Clinton Hill Getting a Tattoo Parlor
A tattoo parlor, Clinton Hill’s first by our count (though we could just be hopelessly out of the tattoo loop), is scheduled to open at 212 Greene Avenue, next door to Choice Greene just in from Grand Avenue. According to two separate sources, the lease is signed and work has already begun. We also hear…
A tattoo parlor, Clinton Hill’s first by our count (though we could just be hopelessly out of the tattoo loop), is scheduled to open at 212 Greene Avenue, next door to Choice Greene just in from Grand Avenue. According to two separate sources, the lease is signed and work has already begun. We also hear that the people behind this place are real artists—and that there will be a gallery space for displaying work. GMAP
Lifer – thanks for your post
I think these tattoo parlours if they have and host amazing artists actually bring in a stable paying clientele. Tattoos are expensive folks. I mean they can run up into the hundreds and thousands and if the parlour has a few artists doing 5-6 clients a day well you do the math…
Lifer – Do you know the place in Park Slope on 7th avenue “Hand of Glory” – I walk by often and wonder if those guys are any good?
I must say that this particular establishment could certainly enhance the property values on any block. :-‘
“some of us really really old folks remember when only pirates and hookers had tattoos”
And sailors. Now everyone has them – it kind of removes the novelty. I still can’t get used to them on women – it’s difficult for old guys like me to get past the hooker association. But time marches on.
Pirates and hookers still get tattooed, I was just trying to dispel the rumor that tattoo shops bring a bad element to a neighborhood the way they might have in the olden, uh, i mean in the past. I am actually pretty over the hill myself
Thanks lifer, some of us really really old folks remember when only pirates and hookers had tattoos, then radio was invented and everything changed after that.
nice post lifer
*rob*
There are few things that you can’t get from the internet or order online these days…a haircut, a massage, a nail job, your dry cleaning and a tattoo. A few other things as well.
Tattoo shops these days are very different from the shops some of you old timers remember. Many are run not only by “real artists” but artists with college degrees of varied disciplines where their tattooing is not only a great job that pays well, but one that funds their other artistic endeavors on top of paying their rent.
Tattoo shops can be as valuable as any other successful business in a community. They are artists, they are parents whose kids go to local schools, and some genuinely take an interest in their surroundings as they are involved in real estate, local commerce, and have a genuine ineterst in the surrounding community.
Yes, I am a tattooer (frankly, I am a painter/illustrator who tattoos for a living) In 2002 my shop was the first tattoo “studio” (“parlour” is a term that is kind of old, and that doesnt always apply since many studios double as galleries ) in a well to do neighborhood, since then we have moved twice from and even wealthier and wealthier neighborhood (the first tattoo shop in each hood). We were welcomed by most , there are always people who submit their feelings to stereotypes, that will never change. We are locally owned and operated, not to mention have continually curated openings at our studio as well as at local bars and galleries adding to the cultural flavor of the neighborhood. As well as donating resources we raise funds for local charities and public school art programs, we teach art at local public schools and organizations.
Many people thought we would “be gone in a year” (this was 8 years ago), especially in these neighborhoods, but we have not only done well, we are continually growing. Our rent compares to what restaurants pay on our block, and we are not struggling as some of our neighbors are. Tattoo shops, given that they are inhabited by talented artists, are fully recession proof. People from all walks of life of all ages and income levels get tattooed. Its a trade that will always be patronized by the people.
Brooklyn needs more good tattoo shops, I wish these guys well.
There was a tattoo parlor on Myrtle Ave between Waverly Ave and Washington Ave – in the space Thai 101 is presently. It was there for awhile…. I never knew anyone that went there though……