East 24th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues,
1928
Beginning in 1826, East 24th Street was the site of the Bull’s Head Market,
which served as New York’s principal cattle market to 1846 when it became a
horse market. With the advent of the automobile in the early twentieth century,
the use of horses in New York began to decline, and so did the Bull’s Head Market.
By the 1930s, most of the remaining stables were converted to garages and several
on the south side of 24th Street were demolished to make way for the Madison
Square Post Office. In 1939, the only remnants of the Bull’s Head Market were
two operating stables and two shops that sold saddles and harnesses.
