your pet here until management changes their scheduling practices and/or hires more vets. For the last 8 days, I have been asking to have a phone call to ask follow-up questions regarding my dog’s routine visit. I am always told the vet is in back-to-back appointments and that I can call the emergency vet instead. This is not how things were when I first started visiting this vet, so something has changed and needs to be addressed. Their new practice of communicating results via email does not allow for questions to be adequately answered. It also means I received contradictory advice from the three different doctors answering emails. Really hoped this would be our vet so close to our new home, but their management practices do not allow the talented vets and very kind vet techs to give sufficient quality of care. Im writing this review in hopes of the management team implementing changes so that vets can sufficiently communicate with their patients. Otherwise, this review serves as a heads up to other pet parents so that they can know what they’re getting into.

Dr. J and all of the staff were very friendly and took great care of my 19 year old cat at his wellness check up. I really appreciated that Dr. J took the time to go over all recommended care options to make sure I understood not only the reason for his recommendations but also that I had a choice to make the best decision for my cat and my current budget. I feel comfortable taking my cat back because I don’t feel like they’re going to try and upsell me on care, medicine, or products that my cat doesn’t really need and I trust that they really want to help me make the best decision.