The following cat story of Old Brooklyn is courtesy of The Brownstone Detectives, who first published this tale in March 2017. I take the story one step further by exploring the history around the Grand Street Museum and the land on which it was once located. Agent Clark Investigates a Report of Cruelty to Cats […]
Posts Tagged ‘Brooklyn’
1909: The Prospect Park Horse that Decided the Mortal Fate of Patrolman Artemas Fish
Posted: 9th November 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Horse TalesTags: 19 Leonard Street, Artemas Fish, Brooklyn, Franklin Depot, New York History, NYPD history, Prospect Park Police, Sidney New York
The amazing story of Artemas Fish, a mounted patrolman for what was then the more rural Prospect Park Police Precinct in Brooklyn.
1901: Harry, the Blue-Ribbon Police Horse of Prospect Park
Posted: 2nd September 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Horse TalesTags: Brooklyn, Mounted Police, New York History, Parade Grounds, Patrolman Henry T. Hilton, Prospect Park Police, Riding and Driving Club of Brooklyn
Harry was a wonderful horse who served with the Prospect Park Police from 1893 to 1901 and who won several blue ribbons at the annual Brooklyn Horse Show.
1908: Max, the Hero Police Dog of Parkville, Brooklyn
Posted: 13th July 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Animal Tales, Brooklyn, Flatbush, George R. Wakefield, New York History, NYPD, Parkville Police, police dogs
Part I of a Parkville Precinct Puppy Tale In 1907 the Police Department of the City of New York, under the command of Police Commissioner Theodore Bingham, sent Inspector George R. Wakefield to Paris and Ghent, Belgium, to look into acquiring some police dogs. Police dogs had been gaining popularity in Europe since their first […]
