The Discovery-Times Channel premiered a new program on the New York subway
last night, called "New York Underground".  One of the short segments was
about a cat that lives in the Fulton St. BMT station, and a pair of women
that leave food and water for it every day.  There was much debate among
subway riders and MTA staff as to whether or not the cat exists, or it it's
just a large rodent.  The cat does exist, and they showed her picture (a
small-medium gray tabby) at the end of the show.  The text of the story is
at http://www.utu.org/worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=3100.  The original
N.Y. Times story is also available online, but access requires a paid
subscription.  Also, the archived Times story doesn't contain the photo,
which can only be seen for free in the television program.

What's amazing to me is how clean the cat was, even though the area below
the platform is amazing grimy, mostly from subway brake dust.  That she
regularly ingests a non-trivial amount of steel and asbestos-like fiber dust
and keeps on ticking is also a quite a comment on feline sturdiness.

Then again, there was also a mature Bengal tiger living, apparently quite
happily, in a Harlem public housing unit (along with an alligator, a family
of three, and a paying boarder) for a number of years.  Story at
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/124124p-111407c.html.  Go figure!