State ranking · New York
The 10 best tattoo shops in New York
The best tattoo shops in New York, ordered by an adjusted Google rating that weighs review counts: shops with 25+ reviews, one listing per address, nobody paid for a place.
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HAR'D LIFE INK
5.0· 1,652 reviewsBrooklyn, NY3028 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11208, USA
Walk-ins WelcomePiercing Services - 02
The Nameless Ink Tattoo And Art Studio
5.0· 1,400 reviewsNorth Babylon, NY820 Deer Park Ave, North Babylon, NY 11703
Piercing Services - 03
IGLA Tattoo Studio NYC
5.0· 1,159 reviewsNew York, NY36 W 36th St. 6th floor, New York, NY 10018, USA
Minimalist / MicroScript / LetteringFine LineJapanese / IrezumiRealism / PortraitWalk-ins Welcome - 04
CJ Tattoo
5.0· 749 reviewsBrooklyn, NY37 Greenpoint Ave Ste 406, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA
Fine LineJapanese / IrezumiAftercare ProductsWalk-ins WelcomeCustom Tattoo DesignsOnline Booking - 05
ISOLTATTOO - Tattoo Studio NYC
5.0· 671 reviewsNew York, NY21 W 39th St 3rd floor, New York, NY 10018, USA
Fine LineWalk-ins WelcomeTattoo Touch-UpsCustom Tattoo DesignsLGBTQ+ Friendly - 06
Manhattan Tattoos NYC
5.0· 515 reviewsNew York, NY235 W 18th St, New York, NY 10011, USA
Walk-ins WelcomeCustom Tattoo DesignsBy Appointment Only - 07
In Due Time Tattoo
5.0· 456 reviewsNew York, NY123 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009, USA
Fine LineCustom Tattoo DesignsOnline Booking - 08
Liberty Center Tattoo Shop
5.0· 423 reviewsNew York, NY136 W 46th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10036, USA
Walk-ins WelcomePiercing ServicesCustom Tattoo Designs - 09
The Crucible Art Collective
5.0· 341 reviewsBuffalo, NY334 Connecticut St, Buffalo, NY 14213
Aftercare ProductsWalk-ins WelcomeCustom Tattoo Designs - 10
Glorious Tattoo NYC
5.0· 332 reviewsBrooklyn, NY393 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA
Fine LineGeometric / MandalaCustom Tattoo DesignsOnline Booking
Method
How the best tattoo shops in New York are ranked
Shops are ordered by a Bayesian-adjusted rating: (n × rating + 320 × 4.79) ÷ (n + 320), where n is the shop's Google review count, 320 is the median review count across the directory and 4.79 is the directory-wide mean rating. Only shops with at least 25 reviews qualify; ties go to the shop with more reviews.
In practice, each shop's Google rating is pulled toward the directory average in proportion to how few reviews back it, so a 5.0 from a handful of reviews does not outrank a 4.9 from several hundred. To be listed, a tattoo shop in New York must have a city and state and at least 25 Google reviews; a shop with two listings at one address takes one slot. 116 shops in New York meet those rules; the top 10 appear here. Ratings shown are raw Google ratings and the score only sets the order. Nobody paid for a place and nothing is hand-picked. The list cannot tell you about artist skill, hygiene or price — visit the shop, look at healed work and ask.
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