Ben at Color Space Imaging 212-229-2969. Ben’s a very nice guy, it’s his place,his pride and joy, does analog and digital. Very good at printing and scanning. He’s related to Hong down the street, but opened his own lab some time ago.
Laumont at 333 W. 52nd St btwn 8th-9th Ave. 212-664-0594. A lot of artists and famous photog are using them. Check out the gallery. They also do mounting.
Maybe Ken Lieberman:
http://www.lieberman-labs.com/ Never been there though.
Most other labs I know and used are more commercial/magazine oriented and not as neat. I’m sure there are several private printers out there as well, at Print Space 212-255-1919 – 151 W. 19th Street/7th Ave. they might be able to hook you up with someone. I remember seeing printers there printing for artists all the time, just keep in mind that it might not be as clean in a rental lab, with beginners printing there as well.
Good luck on your quest Paul, let us have some feedback when you are done.
Andreas