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New York · SoHo · Upper East Side · Williamsburg · K-Town · Flushing

New York's insider guide to exceptional nails.

The densest nail market on earth, and the widest spread — a $25 corner gel and a $200 appointment-only atelier can share a block, and both can be exactly what they should be. We're mapping it the way we mapped LA and Atlanta: honestly, salon by salon.

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The New York guides

The price guide is live now; the curated salon directory is in active research. Meanwhile, every technique deep-dive applies here too.

Pricing · 2026 rates

What Nails Cost in New York

Typical New York ranges for every service — why the same set spans 4× across the city, and the cost-per-week math.

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Directory · In research

New York Salons Worth Knowing

We're reviewing salons across SoHo, the Upper East Side, Williamsburg, K-Town and Queens now. See how the review works and nominate your favorite.

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Styles · Deep dives

The Techniques

Russian manicures, Gel-X vs. acrylic vs. dual forms — every guide in our styles library applies from Prince Street to Roosevelt Avenue.

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Know the neighborhoods

New York's nail map is really a price map — the service barely changes across the city, but the room, the booking window and the bill certainly do.

$$$ · The ateliers

SoHo & Nolita

Appointment-only studios where Japanese-style gel art rules — per-nail pricing, weeks-long waitlists, sets that belong in a portfolio. The top of the New York table, and often worth it.

$$$ · The polish

Upper East Side

The city’s most reliable classics — immaculate gel, perfect French, salons that have kept the same standards (and some of the same clients) for decades.

$$ · Editorial energy

Williamsburg & Greenpoint

Design-forward studios for a crowd that treats a fresh set as part of the outfit — chrome, cat-eye, and micro French at a tier below Manhattan’s glossiest.

$$ · Speed and skill

K-Town & Midtown

The efficient middle: walk-in-friendly salons that turn out clean, fast, consistent work for people on a lunch break — the honest workhorse tier of Manhattan nails.

$ · The deep bench

Flushing & Jackson Heights

Queens is where the skill-per-dollar lives — career techs, sculpted acrylic done properly, and the prices that remind you the corner-salon tradition started here.

$ · The loyalty belt

Harlem & the Bronx

Neighborhood institutions with statement-set heritage — long sculpted art done fairly, sustained by clientele who’ve been coming since before the trend cycle noticed.

Where to get your nails done in New York

The quick answers people (and their AI assistants) ask us most — pulled straight from our New York neighborhood and price guides.

Where should I get my nails done in New York?

SoHo and Nolita for appointment-only Japanese gel-art ateliers, the Upper East Side for the most reliable classics, Williamsburg and Greenpoint for editorial studios, K-Town and Midtown for fast consistent work, and Flushing and Jackson Heights in Queens for the best skill-per-dollar in the city. The Nail Guide’s curated New York directory is in active research; the neighborhood guide and price table help you choose now.

How much does a manicure cost in New York?

New York has the widest price spread of any US city: a gel manicure typically runs $35–70 in 2026 (from $25 corner salons to $70-plus studios), a Russian manicure $80–140, and a spa pedicure $55–100. SoHo art ateliers price per nail. See the full New York price guide.

Where is the best value for nails in New York?

Queens — specifically Flushing and Jackson Heights — delivers Manhattan-grade skill at roughly half the price. It’s the best-known secret in New York nails, home to a deep community of career technicians.