https://catsabouttowntours.com/ https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/f0cb5bcd-d58d-44ab-9619-011f839bec4f.png Cats About Town Tours https://catsabouttowntours.com/about https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/945db7f1-e659-4f6a-98ab-b9f0d8e134c8.png Cats About Town Tours team https://catsabouttowntours.com/tours/financial-district https://catsabouttowntours.com/financial-district-vintage-hero.jpg Financial District cat history tour https://catsabouttowntours.com/tours/brooklyn-heights https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/8c049d76-cae5-11ef-83d2-0242ac110002-jpg-hero_image.jpeg Brooklyn Heights cat history tour https://catsabouttowntours.com/tours/lower-east-side https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/c7e1bbee-cbbc-11ef-bd75-0242ac110002-jpeg-hero_image.jpeg Lower East Side cat history tour https://catsabouttowntours.com/tours/dogs-and-cats-fifth-avenue https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/dog-cat-carriage-fifth-avenue.jpg Fifth Avenue animal history tour https://catsabouttowntours.com/tours/private-tours https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/c7f851e2-cbbc-11ef-ba07-0242ac110002-jpeg-hero_image.jpeg Private Cats About Town tour https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/ned-first-cat-brooklyn-bridge https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/VintageGrayCat_1.jpg Ned: The First Cat to Cross the Brooklyn Bridge https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/rusty-first-famous-felines_algonquin-hotel https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/rusty-first-famous-felines_algonquin-hotel.jpg 1921 & 1936: Billy and Rusty, the Famous Felines of the Algonquin Hotel https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/black-cat-tombs-prisoners-murderers-row https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/black-cat-tombs-prisoners-murderers-row.jpg 1893: The Tombs’ Black Cat That Befriended Prisoners on Murderers’ Row https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/tipsy-mouser-solve-murder 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https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/international-alley-cats-pitt-street-broome-street.png 1894: The International Alley Cats of Poverty Hollow at Pitt Street and Broome Street https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/new-york-sun-office-cats https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/new-york-sun-office-cats.jpg 1884: Mutilator and the Legendary Newspaper Office Cats of The Sun https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/stray-cat-saved-5-lives-peck-slip https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/stray-cat-saved-5-lives-peck-slip.jpg 1918: The Stray Cat That Saved 9+ Lives in a Peck Slip Lodging House https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/feline-mascot-carpathia https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/feline-mascot-carpathia.jpg 1912: Captain, the New York City Feline Mascot of the RMS Carpathia https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/harry-cat-remsen-street-brooklyn-heights https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/harry-cat-remsen-street-brooklyn-heights.png 1899: Harry Cat, the Lazy, Husky Hero of Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/minnie-miss-frothingham-cats-winter-garden-theatre https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/minnie-miss-frothingham-cats-winter-garden-theatre.png 1928: Minnie and Miss Frothingham, the Real Cats of the Winter Garden Theatre https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/rural-police-cat-hen-washington-heights-part2 https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/rural-police-cat-hen-washington-heights-part2.jpg 1915: Sir Tom and Lady Alice, the Rural Police Cat and Hen of Washington Heights, Part II https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/midnight-band-mercy-cat-ladies https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/midnight-band-mercy-cat-ladies.jpg 1890: The Crazy Cat Ladies and The Murderous Midnight Band of Mercy, Part I https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/tom-deaf-cat-new-york-post-office https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/tom-deaf-cat-new-york-post-office.jpg 1901: Tom, the Deaf Cat of New York’s Post Office Feline Police Force https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/cat-lady-hoyt-street-thanksgiving-fire https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/cat-lady-hoyt-street-thanksgiving-fire.jpg 1912: The Cat Lady of Hoyt Street, Brooklyn, and the Mysterious Thanksgiving Day Fire https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/shrinking-cat-fdny-engine-company-40 https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/shrinking-cat-fdny-engine-company-40.jpg 1894: Dan, the Miraculous Shrinking Cat of FDNY Engine Company 40 https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/mike-williamsburg-post-office-cat https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/mike-williamsburg-post-office-cat.png 1895: Mike, The Williamsburg Post Office Cat Almost Mailed Overseas