Tattoo Shops in Chelsea & Hudson Yards, NY

Tattoo shops in Chelsea & Hudson Yards lean private. Half of the tattoo businesses here work by appointment only, in small studios where the same artist handles the design and the session, and fine line is the style named most often. The page covers eight businesses in New York County (Manhattan), all of which do tattoo work.

New York City licenses tattoo artists, not tattoo parlors, so the license belongs to the person holding the needle rather than to the room. That is worth knowing in a neighborhood of private studios, where you are often booking one artist directly.

Manhattan Tattoos NYC is a private studio that husband and wife Nick and Shakira opened in 2019 in Chelsea. Both are versatile artists, and the work ranges from photorealistic portraits in color or black and grey to fine line single needle minimalist pieces. The studio takes appointments primarily and accepts walk-ins when there is availability. It is rated 5.0 from 515 reviews, the largest history on the page.

OMEN TATTOO STUDIO sits on the eighth floor and is reached by ringing the studio at the door. It welcomes walk-ins, and its artists do realistic, American traditional, fine line, flash, blackwork, portrait, black and grey and color tattoos. Custom designs are made for any placement where no tattoo exists, and cover tattoos are designed around the piece being covered. The rating is 5.0 from 168 reviews.