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Branches
Nassau OTB Branch Locations and Hours:
Teletheater(Track Odds)
Mon-Thu: 11:30 AM-11:00 PM;
Fri & Sat: 11:30 AM-Midnight;
Sun: 11:30 AM-7:30 PM
Fri & Sat: 11:30 AM-Midnight;
Sun: 11:30 AM-7:30 PM
| Race Palace |
1600 Round Swamp Road 516-572-8200 |
Plainview (LIE exit 48) |
Day and Night Simulcasting
Mon-Sat: 11:30 AM-Midnight;
Sun: 11:30 AM-7:30 PM
Sun: 11:30 AM-7:30 PM
| Carle Place | 180 Glen Cove Road |
| Farmingdale* | 4747 Hempstead Turnpike |
| Franklin Square | 1063 Hempstead Turnpike |
| Green Acres | 1065 Green Acres Mall |
|
Levittown*
*Sun:11:30AM-5:30PM |
2680 Hempstead Turnpike |
| Oceanside | 3450 Lawson Blvd. |
B.K.Sweeney's Parkside Tavern
|
356 Broadway | Bethpage |
|
B.K.Sweeney's Uptown Grille
|
636 Franklin Ave | Garden City |
| BRIDIE O's | 332 Central Ave | Lawrence |
| Charlie Meaney's | 52 Central Ct(Ave) | N.Valley Stream |
|
Churchill's
|
18 South Park Ave | Rockville Center |
| J.Paul's Terrace Cafe
|
239 Merrick Road | Oceanside |
| MENNA'S | 361 Merrick Ave. | Merrick |
| MOLLY DOWNS | 607 Willis Ave. | Williston Park |
| MULCAHY'S | 3232 Railroad Ave. | Wantagh |
| MURPHY'S | 234 Old Country Rd. | Mineola |
|
Pool House
|
2732 Grand Ave | Bellmore, NY |
| Runyon's
|
3928 Merrick Road | Seaford |
| Trinity Restaurant
|
190 Jericho Tpke | Floral Park |
Many Bettors at a Loss Since the OTBs Closed
For
decades, they were outposts for the self-identified degenerate, the
moldering province of otherwise antisocial men with crumpled newsboy
caps on their heads and racing forms tucked beneath their armpits.
But
in a city where almost everything disappears — the diners and dry
cleaners of yesterday shape-shifting into frozen yogurt shops and Duane
Reades — the demise of New York’s Off-Track Betting parlors was particularly cruel to their patrons.
There is always another place to eat, another spot to drop off clothes. When the OTBs left in December 2010, they effectively took the whole industry with them.
The
most inveterate gamblers have found ways to work around the situation,
if not the same camaraderie: online accounts, bookies, more treks to the
track.
For many of the city’s more temperate racing fans, though — those likely to tune in on Saturday, when California Chrome tries to complete the first Triple Crown in 36 years in the Belmont Stakes — the fall of the betting hubs has left a different void.
On the racing calendar’s seminal dates, like the first Saturday in May for the Kentucky Derby,
the parlors used to welcome what now appears to be a fading breed: the
casual neighborhood bettor, drawn largely by the big races and the
convenience of a wagering window nearby.
“I’d
rather go to OTB than have 120,000 people standing in front of me at
the track,” said Robert Rodriguez, 34, whose only trip to a parlor, in
Queens, came in 2004, when Smarty Jones narrowly failed to capture the
Triple Crown.
The
Belmont Stakes on Saturday will be the first with a Triple Crown
contender since the OTBs closed. The only place to physically place a
bet in the city is at Aqueduct Racetrack in southeastern Queens; other
options are in New Jersey, on Long Island or in Yonkers. More
alternatives exist online.
Patrick
Mahony, senior vice president for parimutuel operations at the New York
Racing Association, said it had opened more than 20,000 Internet
betting accounts in 2011. The association also operated a free bus
network that year, carrying displaced OTB customers to Aqueduct.
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