https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/felines-caroline-ewen-wealthy-cat-lady https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/felines-caroline-ewen-wealthy-cat-lady.jpg 1904: The 80-180 Felines of Caroline Ewen, the Wealthy Cat Lady of East Harlem https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/feline-police-squad-ny-post-office https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/feline-police-squad-ny-post-office.jpg 1904: Fitzsimmons and the Feline Police Squad of New York’s General Post Office https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/haggerino-harlem-cat-west-115th-street https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/haggerino-harlem-cat-west-115th-street.jpg 1908: Haggerino the Harlem Tramp Cat of West 115th Street https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/jerry-fox-petition-brooklyn-borough-hall https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/jerry-fox-petition-brooklyn-borough-hall.jpg 1904: Jerry Fox, the Spectacled Cat of Brooklyn Who Saved Borough Hall https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/kingsly-swan-yankee-stone-bulldog-murdered-brooklyn https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/kingsly-swan-yankee-stone-bulldog-murdered-brooklyn.jpg 1908: Kingsley Swan and Yankee Stone, His Champion Bulldog Murdered in Brooklyn 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https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/swimming-vegetarian-cats-barge-office https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/swimming-vegetarian-cats-barge-office.jpg 1901: Richard II and Richard III, the Swimming and Vegetarian Cats of the U.S. Barge Office at NYC’s Battery Park https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/ghost-horse-academy-of-music https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/ghost-horse-academy-of-music.jpg 1902: The “Ghost” Horse of New York’s Academy of Music https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/cat-fell-west-fourth-street https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/cat-fell-west-fourth-street.jpg 1899: The New York Cat Who Fell to Earth on West Fourth Street https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/mounted-patrolman-joseph-probst-richmond-hill-police https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/mounted-patrolman-joseph-probst-richmond-hill-police.jpg 1907: Patrolman Joseph Probst Jr. of Richmond Hill and His Equine Partner https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/elephant-electrocuted-luna-park https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/elephant-electrocuted-luna-park.png 1903: Topsy, the Elephant Electrocuted by Thomas Edison at Coney Island’s Luna Park https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/snowbird-pearly-dew-draft-riots-heroine-new-york https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/snowbird-pearly-dew-draft-riots-heroine-new-york.png 1899 & 1904: Snowbird, Pearly Dew, and the Draft Riots Heroine: A Thanksgiving Tale of Old New York https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/daily-news-too-many-dogs https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/daily-news-too-many-dogs.jpg 1922: The Daily News Asks: Does New York City Have Too Many Dogs? https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/hobo-horse-morgan-phillips-cherry-street https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/hobo-horse-morgan-phillips-cherry-street.jpg 1894: The Hobo Horse and Morgan Phillips, the Old Circus Man of Cherry Street https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/rosalie-goodman-cat-lady-lower-east-side https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/rosalie-goodman-cat-lady-lower-east-side.jpg 1871: Rosalie Goodman, the Crazy Cat Lady of New York’s Lower East Side https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/cats-and-dogs-east-broadway https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/cats-and-dogs-east-broadway.jpg 1879: Spitz and the Coin-Laden Cats and Dogs on East Broadway in the Lower East Side https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/lulu-grover-harlem-cats-president-roosevelt https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/lulu-grover-harlem-cats-president-roosevelt.jpg 1906: Lulu Grover and the East Harlem Cats She Bequeathed to President Roosevelt https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/cats-rabbits-brooklyn-general-post-office https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/cats-rabbits-brooklyn-general-post-office.png 1926: The Cat and Rabbits That Were Mailed to the Brooklyn General Post Office https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/nellie-cat-van_pelt_manor-school https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/nellie-cat-van_pelt_manor-school.jpg 1910: Nellie, the Beloved Class Cat of Brooklyn’s Van Pelt Manor Grammar School https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/bill-champion-mouser-flatbush-post-office https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/bill-champion-mouser-flatbush-post-office.png 1922: Bill, the Champion Mouser of the Flatbush Post Office