The 30 most impressive and regrettable New York tattoos

It's a given that you can walk through any beard-friendly neighborhood in this city-Bushwick, Williamsburg, the Lower East Side-and see a lot of tattoos. But you can walk around virtually any part of this city and see tats-NYC gets under people's skin in the most literal way possible, and New Yorkers love getting the town's most iconic features inked on their bodies in any one of Gotham's best ink spots. Some of those tattoos are beautiful. And some...some are not. We've rounded up 30 examples that range from the impressive to the truly regrettable. Whether you're looking for inspiration or dissuasion, we've got you covered.

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