Clapboard storefronts line Main Street down to a harbor with docks, a ferry slip and a brick railroad depot.
What Greenport looks like
Main Street runs down from the village to the harbor. Its lower blocks hold two- and three-storey storefronts with awnings, and street trees line both sides of the street. Clapboard and shingle show on many of the fronts, with a red commercial block at some corners. The historic district holds 254 contributing buildings across about 80 acres, most of them largely unchanged from about 1750 to the 1930s.
Side streets off Main Street hold smaller clapboard cottages that sit close to the sidewalk, some with a shingled roof and a small porch. Some of the larger buildings have porches across the front.
At the foot of Main Street, sits on a pier over the water. Its white buildings stand on pilings, with a wooden dock along the front.
A brick freight house and passenger depot from 1892 stand beside the North Ferry slip. The car ferry to Shelter Island runs roughly every 10 to 20 minutes during the day, and floating docks reach into the harbor nearby.
The brewery is in a clapboard building with red doors on Carpenter Street. A small red brick building marked JAIL stands beside it.
Shot in Greenport
The HBO series Girls filmed season three outside Claudio's on Main Street and outside at 44 Front Street. The Hulu series The Path filmed at Claudio's Clam Bar in October 2016.
Girls, season three
Claudio's on Main Street
The HBO series filmed the characters stepping off a bus outside Claudio's on Main Street as they arrive in the village. The crew shot the Greenport scenes in the summer of 2013.
The Path, 2016
The Hulu series filmed at Claudio's Clam Bar on October 17, 2016. The crew shot inside the restaurant later that afternoon.
What Greenport can double for
Sag Harbor, New York
Sag Harbor's Main Street also runs down to the water, where a marina complex on Bay Street sits at its foot. Most of the village's defining landmarks are 19th-century buildings, so the scale of the street and its houses matches the village. The yacht clubs at the foot of the street are what give Sag Harbor away in a wide shot, so frame the blocks above the water and keep the marina out. Try searching main street marina now.
Stonington, Connecticut
Stonington Borough is a densely built point of land on Little Narragansett Bay, with Federal and Greek Revival fronts on its two main streets. A fishing and lobstering fleet still works from the harbor, so boats in frame can carry the harbor shot. The stone Harbor Light from 1840 would give the place away in a wide shot, so keep the lighthouse out of frame and shoot the fronts on the two main streets. Try searching fishing fleet harbor now.
