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. How the ranking works.
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The Nameless Ink Tattoo And Art Studio
5.0· 1,400 reviewsNorth Babylon, NY820 Deer Park Ave, North Babylon, NY 11703
Piercing Services - 02
The Crucible Art Collective
5.0· 341 reviewsBuffalo, NY334 Connecticut St, Buffalo, NY 14213
Aftercare ProductsWalk-ins WelcomeCustom Tattoo Designs - 03
New York Tattoo Collective
5.0· 280 reviewsNew York, NY192 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003
Fine LineWalk-ins WelcomePiercing ServicesCustom Tattoo DesignsOnline BookingLGBTQ+ Friendly - 04
RAYADO INK TATTOO STUDIO
5.0· 268 reviewsOzone Park, NY93-06 Linden Blvd, Ozone Park, NY 11417
Walk-ins WelcomeFlash Tattoos Available - 05
Village Tattoo
5.0· 237 reviewsBethpage, NY320 Broadway, Bethpage, NY 11714
American TraditionalBlack & GreyRealism / PortraitWalk-ins WelcomeCover-Up TattoosCustom Tattoo Designs - 06
Red Baron Ink Tattoo and Piercing
4.9· 775 reviewsNew York, NY238 W 14th St, New York, NY 10011
Fine LineAftercare ProductsWalk-ins WelcomePiercing ServicesCustom Tattoo DesignsLGBTQ+ Friendly - 07
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Cleopatra Ink Tattoo & Piercing Manhattan Studio
4.9· 613 reviewsNew York, NY678 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
Minimalist / MicroFine LineBlack & GreyRealism / PortraitWalk-ins WelcomePiercing Services - 09
L.O.V.E.machine Tattoo & Piercing
4.9· 582 reviewsNew York, NY155 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013
Minimalist / MicroFine LineJapanese / IrezumiBlack & GreyRealism / PortraitAftercare Products - 10
Timeless Tattoo & Piercing
4.9· 382 reviewsRochester, NY1302 Dewey Ave, Rochester, NY 14613
Walk-ins WelcomePiercing ServicesCustom Tattoo DesignsTattoo Removal
Method
How the best tattoo shops in New York are ranked
Shops are ordered by a Bayesian-adjusted rating: (n × rating + 348 × 4.79) ÷ (n + 348), where n is the shop's Google review count, 348 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. 57 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. Full methodology.
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