Chelsea Gardens Barber Shop · Barber in Chelsea, NYC — Est. 1959

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Inside Chelsea Gardens Barber Shop

A barber at work

The storefront on West 23rd Street

The crew at Chelsea Gardens

The Board

Fair prices. Since always.

No tiers, no "signature experience" surcharge. Tap a service for details, or just come sit down.

Skin fade at Chelsea Gardens Barber Shop

Pompadour with a clean fade at Chelsea Gardens

Walk-ins welcome every day · appointments recommended Friday & Saturday evenings

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The Barbers

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Four barbers, one standard. Book the chair you want — same booking book the shop has always run on.

Rudy, owner of Chelsea Gardens Barber Shop

Rudy

Owner · The Institution

Knows every regular by name — and their cut, and their kid's cut.

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Junior

Michael · Barber

Modern fades, finished with scissors — the house style since 1959.

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Mike, barber at Chelsea Gardens

Mike

Barber

In and out on a lunch break, looking like you took the day.

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Ben, barber at Chelsea Gardens

Ben

Barber

The newest chair in the oldest shop — sharp cuts, no shortcuts.

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The Work

Fresh off the chair

Cuts, fades and shaves from the shop — clips from their own Instagram, photos from their customers.

The pompadour

Slick back, high fade

Freehand line work

From the shop's own Instagram — @chelseagardensbarbershop

Skin fade haircut at Chelsea Gardens Barber Shop, Chelsea NYC

Classic side-part pompadour cut at a Chelsea barbershop

Taper fade with scissor top, barbershop on W 23rd St

Clean fade finished with a straight razor

Textured crop haircut at Chelsea Gardens

Design fade cut at Chelsea Gardens Barber Shop

A happy customer with his barber at Chelsea Gardens

Chelsea Gardens Barber Shop storefront on West 23rd Street

Textured quiff and beard trim, shot in the shop window on W 23rd St

Curly pompadour with a tapered fade in the chair at Chelsea Gardens

Disconnected undercut and full beard outside the gold-leaf shop window

Walk-ins welcome

No appointment? The bench has always been part of it.

Since 1959

The first barbershop in Chelsea

Est. · 1959 · New York

CHELSEA GARDENS
BARBER SHOP

The chairs went in and the pole started turning in 1959 — the first barbershop in Chelsea. The galleries came later. The high-rises came later. Styles arrived, left, and came back again. Through all of it, this room stayed the same: hot towels, straight razors, and a barber who knows your name. Rudy keeps it that way.

1959Established

1stIn Chelsea

4Barbers, one standard

4.6★Google & Yelp

The Record

Sixty-seven years of second opinions

4.6 on Google · 4.6 from 229 Yelp reviews

A modern shop with old school appeal.

— From their Google reviews

Retro style… old school appeal.

— From their Yelp reviews

The thing regulars mention most: they remember your cut, even months later.

— A theme across the reviews

The record, in brass

4.6★ GoogleHundreds of reviews

4.6★ Yelp229 reviews · 66 photos

Est. 1959Sixty-seven years cutting

First in ChelseaThe neighborhood's original

The Visit

A block from the 1 train

Open every day of the week.

Checking the clock…

Chelsea Gardens Barber Shop

253 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011
Between 7th & 8th Ave · 1 train at 23rd St

(212) 255-6327

cgbarbers@gmail.com

@chelseagardensbarbershop

Walk-ins welcome · appointments recommended Fri & Sat evenings

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Est. 1959

Sixty-seven years on 23rd Street.
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