In 1891, Hurlbut Chapman, a once prominent lawyer from Rye, New York, leased the old John C. Bergen homestead at 972 Flatbush Avenue, at the corner of Avenue A (today’s Albemarle Road). There, he opened the Whitby Kennels, where he boarded the dogs and cats of wealthy New Yorkers.
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1919 and 1922: Bulb, the Bad-Luck Police Horse of the NYPD Mounted Police
Posted: 14th August 2013 by The Hatching Cat in FDNY Horses/Mascots, Horse TalesTags: 73rd Precinct, Christopher J Tierney, Flatbush Avenue, Frank J Mace, Kings Highway, Mounted Unit, New York History, NYPD, Police horse
NYPD Mounted Police Heroes, Part I Since 1871, the year that the Board of Police established the first official Mounted Police Unit in New York City, more than a dozen mounted patrolmen have been killed in the line of duty in horse-related incidents. Most of these men died after being violently thrown from their horses […]