https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/general-muff-upper-east-side-1886 https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/general-muff-upper-east-side-1886.jpg 1886: General Muff, the Sophisticated Literary Cat of New York’s Upper East Side https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/anti-cat-club-windermere-apartments https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/anti-cat-club-windermere-apartments.jpg 1899: The Anti-Cat Club and the Catastrophic Cat Fight at the Windermere Apartments https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/brave-black-cats-brooklyn-navy-yard https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/brave-black-cats-brooklyn-navy-yard.jpg 1900: The Brave and Brawny Black Cats of the Brooklyn Navy Yard https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/nicodemus-alley-cat-of-new-york-brian-g-hughes https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/nicodemus-alley-cat-of-new-york-brian-g-hughes.jpg 1895: Nicodemus, the Prize-Winning Alley Cat of New York Prankster Brian Hughes https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/lion-princess-lwoff-palaghy-plaza-hotel https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/lion-princess-lwoff-palaghy-plaza-hotel.jpg 1908: The Lion Cub That Lived at The Plaza Hotel With Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/feline-ghost-of-ansonia-hotel https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/feline-ghost-of-ansonia-hotel.jpg 1903: Thomas, the Feline Ghost of New York City’s Ansonia Hotel on Broadway https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/strato-lizzie-cat-laguardia https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/strato-lizzie-cat-laguardia.jpg 1940: Strato Lizzie, the Mascot Cat of the TWA Pilots at NYC’s LaGuardia Airport https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/tommy-mulligan-nortons-point-lighthouse-cat https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/tommy-mulligan-nortons-point-lighthouse-cat.jpg 1933: Tommy Mulligan, the Lighthouse Cat of Norton’s Point on Coney Island https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/black-cats-brooklyn-baseball-1927-1951 https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/black-cats-brooklyn-baseball-1927-1951.png The Black Cats of Brooklyn Baseball (1927 & 1951) https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/tom-cat-pet-of-city-hall https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/tom-cat-pet-of-city-hall.jpg 1891: Old Tom Cat, the Brazen Pampered Pet of New York City Hall https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/mascot-cats-new-york-rangers-hockey-team https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/mascot-cats-new-york-rangers-hockey-team.jpg 1927: Ranger I and Ranger III, the Mascot Cats of the New York Rangers Hockey Team https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/cat-plane-macys-thanksgiving-parade https://catsabouttowntours.com/story-images/cat-plane-macys-thanksgiving-parade.jpg 1932: The Cat That Took Down a Plane at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/atlas-obscura-cats-of-brooklyn https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/gallery-brooklyn-heights-waterfront-stop.png Atlas Obscura Came Along on Our Brooklyn Heights Cat History Tour https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/cat-history-wall-street-lower-manhattan https://catsabouttowntours.com/financial-district-vintage-hero.jpg When Cats Worked Around Wall Street https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/cat-history-brooklyn-heights-walking-tour https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/gallery-brooklyn-heights-waterfront-stop.png A Cat Lover https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/nyc-cat-history-walking-tour-summer-guide https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/gallery-lower-east-side-tour-group-sidewalk.jpg How to Choose an NYC Cat-History Walking Tour for a Summer Day https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/nyc-history-speaker-library-historical-society https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/peggy-gavan-hatching-cat-untapped-cities-contributor-nyc.jpg How to Book a NYC History Speaker for Your Library or Historical Society https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/book-peggy-gavan-nyc-animal-history-speaker https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/peggy-gavan-hatching-cat-untapped-cities-contributor-nyc.jpg Now Booking: Peggy Gavan, NYC\ https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/brooklyn-navy-yard-rat-problem-cats https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/brooklyn-navy-yard-dry-dock-1870.jpg The Brooklyn Navy Yard\ https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/molly-shop-cat-greenwich-village-wall https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/molly-shop-cat-greenwich-village.png Molly, the Shop Cat Who Spent 14 Days Inside a Greenwich Village Wall https://catsabouttowntours.com/stories/jerry-fox-petition-why-we-launched https://catsabouttowntours.com/lovable-uploads/catglasses1_2.jpg The Missing History of Brooklyn Borough Hall: Why We Launched a Petition to Honor a Cat