By Arlene Gross
Special to Newsday
Photo Credits: Credit: Randee Daddona
If shopping for retro clothing, vintage jewelry and home decor is your thing, you can’t go wrong with a trip to Greenport. There, you can spend hours strolling around this quaint seaside North Fork village and grabbing a bite to eat between stops at some of these charming shops.
Follow this vintage trail, with each spot within walking distance of one another, to discover antique treasures and worldly riches:
Vintage treasures in Greenport
Browse some of the area’s vintage shops:
The Times Vintage
429 Main St., 631-477-6455Â
timesvintage.comLydia’s Antique and Stained Glass
215 Main St., 631-477-1414The Weathered Barn
41 Front St., 631-477-6811,Â
theweatheredbarngreenport.comSilver by the Sea, 29 Front St., 631-477-6548Â
First stop: The Times Vintage
At The Times Vintage owner Elizabeth Sweigart  sells primarily vintage clothing and records, as well as an assortment of home goods and decorative items.
Though about 90% of its merchandise is vintage, The Times Vintage also carries locally artisan-made earrings, sunglasses and a few other contemporary items.
In the housewares department, there are many midcentury barware pieces, large colorful swung vases from the late ’60s, lamps, artwork, maps, globes and radios. There is also vintage sterling jewelry, menswear, kids’ clothes and dolls.
“You kind of never know what’s going to come in and we’re getting new items daily,” Sweigart says. “That’s the fun of it.”
Second stop:
Lydia’s Antique and Stained Glass
Though she used to sell large pieces of furniture, Lydia Abatelli, owner of Lydia’s Antique and Stained Glass, has changed her focus as Greenport has become more of a destination town and visitors want to take something small home.
“I’ve become very involved in what I will call ‘smalls,’” says Abatelli, referring to glassware, pottery, small paintings and pictures, and figurines. “Anything that you would use to decorate your house and spice it up a little bit.”
Depression-era glassware is very sought after right now, and items from the 1960s are particularly popular with younger customers.
The glassware comes in a wide variety of patterns and many hues: pink, blue, green, clear, amber, turquoise and cranberry.
“Milk glass is a big one right now because white goes with everything,” says Abatelli, noting that she sells milk glass fruit bowls, pitchers, candy dishes, salt and pepper shakers and serving platters.
Uranium glass is also very popular now.
“It basically is either a green or a yellowish color, but when it is put under a black light, it kind of glows because of the uranium in it,” Abatelli says.
Photo Credits: Randee Daddona
Third stop: The Weathered Barn
Located in an early 20th century building, The Weathered Barn offers products mostly made by artisans, including handmade jewelry, homemade bath and body products and hand-blended teas.
In vintage items, there are journals made from old newspaper prints by former New York Times photojournalist Robert Stolarik.
“He makes journals from scratch tearing each piece of paper,” says owner Rena Wilhelm. “But the outside of the journal books are hard covers and he takes pieces of New York Times papers and then burnishes it into the wood.”
Fourth stop: Silver by the Sea
After 33 years in Freeport, Michael Verni, moved his silver business to open Silver by the Sea two years ago.
Credit: Michael Verni