Tattoo shops in New Westminster
New Westminster, British Columbia has 28 tattoo shops on the map. All 28 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 New Westminster (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Blue Aura and Avalon Tattoo & Art Collective, plus Heartache Tattoo. If a studio's missing from New Westminster's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The New Westminster tattoo lineup
28 in New Westminster, plus 51 more around New Westminster below:
Blue Aura
Tattoo studio0.4 km from New Westminster
Blue Aura — Tattoo studio on 306 Sixth Street. Also worth knowing about Blue Aura: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
306 Sixth Street, V3L 0C9
Phone: +1-604-522-8700
Avalon Tattoo & Art Collective
Tattoo studio0.4 km from New Westminster
Avalon Tattoo & Art Collective — Tattoo studio on 314 Sixth Street. Also worth knowing about Avalon Tattoo & Art Collective: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-17:00.
314 Sixth Street
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-17:00
Heartache Tattoo
Tattoo studio0.4 km from New Westminster
Heartache Tattoo is Tattoo studio.
Dads Tattoo Company
Tattoo studio0.5 km from New Westminster
Dads Tattoo Company — Tattoo studio on 627 Columbia Street.
627 Columbia Street
Avalon Tattoo & Art Collective
Tattoo studio0.5 km from New Westminster
Avalon Tattoo & Art Collective — Tattoo studio on 339 Columbia Street.
339 Columbia Street
Alla Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio0.5 km from New Westminster
Alla Tattoo Studio is Tattoo studio on 416 Columbia Street.
416 Columbia Street
Happy Buddha Tattoo
Tattoo studio0.5 km from New Westminster
Happy Buddha Tattoo — Tattoo studio on 317 Columbia Street.
317 Columbia Street
Serpentskin
Tattoo studio0.5 km from New Westminster
Serpentskin is Tattoo studio on 609 Front Street, New Westminster.
609 Front Street, New Westminster
DeathCap Tattoo
Tattoo studio0.5 km from New Westminster
DeathCap Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 332 Columbia Street, New Westminster. DeathCap Tattoo also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
332 Columbia Street, New Westminster, V3L 1A6
Royal Anchor Tattoo
Tattoo studio0.5 km from New Westminster
Royal Anchor Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 332 Columbia Street.
332 Columbia Street
Grey Lantern Tattoos
Tattoo studio1.1 km from New Westminster
Grey Lantern Tattoos is Tattoo studio on 630 Fifth Street. Grey Lantern Tattoos also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
630 Fifth Street
Rose Ink Parlour
Tattoo studio1.5 km from New Westminster
Rose Ink Parlour — Tattoo studio on 616 Twelfth Street.
616 Twelfth Street
Gold Teeth Canada
Tattoo studio1.5 km from New Westminster
Gold Teeth Canada — Tattoo studio on 618 Twelfth Street.
618 Twelfth Street
Royal Rose Tattoo
Tattoo studio1.5 km from New Westminster
Royal Rose Tattoo — Tattoo studio on 618 Twelfth Street. Also worth knowing about Royal Rose Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-19:00.
618 Twelfth Street
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-19:00
12S Tattoo
Tattoo studio1.8 km from New Westminster
12S Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 802 Twelfth Street. 12S Tattoo also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
802 Twelfth Street
Phone: +1-604-379-3066
Dutchman Tattoos
Tattoo studio2.5 km from New Westminster
Dutchman Tattoos — Tattoo studio.
Fall Back Down Tattoo
Tattoo studio3.0 km from New Westminster
Fall Back Down Tattoo — Tattoo studio on 480 East Columbia Street.
480 East Columbia Street
Liquid Silver
Tattoo studio3.7 km from New Westminster
Liquid Silver — Tattoo studio.
East Manila Ink Tattoo
Tattoo studio3.8 km from New Westminster
East Manila Ink Tattoo — Tattoo studio on 9509 Scott Road-120 Street.
9509 Scott Road-120 Street
Inkspiration Beauty Bar
Tattoo studio3.8 km from New Westminster
Inkspiration Beauty Bar is Tattoo studio on 9503 Scott Road-120 Street. Inkspiration Beauty Bar also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
9503 Scott Road-120 Street
Blackline Tattoo
Tattoo studio5.4 km from New Westminster
Blackline Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Karma Tattoo
Tattoo studio6.8 km from New Westminster
Karma Tattoo — Tattoo studio on 4715 Kingsway. Also worth knowing about Karma Tattoo: the map lists its hours as "by appointment"; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4715 Kingsway
Hours: "by appointment"
Phone: +1-604-839-1221
Body Jewlz
Tattoo & piercing studio6.9 km from New Westminster
Body Jewlz — Tattoo & piercing studio, found on 4700 Kingsway in Burnaby. Also worth knowing about Body Jewlz: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00; PH 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4700 Kingsway, Burnaby, V5H 4M1
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00; PH 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1-604-436-0050
New World Tattoo
Tattoo studio7.0 km from New Westminster
New World Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Geronimo Tattoo and Piercing
Tattoo studio7.0 km from New Westminster
Geronimo Tattoo and Piercing is Tattoo studio on 4641 Kingsway. Geronimo Tattoo and Piercing also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 12:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4641 Kingsway
Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-19:00
Phone: +1-778-371-7149
Pulse Vancity
Tattoo studio8.8 km from New Westminster
Pulse Vancity — Tattoo studio on 2604 Saint Johns Street. Also worth knowing about Pulse Vancity: the map lists its hours as "by appointment".
2604 Saint Johns Street
Hours: "by appointment"
Kiku Tattoo Parlour
Tattoo studio9.6 km from New Westminster
Kiku Tattoo Parlour is Tattoo studio.
