Step back from the platform edge kitty! We do not like seeing this poor cat sitting so close to the subway tracks, but with all the mice and rats scurrying down there, you can understand the temptation. Apparently, several people have been routinely feeding this cat at the East Broadway F train station, where it's made a home. Frank Peterson, 77, tells DNAinfo he first spotted the cat back in August. He says he spends $15 a month buying cat food in bulk to feed strays around the city: "My family has always had cats and dogs. I don't have one now, so I come here." Honestly, this article just seems like a Chris Ware story waiting for illustration.
Two years ago, a Con Ed worker and two MTA track workers rescued a cat that escaped from its distraught owner at the 59th Street uptown 6 platform, and survived underground for 25 days. But it's obviously not a safe place for felines; as one commuter puts it, "I think the rats might be bigger than the cat." And there are just not enough hamsters riding the rails to sustain a full-grown cat.
