The Summer Graphic Tee Edit: 10 Picks for Every Kind of Brooklyn
Summer is when graphic tees actually matter.
The jacket comes off. The hoodie stays home. It’s just you and the shirt — which means the shirt needs to do the work. The graphic, the fit, the weight of the cotton, the way the print holds up when it’s been worn and washed and worn again.
We put together 10 picks from the BklynMotors catalog — one for every kind of Brooklyn, every kind of summer, every kind of person who knows what it means to be from somewhere specific.
1. For the Rider: Motorcycle T-Shirt Arrows
The original. A vintage circular emblem, distressed print, classic moto club energy. The Arrows tee is BklynMotors at its most essential — built for people who wear the culture, not just the aesthetic. Goes with everything. Keeps looking better the more it’s worn.
Best worn: On the bike. Off the bike. Any day you want people to know you ride without having to say it.
2. For the Brooklyn Loyalist: Kings County Riders V2
Black. Distressed white and dark red print. Brooklyn Motors arched across the top, a vintage bobber in the center, Kings County Riders along the bottom. This is the tee that started everything — brand story, borough history, motor club culture in one graphic.
Best worn: Anywhere you want to carry the borough with you. Which, if you’re from Brooklyn, is everywhere.
3. For the History Nerd: Kings County Riders T-Shirt (Brown)
Same graphic language, different palette — brown shirt, gold and burgundy tones, the kind of colorway that reads like a vintage poster left out in the sun for a decade. The brown is unexpected. That’s the point.
Best worn: When you want the classic graphic without the obvious choice. For people who know the difference between a shirt and a statement.
4. For the Crew: Motorcycle T-Shirt Kings County Crew
Light gray. Black ink. A V-twin engine rendered in hand-drawn detail, “Kings County Crew / Brooklyn Motors / Since 1932” framing it. This one is for people who didn’t come alone — who showed up with their people, who ride with a crew, who know that the motor club was always about community first.
Best worn: Whenever you’re with your people. Also: whenever you want it to look like you are.
5. For the Neighborhood: Brooklyn T-Shirt East New York
Black shirt, neighborhood-specific graphic. East New York has been carrying its own identity since before anyone was paying attention. This tee is for people who are from there, who have history there, or who understand why neighborhood pride is a real thing and not a marketing move.
Best worn: In the neighborhood. Or anywhere you want to represent where you actually came from.
6. For the Flatbush Connection: Brooklyn T-Shirts Flatbush Fighters
Flatbush is Biggie’s block, Caribbean food, the energy of a Saturday afternoon on Flatbush Ave. The Flatbush Fighters tee puts that on cotton. Specific. Local. Earned.
Best worn: With anyone who gets the reference immediately. And anywhere you want to see who does.
7. For the Waterfront: Red Hook Motorclub Graphic T-Shirt
White shirt, Red Hook Motor Club graphic, the isolated waterfront neighborhood that has always operated on its own terms. Red Hook is on three sides of water. It’s cut off from the rest of Brooklyn by the BQE. It’s always been exactly what it wanted to be — completely itself.
Best worn: At Valentino Pier. On the Ikea Ferry. Anywhere the water is visible and the city feels far away.
8. For the Family: Kids Eagle T-Shirt
The moto life isn’t just for adults. The Kids Eagle tee is how you pass it down — same graphic integrity, right-sized for the next generation. Matching moment: Kids Eagle + Long Sleeve Tee Eagle. Two riders, different sizes.
Best worn: When the whole crew goes out. When the next generation starts understanding what the ride means.
9. For the Style-First Crowd: Williamsburg Wheelmen
Williamsburg has been called a lot of things. Before the condos, before the rooftop bars — there was a community here with its own culture and its own riders. The Williamsburg Wheelmen tee carries that history into a graphic that works for anyone who knows their Brooklyn chapters.
Best worn: In a neighborhood that still remembers what it was before it became what it is now.
10. For the Purist: Motor Cycle Repair T-Shirt
No neighborhood. No borough pride. Just the garage — Motor Cycle Repair, silver tee, the kind of graphic that came off the wall of a real shop. For people who ride more than they talk about riding. Who fix more than they show off. Who know what a shop actually smells like.
Best worn: When you want the tee that says everything by saying almost nothing.
How to Pick Your Summer Tee
Graphic tees work best when they mean something. Not because you need to explain them — but because you don’t.
The best graphic is the one that communicates something true about where you’re from, what you ride, who you’re with, or what you actually believe. BklynMotors builds from that place. Brooklyn neighborhood series. Motor club culture. Vintage design language that ages instead of expires.
Summer is the season for it. No layers. Just the shirt. Pick the one that’s yours.
