Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180506:06:22:00
Farmland and livestock rather than the seven tra washa rumbled down what became jamaica avenue. the manager of a racetrack called the union course opened a nearby tavern to accommodate the gamblers and lay-abouts who frequented his track. it was called the blue pump room. in later iterations it became the old abbey the union course tavern and finally neirs tavern. the neirs family, german immigrants added a bowling alley a ballroom and a hotel after the racetrack closed in 1898 and renamed the place neirs social hall. today it's owned by this man lt. loy gordon of the fdny. you were born in ja...