Posts Tagged ‘Brooklyn History’

1900: Judy, the Grant Street Court Cat of Flatbush, Brooklyn

Posted: 10th December 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots
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Judy began her career as the Grant Street court cat in April 1900, when she surprised a sergeant by jumping on his shoulders just as he was telling a prisoner that he had to be searched. The doorman put her outside, but Judy came right back in and stayed.

1911: The Day it Rained Cats on Putnam Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn

Posted: 8th November 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews
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Every so often, I find an animal story of Old New York that is so silly or absurd, I start laughing out loud. I hope this following tale of a neighbor dispute on Putnam Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn will also leave you laughing.

1932: Buster, The Navy’s Wolf Mascot of Fort Lafayette, Brooklyn

Posted: 19th May 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories
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In my last three posts, I wrote about the Army cats of New York City’s Army Building on Whitehall Street, the black cat mascot of the New York Tank Corps, and the Army dogs, cats, and rabbits of Governors Island. This next story for Military Appreciation Month goes to a special naval mascot stationed at Fort Lafayette in the Narrows of New York Harbor.

1902: Tabby Burgmeir, the Butcher’s Cat of Windsor Terrace Who Came Back

Posted: 8th April 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories
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After moving to New Jersey with his human family, Tabby the cat traveled 26 miles to return to the German butcher shop he loved so much in Brooklyn,

A sweet cat tale plus some interesting history about the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn..

1921: Minnie, the Feline Mascot of the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn Heights

Posted: 14th July 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cats in the Mews
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The Algonquin Hotel may have had Billy and Rusty the cats, and the Hotel Lincoln may have had Abe the cat, but these male cats could not be mothers. Minnie was not only the mascot of the Hotel St. George, but she was a mother to 160 kittens.

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