Yellow Barn

Riverhead library’s Yellow Barn is open for business again. The used book shop, located in the historic carriage house next to the library, will be open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and one Saturday per month through Oct. 10.

The Riverhead library has decided to end its nearly 70-year relationship with the Friends of the library group. The the library hopes to open the Yellow Barn for book sales this summer — without the Friends or the group's inventory of used books.

Restoration of the historic Perkins Carriage House, known as the Yellow Barn, at Riverhead Free Library will be getting a $25,000 boost in state funding secured by Assembly Member Jodi Giglio.

The iconic carriage house (circa 1873) stands on what was once the homestead of the John R. Perkins family. Known as the Yellow Barn, it houses a used bookstore operated by Friends of the Riverhead Free Library.