Tattoo Shops in Washington Heights, NY

Washington Heights has 12 tattoo shops, all in New York County, and the neighborhood mixes long-running shops that also pierce with individual artists who book by appointment. Inwood, Mount Eden & Claremont, University Heights & Morris Heights, Mount Hope and Concourse & Concourse Village are the neighboring areas with their own pages. The ratings here cover a wide range, so it pays to read the numbers for each shop.

Juanka Tattoo NY is led by Juanka, a tattoo artist with more than 15 years of experience who has worked since 2010 and takes appointments. The styles include cover-ups, color, watercolor, realism, lettering, black out, neo traditional, fine line, geometric, ornamental, anime, black and gray and blackwork. It is rated 5.0 from 115 reviews, every one of them five stars. INK 181 TATTOOS has been open since 2008 and does custom tattoo styles including black and grey realism, Japanese designs, traditional American motifs, fine line and cover-ups, along with body piercing. It is rated 4.8 from 115 reviews, and gift cards are sold.

Washington Heights tattoo studio has five artists, each said to have more than ten years of experience. The studio works in realism, portraits, Japanese, fine line, dotwork, oriental, traditional, black and white and color styles, and also does cover-ups and piercings. Staff communicate in Spanish. It is rated 4.9 from 64 reviews. Banks Tattoo and Piercing does all kinds of body art and piercings, and also removes tattoos and body hair. It welcomes LGBTQ clients and is rated 5.0 from 50 reviews, all of them five stars.