Tattoo shops in Boston
Boston, MA has 27 tattoo shops on the map. All 27 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. Walk-ins are worth asking about, but the good custom work everywhere books weeks out.
This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Boston (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Said & Done Tattoo and Stingray Tattoo & Body Art, plus Boston Tattoo. If a studio's missing from Boston's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Boston tattoo lineup
27 mapped within about 40 km:
Said & Done Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Said & Done Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 68 South Street in Jamaica Plain. Also worth knowing about Said & Done Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
68 South Street, Jamaica Plain, 02130
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00
Phone: +1-617-942-7134
Stingray Tattoo & Body Art
Tattoo studio
Stingray Tattoo & Body Art is Tattoo studio on 384 Cambridge Street, Allston. Stingray Tattoo & Body Art also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
384 Cambridge Street, Allston, 02134
Boston Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Boston Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Lucky’s Tattoo & Piercing
Tattoo studio
Lucky’s Tattoo & Piercing — Tattoo studio, found on 694 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge. Also worth knowing about Lucky’s Tattoo & Piercing: the map lists its hours as 12:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
694 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 02139
Hours: 12:00-20:00
Phone: +1 617 945 0317
Pumpkin Tatoo
Tattoo studio
Pumpkin Tatoo is Tattoo studio.
Redemption Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Redemption Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 2090 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge. Also worth knowing about Redemption Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2090 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 02140
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-20:00
Phone: +1 617 576 0097
Riverside Tattoo Company
Tattoo studio
Riverside Tattoo Company is Tattoo studio. Riverside Tattoo Company also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-20:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-20:00
Kaleidoscope Tattoo & Art Gallery
Tattoo studio
Kaleidoscope Tattoo & Art Gallery is Tattoo studio on 2374 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Kaleidoscope Tattoo & Art Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 12:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2374 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 02140
Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-20:00
Phone: +1 617 441 8287
Ma-Zel Custom Tattoo Piercing
Tattoo studio
Ma-Zel Custom Tattoo Piercing — Tattoo studio, found on 358 Ferry Street in Everett. Also worth knowing about Ma-Zel Custom Tattoo Piercing: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 12:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
358 Ferry Street, Everett, 02149
Hours: Mo-Sa 12:00-20:00
Phone: +16173940023
Regeneration Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Regeneration Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 155 Harvard Avenue, Allston. Regeneration Tattoo also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
155 Harvard Avenue, Allston, 02134
The Boston Tattoo Company
Tattoo studio
The Boston Tattoo Company is Tattoo studio on 260 Elm Street, Somerville. The Boston Tattoo Company also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 12:00-20:00; Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
260 Elm Street, Somerville, 02144
Hours: Mo-Sa 12:00-20:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1-617-625-8282
Hood Ink Tatoo Zoo
Tattoo studio
Hood Ink Tatoo Zoo is Tattoo studio on 513 Boston Street, Lynn.
513 Boston Street, Lynn, 01905
Boston Street Tatoo
Tattoo studio
Boston Street Tatoo is Tattoo studio on 555 Boston Street, Lynn. Boston Street Tatoo also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
555 Boston Street, Lynn, 01905
Phone: +1 781 7158060
Benchmark Tattoos
Tattoo studio
Benchmark Tattoos is Tattoo studio on 1340 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington.
1340 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, 02476
Hourglass Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Hourglass Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 1132 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge. Also worth knowing about Hourglass Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 12:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
1132 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 02318
Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-20:00
Phone: +1-617-868-3300
Ink Jam Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio
Ink Jam Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio, found on 12 Park Avenue in Arlington.
12 Park Avenue, Arlington, 02476
Merk Ink Studio
Tattoo studio
Merk Ink Studio is Tattoo studio on 266 Essex Street.
266 Essex Street
Witch City Ink
Tattoo studio
Witch City Ink — Tattoo studio on 186 Essex Street.
186 Essex Street
Salem Ink Tattoo & Art Gallery
Tattoo studio
Salem Ink Tattoo & Art Gallery is Tattoo studio.
InkPerial
Tattoo studio
InkPerial is Tattoo studio.
King's Ink
Tattoo studio
King's Ink is Tattoo studio on 134 Main Street, Acton. King's Ink also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
134 Main Street, Acton, 01720
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00
Phone: +1-978-263-7763
Katana Ink
Tattoo studio
Katana Ink is Tattoo studio.
Chameleon Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Chameleon Tattoo is Tattoo studio.
Poppy Tattoo
Tattoo studioRun by Irina Shapiro
Run by Irina Shapiro, Poppy Tattoo is Tattoo studio, found on 495 Medford Street in Somerville. Also worth knowing about Poppy Tattoo: it has a website with more detail.
495 Medford Street, Somerville, 02145
North Street Tattoo
Tattoo studio
North Street Tattoo is Tattoo studio.
Chromatic Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Chromatic Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
King's Ink
Tattoo studio
King's Ink is Tattoo studio on 134 Main Street, Acton.
134 Main Street, Acton, 01720
What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Boston
9 of the 27 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — tattoo studios often work by appointment, so posted hours can be more of a guideline than a promise.
10 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.
There's a cluster: 2 of them sit on 134 Main Street, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
The Boston tattoo shop tour
Making a day of it in Boston? Work this order: Said & Done Tattoo on 68 South Street, Stingray Tattoo & Body Art on 384 Cambridge Street, Boston Tattoo, Lucky’s Tattoo & Piercing on 694 Massachusetts Avenue, Pumpkin Tatoo, Redemption Tattoo on 2090 Massachusetts Avenue, Riverside Tattoo Company, and Kaleidoscope Tattoo & Art Gallery on 2374 Massachusetts Avenue. That's the tattoo shop tour in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 19 more are listed below.
Tattoo tips for Boston
A few things worth knowing before you work through Boston's tattoo shops:
- Think about placement long-term at Said & Done Tattoo. Hands, neck and face limit job options in some fields. Your artist will be honest about this if you ask.
- Eat before your session at Stingray Tattoo & Body Art. A real meal, not a granola bar. Long sessions on an empty stomach are how people faint.
- Don't haggle on price. You're paying for hours of someone's skilled labour on your skin forever. Bargain hunting has no place in a tattoo shop.
- Check healed photos. Fresh tattoos always look good. Ask to see healed work — that's the real quality test.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Boston — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new tattoo shop in Boston can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 27, or a tattoo shop we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.
If you run one of the 27 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Tattoo shop listings for Boston: 27 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.