With no known cat café’s in Queens, Meow Parlour is the only cat café conveniently located near the F, M, and J Subway lines between Chinatown and the Lower East Side.

Meow Parlour is NYC’s first Cat Café where you can spend time playing with adoptable cats, have a yoga session with cats, and enjoy sweet and savory snacks from Macaron Parlour. Meow Parlour and Macaron Parlour, co-founded by Christina Ha, first opened in late 2014.

In January 2023, NBC News reported of a father and son arrested due to a hoarding case of 26 cats that disturbed a Long Island neighborhood. As rescuers investigated this hoarding situation in Islip, they discovered it was a sign of animal abuse too. Not only was the now condemned house filled with “floor to ceiling” garbage, the cats were locked in cages on the second floor. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison announced that the cats “lacked food, water, and were covered in feces.”

This is one cat-hoarding story of hundreds that doesn’t always get the news coverage that it needs. Without someone taking the step to report and investigate a likely hoarder-house, the cats in these unhealthy situations will continue to struggle without proper care and multiply causing a greater issue.

Nirvanie Balkaran and her family from Springfield Gardens recently started taking care of cats that showed up in her backyard on Christmas Day. Wanting to get into the Christmas spirit, they generously wanted to feed the kittens some sardines. After receiving “one of the greatest gifts” she could have gotten, Balkaran and her family started buying canned and dry food as well as providing a cemented tarp tent so that the kittens have shelter. The cats are now named Raccoon, Katy, Eddie, and Momma.