Brooklyn, NY – The Two Neighborhoods Where the Mice, Roaches Are

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    Brooklyn, NY – 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.

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    “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.”


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    Landlord
    Landlord
    14 years ago

    The way these trashy people lives, bring the rodents to them! But its always someone else fault!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Oh yes big time ! Brooklyn is loaded with mice !

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Let those 2 leged rats clean up their act

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    I once saw a rat in Crown Heights. It was chasing a cat.

    victim
    victim
    14 years ago

    #1 - I keep my BP home immaculate and still have roaches.
    They should start paying half the rent as well…

    simon
    simon
    14 years ago

    If you live like vernin they will come and live with you.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    simon Says: If you live like vernin they will come and live with you.

    And if you live perfectly they will come and live with you. Visit a home Depot and see the growing section with solutions. There must be lots of business.
    Mice are controlled by eliminating any possible entry point, any crack, open window etc.

    Crown Heightser
    Crown Heightser
    14 years ago

    I live in a fixed-up spotless home and do not have mice, thank you very much!!

    The Truth
    The Truth
    14 years ago

    Just go to any subway station & you’ll see where they all live. With the subway going to every neighborhood, so will the rats & mice.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Use Catchmaster Glue traps, they are the most effective and cost efficient way to control rodent problems.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    lews has a special bait not chemical you put the ten plastics at the most infested areas and the roaches take the bait in them selfs and pass it on in the nest and to the queen all die 24- 72hours all dead that’s what I did

    Cat owner.
    Cat owner.
    14 years ago

    A simple solution is to get a cat. We had a mouse problem, bought a cat and the mice have moved on to the neighbors. Not seen one rodent since.

    Shlomo
    Shlomo
    14 years ago

    Simple solution encourage ownership of pet cats – good therapy as well

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Glue traps are good! I got mice from a neighbor one year. I put coarse steel wool under the woodwork all around the apt. and invested in an extension on the door entrance. You buy it at any hardware store. Have never seen a mouse since!! It has been years!! The hardware store I bought it at is even out of business a few years. He moved to Israel.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    I live in my house for 26 years & never had any extermination services & never had a roach or mouse in my apartment. I manage buildings in Brooklyn & see how they live in Crown Heights & other areas, filthy, dirty, greasy & plain out discusting, this brings the mice & roaches. Do they ever move their stove & fridge to clean behind them? You wont even see the regular cleaning products in their apartment, Mr.Clean, Easy Off, Fantastic, Clorox. Forget about it its just the filth & dirty way of living that brings the rodents. But of course no one will say that. Its the Landlords fault, there is a hailine crack in the wall & that brings the rodents, come on get real

    Chaim S.
    Chaim S.
    14 years ago

    There’s no question that keeping a clean home is the main answer to any pest infestation problem. Any exterminator will tell you that. Of course if the owners of the buildings don’t take care of the building then the pests end up in the walls and basement. The answer for tenants is to keep your own apartment clean, use commercially available extermination products and get your own exterminator once in 3 months. It’ll send all those pests to your neighbors.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    ok here is my experience with roaches. When I fixed all the leaking faucets and replaced the air vents on all my radiators, I have not seen one roach since. Apparently, water from leaking pipes and faucets and humidity from leaking radiators attracts all types roaches and bugs and when that source is gone your roach problems are gone. As for rodents, gaps in doors or floors and walls should be plugged as well.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    hey what gives? Rodents have rights too!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    to get rid of ants seal baseboards with vaseline. the best exterminator

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    The exterminator needs to make a living too!

    am yisroel chai
    am yisroel chai
    14 years ago

    Use a kitty cat for the problem and boric acid for the roach problem and pray to Hashem this should be your worst of problems.