Big Joe & Sons Tattooing

I have never had a bad experience at Big Joes, partly due to the amazing tattoos/​piercings but a lot of the credit goes to the amazing people that work there! Brian, the manager, is the coolest, friendliest guy. He makes you feel so safe during piercings and is super down to earth. The tattoo artists (whose names I didn’t catch) are super friendly and made my friend and I feel super comfortable through the whole process of our first tattoos. So glad to have such a great shop near me, I would absolutely recommend to anyone for a great tattoo or piercing experience!

I was extremely disappointed with my last visit to Big Joes. Ive been a very loyal customer for years. I’ve gotten multiple piercings and bought jewelry in the past. Today I went to get my first tattoo. I was treated with so much disrespect by the tattoo artist that I chose to leave before getting the tattoo done. He placed the stencil on my body and it was crooked so I asked him to redo it. It was crooked another time and he became very exasperated and rude, openly stating his annoyance with the process and me. He was also rude to my friends who were very politely trying to help the situation. I decided to leave and he only exclaimed that he was «just frustrated» and never apologized. His name was FABIAN. DO NOT GET TATTOOED BY HIM. This is no way to treat a customer in general, especially someone who has never been tattooed before. Though I have had good experiences with this business in the past, this experience made me extremely uncomfortable and I felt very disrespected so I will not be giving them my business in the future and I do not recommend their tattoo services to anyone else. Brian (the owner) is extremely nice & has always been very professional to his customers. He is great at what piercing & is extremely accommodating to everyone in his store!

Great customer service. I have never been here for a tattoo, but all of my friends and I always come here for piercings. The last piercing that I got here was my nose. The male that did it was very friendly, clean and knowledgeable about the piercing. It made me feel very comfortable and safe. A lot of my friends have gotten belly button, tongue, lip and etc piercings done here. Everyone was extremely pleased with the results, including me.
*Plus the prices are very reasonable.
I can’t speak about the tattoos because I have never had one done and I don’t think my friends have either, but they seem very clean and organized. I feel that it is very important.

I went for my first tattoo today and everything was great. Very clean and very professional. They didn’t make me feel intimidated at all. The girl upfront is awesome too. Alex was my artist and he was great. I would definitely go back and recommend this shop to anyone.

Really nice customer service, makes you feel less intimidated. Pretty girl with tattoos all over in front who was soo nice and friendly and helpful. The tattoo artist my cousin had was really talented and very nice as well.
Very clean place, the tattoo artist Alex was very careful and examined everything to a perfection.
Just saw a few of their art work and it was ehh, like these Chinese characters I wanted to get looked like chicken scratch and I would only be drunk enough to get that on my body. Other than that everything was good, just please get better chinese characters lol

My first tattoo, and I couldn’t be happier. Four of us went together, but we only had time to get three done. The place is clean, sterile, welcoming, and Alex did a great job on all three. I will definitely go back.

I had my tattoo done at Big Joe’s in Yonkers in 2005. The artist sat down with me and patiently helped me draw out my idea until it was exactly what I wanted. I love the art of my tattoo.
Only problem is years later, my tattoo still feels raised and bumpy, like it never healed properly. Another tattoo artist saw it somewhat recently and said «man, he beat the hell out of your skin, looks like he pressed too hard.» It’s my only tattoo so I don’t know how my skin would react anywhere else (this is on my shoulder blade). I still love my tattoo and wouldn’t change anything about it.
A few years later, I had a nipple pieced at Big Joe’s in Yonkers. They charged me $ 50. No complaints — it was professional, clean, healed well, no problems. The next year, I had the other nipple pierced at the Big Joe’s in White Plains. They charged me $ 40. Same thing, just cheaper (also no complaints, healed fine, etc). Not sure why the Yonkers Big Joe’s charged a little more — probably just because they could and I didn’t know the difference.

Great tattoo shop. Everyone seems very friendly here. I went to check out 2 other tattoo shops before going to Big Joes & the people in both places seemed so blah & unfriendly. Both me & my husband needed custom work done & Dennis did a great job with the drawing. My husband already had his done (black/​gray Yankees tattoo in picture) & it came out really nice. I’ll update after I get mine done this week with a before & after since mine is a cover-​up.
UPDATE: I got my tattoo & I love it! Dennis was very nice & does great work! I uploaded a picture of the before, outline & the after side by side… its the one that has the fairy on the moon as the before and the blue & black flower as the after. I plan to get more tattoos in the future & you best believe I’ll go to Big Joes in Yonkers!

I’ve had all four of my tattoos done here, by 3 different artists, and I plan on going back for every bit of ink I get. Great job.