For fifteen years, Morris served as the ever-watchful feline mascot and mouser of the Sheepshead Bay police station, which was located in the Homecrest neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay. As official police cat of the 68th Precinct, it was his job to nab the rats and other vermin with which the rural district was infested.
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1903: Morris, the Faithful Police Cat of the Sheepshead Bay Station in Homecrest
Posted: 12th August 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Feline MascotsTags: Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York, Homecrest, Ira Ferris, police cats, Sheepshead Bay
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1901: Rough Rider, the Brooklyn Goat Who Ate His Way Through Sheepshead Bay
Posted: 6th July 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Animal StoriesTags: Animals of Old Brooklyn, Billy goat, Brooklyn History, Jeremiah Tappen, Sheepshead Bay
Rough Rider, a “spotlessly white and clean” billy goat, about 3 years old, showed up in Sheepshead Bay in 1900. For the next year, he ate his way through gardens and clotheslines along Sheepshead Bay Road.
