Black Ink
- Does tattoo work
Brooklyn
Tattoo shops in Bedford-Stuyvesant are a Brooklyn mix of storefronts with big review histories and small private rooms where the artists run everything themselves. The page covers eight businesses, all in Kings County (Brooklyn), and every one does tattoo work. Piercing comes with three of them, and the neighboring pages are Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Bushwick, East Williamsburg and Fort Greene.
The biggest review history belongs to Black Ink, rated 4.2 from 792 reviews. Royal Ink Gallery is the next largest at 286 reviews and a 4.8 rating, offering tattooing and body piercing as a professional shop. The Bed-Stuy Tattooing Co. is a traditional tattoo and piercing shop in Bedford-Stuyvesant established in 2018, rated 4.6 from 78 reviews. Payment there is cash only.
Several of the smaller rooms are built around the artist. Flash Boom Bang Tattoo is run by TJ Huff, a licensed tattoo practitioner who works in both handpoke and machine tattooing. The studio is built around playful, colorful tattoos and keeps a large library of original flash, with subjects from animals and cartoon characters to celebrity portraits. Clients can also commission a custom piece. It is rated 5.0 from 17 reviews.
La Última Flor Tattoo is a private studio in Bedford-Stuyvesant that welcomes walk-ins. The married owners, a queer Latina and a Filipina, offer custom pieces of any style on all skin types in a clean, safe environment, and tooth gems and microblading are also available. It holds 5.0 from 10 reviews. At inkGarage Tattoo, artists collaborate with each client on ideas, concepts and stories to build a unique tattoo. Piercings are done by a crew member with 15 years of experience, and debit and tap payments are accepted. It holds 5.0 from 23 reviews.
What a featured listing costs · from $29 a month
Abuela’s Tattoo Parlor is an appointment-only shop, and clients book by phone or through its Instagram page. LGBTQ clients are welcome, and the rating is 4.5 from 47 reviews. Walk-ins are the exception in this neighborhood: only La Última Flor Tattoo is described as taking them, so most visitors should plan on booking ahead or calling first.
Brooklyn Inc Tattoos is rated 2.3 from 3 reviews, with one five-star rating and two one-star ratings.
Traditional work shows up at The Bed-Stuy Tattooing Co., color and flash at Flash Boom Bang Tattoo, and custom design at both Flash Boom Bang Tattoo and La Última Flor Tattoo. Royal Ink Gallery and inkGarage Tattoo, along with The Bed-Stuy Tattooing Co., are the places to look for piercing in the neighborhood.
La Última Flor Tattoo is a private studio in Bedford-Stuyvesant that welcomes walk-ins. It does custom pieces of any style on all skin types and holds 5.0 from 10 reviews. Abuela’s Tattoo Parlor, by contrast, is appointment only.
The Bed-Stuy Tattooing Co. is a traditional tattoo and piercing shop established in 2018 and rated 4.6 from 78 reviews. Payment there is cash only, so plan for that before you go.
Royal Ink Gallery offers tattooing and body piercing, The Bed-Stuy Tattooing Co. does tattoo and piercing work, and inkGarage Tattoo has a crew member with 15 years of piercing experience.
Flash Boom Bang Tattoo, run by TJ Huff, is built around playful, colorful tattoos. TJ works in handpoke and machine tattooing, and the studio keeps a large library of original flash designs. Custom commissions are also taken.
Abuela’s Tattoo Parlor works by appointment only. Clients are asked to book by phone or through its Instagram page. LGBTQ clients are welcome, and the shop is rated 4.5 from 47 reviews.
Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Bushwick, East Williamsburg and Fort Greene each have a page. Bedford-Stuyvesant sits in Kings County (Brooklyn).