The Best Tattoo Shops in Brooklyn for Tattoo First-Timers
Greenpoint Tattoo Company
Here’s a firsthand account of a customer who was getting inked by Greenpoint Tattoo artist Chuck Donoghue around midnight when, somewhere near the end of his visit, he started to feel like he was going to pass out. Chuck saw it coming, calmed him down, grabbed him a soda, and never rushed to close up shop and get him out of the door. It may have been nothing more than an act of common decency, but for someone who’s 75 percent sure she could also pass out while getting a tattoo, an artist’s patience, empathy and tolerance for first timers is something to consider. Besides therapeutic artists named Chuck D. who have an apparent knack for working in bright, bold colors (or, among others, John Reardon, whose designs amazingly look like woodblock prints), Greenpoint Tattoo exceeds all other mandatory criteria: fair prices, an in-shop vinyl selection to help ease the pain, artists not afraid to offer insight on what may have otherwise been regrettable choices, and, above all, word-of-mouth recommendations from IRL human beings who swear they will never get a tattoo anywhere else.
131 Meserole Avenue, Greenpoint
