When a Bergen Street trolley struck a horse-drawn milk wagon near the corner of New York Avenue in 1907, street cats and parlor cats came from every direction to wade and wallow in the spilled milk.
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1907: The Bedford Cats of Brooklyn Who Swam in Milk on Bergen Street, Part II
Posted: 27th October 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Bedford Corners, Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York, Lefferts, New York City History
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1907: The Bedford, Brooklyn Cats Who Swam in Milk on Bergen Street, Part I
Posted: 20th October 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Bedford Corners, Bergen Street, Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York, Lefferts, New York City History
“Midnight prowlers and back-fence howlers enjoyed a lacteal orgy yesterday morning at the expense of William Evans, 250 Herkimer Street, whose milk wagon was struck by a Bergen Street trolley car.” New York Sun, June 30, 1907
1879: Fritz, Faust, and the Cat-Man Peddler of NYC’s Forsyth Street
Posted: 21st September 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Adolph Armreid, August Scheslau, Cat Men, Cats of New York, Forsyth Street, New York City History, Stephen Delancey
The night before the police had to break down the door to his room at 139 Forsysth Street and shoo about two dozen cats off his bed, 63-year-old Adolph F. Armreid said to his landlord, “I think I am going to die tonight.” A few hours after the police chased the cats away, the neighbors […]
1879: Spitz and the Coin-Laden Cats and Dogs on East Broadway in the Lower East Side
Posted: 22nd August 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: 101 East Broadway, Cats of Old New York, Hendrick Rutgers, Henry Rutgers, Jane McAdam, Lower East Side, New York City History, William B. Crosby
Jane McAdam’s two dogs and nine cats depended on her to feed them and provide water every day. That’s why she was determined to ensure their care when she was sentenced to prison for six months in February 1879.
1903: Thomas, the Feline Ghost of New York City’s Ansonia Hotel on Broadway
Posted: 15th August 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat StoriesTags: Ansonia Hotel, Cats of Old New York, Chevilly, John Broome, New York City History, William Earle Dodge Stokes
Much has been written about New York City’s Ansonia Hotel and its rooftop farm, but I bet very few people know that a cat named Thomas once lived on the 16th floor and spent a few weeks spooking the hotel’s residents.
