Tattoo Shops in Astoria & Woodside, NY

Tattoo shops in Astoria & Woodside are mostly Astoria studios, and the work leans toward black and grey realism, portraits and custom designs. This page holds seven shops, every one of them in Queens County. A few of them reach well past the neighborhood: Inkstinct NYC serves clients from Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island, and World's Fair Tattoo draws people from Woodside, Long Island City, Jackson Heights, Sunnyside and East Elmhurst.

Black and grey realism runs through the larger studios. Inkstinct NYC was founded by Carlos Guzman, who has more than 15 years in large-scale custom tattoos and black and grey realism. Its resident artists range from one year to 17 years of experience and cover fine line, blackwork, neo-traditional, new school and anime, color realism, lettering and biomechanical work. Tattoo Stock NYC opened in 2023 with a roster of eight artists. Mr. Fast there has over 15 years in the industry, specializes in black and gray realism and traditional Japanese tattoos, and also takes fully customized designs.

Not every shop here is built around realism. World's Fair Tattoo works in pop culture and nerd-inspired body art: anime, comics, cartoons, manga and video game tattoos. It also does piercings, permanent cosmetics and tooth gems. Tattoo Plug is a one stop body modification studio with custom tattoos, piercing, henna, permanent jewelry and permanent make-up, and its artists take on any tattoo style. Inkfusion Tattoo studio pairs more than 20 years of tattooing experience among its artists with a body piercing counter, and its tattoo work includes black and grey, color, fine line, portraits, realism, Polynesian and tribal.