Stray Vintage — Local services in New York

In movies there's always these idyllic little unique shops that you wish were a thing but can never actually find in the real world. Search No longer. Come to Sunnyside Queens and go to Stray Vintage.

I moved into Sunnyside a coupla years ago. As I was walkin around the neighborhood, checkin different locales out, I heard some insanely melodic and soulful music coming from this hole in the wall on the side of a large apartment complex. I walked in and I saw walls and boxes filled with vinyls, antique furniture, vintage 1950s movie posters, Surfboards???!!!! Just a plethora of unique, fun stuff. I immediately knew this was an amazing place that id be frequenting a lot

As I wandered around in absolute awe of the amazingness of the place, a tallish cool lookin guy greeted me with a super warm, "Hey man, how can I help you?!" I immediately exclaimed, "This is the coolest freakin shop ever." And so began a quick friendship with the owner and one of the coolest guys in Sunnyside, Danny.

Listen I know it sounds like im hyping this place up and guess freakin what...youre absolutely right! Since ive been going to Stray I found out thats its more than just a store. Its a gathering place for all sorts of unique characters and individuals. A meeting place for community where you can talk and just listen to great music. Its funny because now that Ive been goin to Stray for so long ive found that it's better than any makeshift movie dream. Its so freakin real. Go there! Tell Danny...

This is our favorite neighborhood store. Every visit will surprise you, and you get rewarded with close looks at whatever is in stock that day. Our apartment has gorgeous items from Stray Vintage all over, and that's a testament to the store's eclectic and ever-changing collection. This is a perfect place to outfit your home or buy gifts. And then the record collection here is just as eclectic. You can stay here and talk for hours about music with Danny, and this dude has deep and diverse knowledge. I once hung out for 30 minutes on a snowy afternoon talking about a band that Danny doesn't have in stock just because we both love the band. That's the welcoming type of...

stray is easily my favorite part of sunnyside, the shop is small and narrow but jam packed with an amazing selection of really well curated records. i’ve had some amazing finds from husker du to yellow magic orchestra.

however, one of the greatest parts of the shop is dan the owner, being able to chat about music and the records you picked out and put you onto new stuff makes this shop one of the most accepting, helpful, and welcoming shops i know of. makes me sad im moving out of queens, cant...