Horiryu II Tattoo
Tattoo studio9.8 km from New Westminster
Horiryu II Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 3165 Kingsway, Vancouver. Horiryu II Tattoo also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
3165 Kingsway, Vancouver, V5R 5K2
What the map tells us about tattoo shops in New Westminster
6 of the 28 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.
7 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 332 Columbia Street, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
1 of the studios are also tagged for piercings, handy if you're after both in one visit.
The New Westminster tattoo shop tour
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Blue Aura on 306 Sixth Street, Avalon Tattoo & Art Collective on 314 Sixth Street, Heartache Tattoo, Dads Tattoo Company on 627 Columbia Street, Avalon Tattoo & Art Collective on 339 Columbia Street, Alla Tattoo Studio on 416 Columbia Street, Happy Buddha Tattoo on 317 Columbia Street, and Serpentskin on 609 Front Street. That's 28 stops on the New Westminster tattoo shop tour. 20 more are listed below.
Tattoo tips for New Westminster
A few things worth knowing before you work through New Westminster's tattoo shops:
- Don't haggle on price at Blue Aura. You're paying for hours of someone's skilled labour on your skin forever. Bargain hunting has no place in a tattoo shop.
- Sun is the enemy of fresh ink at Avalon Tattoo & Art Collective. UV fades tattoos fast, especially new ones. Once healed, sunscreen on the tattoo becomes a lifelong habit.
- Tip your artist. Standard practice, like any skilled service. Twenty percent is the usual benchmark for good work.
- Don't drink the night before. Alcohol thins the blood and makes you bleed more, which pushes ink out. Arrive sober and hydrated.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around New Westminster — 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 New Westminster can take a while to appear. The 28 above are only as current as the community map. A tattoo shop that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
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 28 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.
Worth the trip: more tattoo shops around New Westminster
51 more within about 25 km of New Westminster — here are the 15 nearest:
Orchid Oddities Tattoo & Curio
Tattoo studio10.0 km from New Westminster
Orchid Oddities Tattoo & Curio — Tattoo studio, found on 3003 Kingsway in Vancouver. Also worth knowing about Orchid Oddities Tattoo & Curio: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3003 Kingsway, Vancouver, V5R 5J6
Hours: Mo-Th 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1-604-434-9338
Strictly Tattoo
Tattoo studio10.0 km from New Westminster
Strictly Tattoo — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Strictly Tattoo: it has a website with more detail.
Kultura Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio10.9 km from New Westminster
Kultura Tattoo Studio is Tattoo studio on 2603 Kingsway. Kultura Tattoo Studio also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 15:30-18:30; Sa 09:30-17:30; Su 09:30-12:30; it has a website with more detail.
2603 Kingsway, V5R 5H4
Hours: Mo-Fr 15:30-18:30; Sa 09:30-17:30; Su 09:30-12:30
Lapis & Co.
Tattoo studio11.2 km from New Westminster
Lapis & Co. is Tattoo studio on 2569 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam. Lapis & Co. also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
2569 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam
Phone: +1-604-999-8513
Midnight Tattoo
Tattoo studio12.0 km from New Westminster
Midnight Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 1948 Kingsway in Vancouver.
1948 Kingsway, Vancouver
Showtime Tattoo Company
Tattoo studio12.4 km from New Westminster
Showtime Tattoo Company is Tattoo studio.
Food of Tattoo
Tattoo studio12.6 km from New Westminster
Food of Tattoo — Tattoo studio on 3374 Findlay Street.
3374 Findlay Street
Dark Ocean Tattoo
Tattoo studio12.9 km from New Westminster
Dark Ocean Tattoo — Tattoo studio on 1683 East 13th Avenue.
1683 East 13th Avenue
Super Cat Tattoo
Tattoo studio13.3 km from New Westminster
Super Cat Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 2456 East Hastings Street.
2456 East Hastings Street
Unity Tattoo
Tattoo studio13.6 km from New Westminster
Unity Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 1395 Commercial Drive in Vancouver. Also worth knowing about Unity Tattoo: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1395 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Phone: +1-604-369-3691
Monkey King Tattoos
Tattoo studio14.0 km from New Westminster
Monkey King Tattoos is Tattoo studio on 774 Kingsway. Monkey King Tattoos also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
774 Kingsway
Phone: +1-604-618-4993
Fraser Street Tattoo Shop
Tattoo studio14.1 km from New Westminster
Fraser Street Tattoo Shop — Tattoo studio, found on 3377 Fraser Street in Vancouver. Also worth knowing about Fraser Street Tattoo Shop: the map lists its hours as "by appointment"; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3377 Fraser Street, Vancouver
Hours: "by appointment"
Phone: +17783715084
Victory Tattoo
Tattoo studio14.5 km from New Westminster
Victory Tattoo — Tattoo studio on 4278 Main Street. Also worth knowing about Victory Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Mo "by appointment"; Tu-Su 12:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4278 Main Street
Hours: Mo "by appointment"; Tu-Su 12:00-19:00
Phone: +1-778-379-8287
Adrenaline Vancity Tattoo
Tattoo studio14.9 km from New Westminster
Adrenaline Vancity Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 3138 Main Street, Vancouver. Adrenaline Vancity Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 12:00-20:00; Su 11:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3138 Main Street, Vancouver, V5T
Hours: Mo-Sa 12:00-20:00; Su 11:00-18:00
Phone: +1-604-262-3528
Bebop Ink
Tattoo studio14.9 km from New Westminster
Bebop Ink — Tattoo studio on 3283 Main Street. Also worth knowing about Bebop Ink: it has a website with more detail.
3283 Main Street
Tattoo shop listings for New Westminster: 28 in New Westminster and 51 more nearby 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.