These Brooklyn nabes are where the wild things are.
Half of Brownsville's buildings are infested with mice or rats, and more than half of South Crown Heights households have roaches, according to a new city Health Department Web site.
Deluge of Pests Enrages 2 Brooklyn Nabes
These Brooklyn nabes are where the wild things are.
Half of Brownsville’s buildings are infested with mice or rats, and more than half of South Crown Heights households have roaches, according to a new city Health Department Web site.
“They should call this place ‘Mouseville,’ ” said Brownsville resident Dashawn Hampton, 23. “Mice and rats are everywhere. You see them around the buildings, and you can hear them crawling in your walls at night.”
Fifty percent of Brownsville residents reported seeing a mouse or rat in their building in the past 90 days, according to a 2008 Health Department survey.
That’s more than twice the city average of about 20% and almost twice the borough average of 26%.
Nearby South Crown Heights has a lower rate of rodent sightings – 42% – but has the worst roach infestation in Brooklyn.
Almost 56% of residents there see roaches in their households on a daily basis, according to Health Department data from 2008.
That’s well above the borough average of 33% and the city average of 29%.
“It’s disgusting,” said Renee Russell, 34, a Capital One Bank manager who lives in Crown Heights. “I see them every day.”
Brooklyn’s pest problem is mildest in Sheepshead Bay, where 93% of buildings have rodents and 17% of households have cockroaches.
Other less infested nabes include Park Slope/Carroll Gardens, Sunset Park and Bay Ridge.
The difference is that pest-infested neighborhoods have more broken-down buildings, said Daniel Kass, the Health Department’s acting deputy commissioner for environmental health.
“Where there are cracks or holes in the home, where there are a number of maintenance deficiencies, where there are leaks in the home, those are areas where there are high cockroach counts,” Kass said.
The same goes for mice and rats.
The pests can aggravate health problems such as asthma, he added.
The best way to prevent all kinds of pests, Kass said, is to make basic home repairs such as caulking cracks and crevices and patching holes in walls, and cleaning up garbage.
“People can do a lot on their own,” Kass said. “It takes a little bit of work, but it’s well worth the effort.”
To learn more about pest infestations and other environmental concerns in the city, visit the Health Department’s new site at https://gis.nyc.gov/doh/track/
mouse in the house
ahhhhhhhh!
what a photo – thanks
Bring in the Cats
Meow.
The Guy with the Dog
We didn’t want traps or poison because of the kids and dog, so we tried peppermint oil on cotton balls near the trouble spots for mice. It didn’t work.
We’re not cat people, but when we finally settled on a cat (almost 2 years ago), we never saw a mouse (or any bug) again.
Rat Problem…Get Rid Of It Together!
We got a Rat Problem… Let’s Get Rid Of It Together!
If your neighbor has a Rat problem, YOU have a Rat problem; If YOU and your neighbor have a Rat problem then your whole block has a Rat problem; if your block has a Rat problem then your whole neighborhood has a Rat Problem.
How do you get rid of this Rat problem?
1.
Recognizing that you do indeed have a Rat problem.
2.
Uniting with your neighbors to fight the Rat problem together.
Only if WE fight it together will we destroy the Mossrim once and for all!
Say no more to Rats; Say no more to Mesira!
Organize Against Rats and Mice:
Get together with your neighbors. Clean up several yards in the same area. Trap and poison neighbor-hood rodents at the same time. This way, re-infestation from nearby rodents is less likely.
V’dal!!!
grammar teacher (jk)
please don’t spell ‘rat’ in uppercase letters.
Ch
I agree100percent
ch should be a healthy place not a garbidge h”v
it’s a matter of sakonos nefashos!!!
GETTING RID OF THE RATS
Go to the local Hardware store and get Rat Zappers, or order those sonic/ electromagnetic devices from the catalogs like Hometrends. THEY REALLY WORK111
Afraid of rats
Nasty people Tie up yor garbages correctly use the proper garbage cans and cover them with the correct fitting lid.