since 2012, Crown Heights
About Us
Y2K and 90s pop culture, made into streetwear. Queer-owned, printed in the shop, made for anyone who wants to dress like it is still 1999.
Aliens of Brooklyn started in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in 2012. Y2K and 90s pop culture, made into streetwear. Queer-owned, made for anyone who wants to dress like it's still 1999.
Meet the founder
Aliens of Brooklyn is the work of Joseph Angel Tijerina, an artist who grew up in Texas and studied at Wade College before moving to New York. He had never visited the city. He moved anyway, landed in Crown Heights in 2012, and started making the clothes he wanted to see: loud color, tie-dye, and 80s, 90s and Y2K pop culture, filtered through Brooklyn.
The name came from a late-night search. Joseph looked up whether real aliens lived in Brooklyn, found reports of sightings, and decided the name was too good to pass up.
Aliens of Brooklyn is a Mexican American and LGBTQIA+ brand. It opened its first storefront in the East Village in 2022, now lives at 304 E 5th St, and in August 2025 brought the brand back to Texas with a shop on East 6th Street in Austin.
Walk into either store and the goal is the same: laugh at a shirt, find a word that sounds like you, and leave wearing it.
Read Joseph's story in his own words in EV Grieve's visit to Aliens of Brooklyn (August 2022).
Featured in
- EV Grieve: A visit to Aliens of Brooklyn on 9th Street, August 2022
- EV Grieve: Aliens of Brooklyn colonizing 9th Street, June 2022
Both stories show our original 9th Street shop. Our East Village store is now at 304 E 5th St.
Visit Us
New York City
304 E 5th St
New York, NY 10003
Austin, TX
1630 E 6th St #104
Austin, TX 78702 (Next to Liberty Bar)
two shops, one window
Come see us IRL
East Village, NYC and East 6th, Austin. Walk in with an image, walk out wearing it.