Tattoo Shops in Bushwick, NY

Bushwick tattoo shops mix full tattoo studios with piercing shops and a few smaller, family-run places, and walk-ins are more common here than appointment-only booking. The page lists 21 tattoo shops in Kings County (Brooklyn). Blazin Skinz Tattoo offers tattoos and body piercing, and Club Inked Tattoos & Piercings specializes in realism, portrait and black and gray tattoos with piercing as well. Everlasting Tattoo opened on May 30, 2025 with tattoos and piercings, and Blue Sky Tattoo corp also does both.

Black and grey and realism lead the styles. Red Inkz Social Club is owned by an artist with more than 20 years of experience whose own specialty is black and grey with smooth shading, and a team of five artists also takes on realism and traditional work. EverBlack Tattoo Studio is a private studio in Williamsburg founded in December 2019 by Nikki Simpson and Tim Goergen, where four artists cover illustrative realism, soft black and grey, saturated color and dark surrealism. DragonSoul Tattoos NYC focuses on black and gray realism, and Minimal NYC has twelve artists across fine line, black and grey and realism, including a photorealism specialist.

Walk-ins define a lot of the neighborhood. Cosmic Wizard Tattoo at 252 Knickerbocker Ave on the Bushwick border welcomes walk-ins for tattoos and piercings, though appointments help secure a spot. Red Scorpion Tattoo takes walk-ins and asks visitors to call first, and it is cash only. Behind The Circle does tattoos only, no piercings, with walk-ins at limited capacity. Studio1609 welcomes walk-ins and also books consultations, and Lil Baby's Bushwick is a custom studio with three resident artists who each have a portfolio page and booking link.