Tattoo Shops in Greenpoint, NY

Greenpoint has 24 tattoo shops in Kings County, Brooklyn, and the local trade splits between a few big appointment collectives and a longer run of small private studios. Waterfront shops with a maritime streak share the neighborhood with fine line and blackwork rooms, and Japanese work has a strong presence at the top of the neighborhood.

CJ Tattoo is rated 5.0 from 749 reviews and works at 37 Greenpoint Ave #406 as a collective of artists. It was founded by CJ, known for Asian and Japanese-style work, and the studio takes appointments only, with styles that include Japanese, Asian illustrative, fine line, watercolor, calligraphy, blackwork and realism. Three Kings Tattoo Brooklyn opened in 2008 at 572 Manhattan Avenue and is rated 4.7 from 389 reviews. Its motto is that tattoos are for everyone, and projects big and small are welcome.

East River Tattoo sits on the Greenpoint waterfront and was founded in 2000 by artist Duke Riley. Its custom designs draw on maritime folk art and 19th-century tattooing, with antique nautical charts, woodcuts, engravings and scrimshaw as inspiration. Twelve artists work in the shop and walk-ins are accepted. It is rated 4.8 from 102 reviews. Greenpoint Tattoo Company has operated since 2011, opens seven days a week from noon to 8pm, and takes walk-ins as well as appointments across cover-ups, custom designs and flash with a roster of more than a dozen artists. Wild Heart Tattoo Shop keeps thousands of hand painted original designs on hand, encourages walk-ins every day before 6pm and books custom work by appointment, with seven artists on the floor.

Private studios make up much of the rest. Sasha Woland Tattoo is a by-appointment studio where Sasha draws on medieval art, the occult and folk tales for linework, dotwork, woodcut styles and illustrative realism. BlackworkNYC is led by Artem Ermochenko and specializes in custom fine line, blackwork and microrealism, plus muted, tonal color work. Tata Tattoo Studio NYC is Tarcila Freire's private studio for fine line, botanical work, micro-realism and blackwork. Migrations Tattoo takes bookings by appointment only and is known for delicate fine line and black and grey work.