Kiki's regular spot is the top of the ATM in a Bushwick bodega.
The owner's daughter named her. By the time we visited, Kiki was about a year and a half old and already familiar to the people who stopped in.
Angel told us that everybody came to say hi to her and described her as sweet.
A video of Kiki swatting at hands near the ATM made the rounds online. The photographs show the quieter side of the same setup: Kiki stretched across the top of the machine, watching the store from above.
Another Kiki, in Crown Heights, appeared in the first Shop Cats episode. This Kiki is the one at the Bushwick ATM.
From the StoriesKiki's story appears in Bodega Cats of New York, out November 3, 2026.
Published October 8, 2025
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