Tattoo Shops in Midtown South, Flatiron & Union Square, NY

Midtown South, Flatiron & Union Square has 14 tattoo shops, all in New York County, Manhattan, with 4560 Google reviews between them at an average rating of 4.9. Koreatown and Chelsea studios share the page with shops near Madison Square Park, and the mix is unusually wide: fine line and small tattoos, Japanese dragons, hyper-realism, piercing with fine jewelry and even medical tattooing. Two of the studios work from upper floors, a second-floor private studio and a 12th floor shop.

The largest names mix tattoos with piercing. Studio 28 Piercings, Fine Jewelry, and Custom Tattoos has worked in Chelsea since 2010, with one-of-a-kind tattoo designs and piercers holding APP certification, and it is rated 4.8 from 1292 reviews. Club Tattoo NYC Tattoos | Piercing | Fine Jewelry is rated 4.8 from 583 reviews and runs a piercing studio stocking designer body jewelry. Live By The Sword Tattoo - Union Square takes walk-ins for same-day tattoos and piercings from a flash collection of more than 950 designs mixing classic tradition with pop culture, rated 4.7 from 1050 reviews.

Rising Dragon Tattoos NYC, rated 4.9 from 696 reviews, has worked from a private second-floor studio since 1997 with four artists who each have at least ten years of experience. Custom work centers on Japanese art such as dragons, koi, hannya and cherry blossoms, along with Polynesian tribal, realism, traditional and neo-traditional pieces. It is by appointment only. In Koreatown, Picasso Tattoo Studio specializes in small tattoos, naming fine line, minimal, micro realism, realism and modern black and gray, and is open from noon to 8 PM with 4.9 from 397 reviews. Black Fish Tattoo sits on the 12th floor, a family-operated, Korean-owned studio with eight artists, taking walk-ins Wednesday through Sunday and appointments only on Monday.