Midtown South, Flatiron & Union Square

Live By The Sword Tattoo - Union Square

4.7(1,050 reviews on Google)

Tattoo Shop listing in Midtown South, Flatiron & Union Square, NY

About Live By The Sword Tattoo - Union Square

The Union Square shop of Live By The Sword Tattoo takes walk-ins for same-day tattoos and piercings. Tattoos start at 50 dollars, piercings at 10 dollars, and the flash collection runs past 950 designs that mix classic tradition with pop culture. Clients can bring their own idea instead. Fine line, American traditional, neo-traditional and black and gray each have a style page with matching artists and flash, and a separate piercing team does ear and nose curation and sells body jewelry. Daily deals, a try before you buy option and a rewards program are available, and the shop also categorizes itself for ear piercing. Clients under 18 cannot be tattooed. Rated 4.7 from 1050 Google reviews, 949 of them five stars and 51 one star.

What reviewers mention: aftercare instructions (82), septum piercing (40), cartilage piercing (39), eyebrow piercing (38), anatomy check (23), quick piercing (21), painless piercing (19), gentle piercer (18), third lobe piercing (12), industrial piercing (12)

Services and details

  • Does tattoo work

    Yes
  • Walk-ins welcome

    Yes
  • Flash tattoos

    Yes
  • Fine line

    Yes
  • Black and grey

    Yes
  • Traditional

    Yes
  • Piercing

    Yes

No information yet on by appointment only, custom designs, blackwork, realism and portraits, japanese, color work, cover-ups, states a tattoo license. The website did not say; call and ask.

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Listing compiled from public sources on 2026-10-03. Report a correction or request removal. Back to tattoo shops in Midtown South, Flatiron & Union Square.