There's only a few thousand year-round residents on Shelter Island so the ferries aren't very busy in winter.

But in summer, you get a whole lot of tourists heading over, and one of the sites they visit is the Pridwin Hotel.

News 12's Doug Geed took a look at the hotel that first opened in 1927.

Just a few years later -- in the 1930s -- Glenn Petry's grandparents started coming regularly to the waterfront hotel on Shelter Island.

In the 1960s, his father and a business partner bought the place. Now with new business partners, the Pridwin has just reopened after a two-year renovation.