New Maps Shows Percentage Of Area Restaurants With Rats

A few weeks back, we took a look at a map of the most rat-infested spots in the neighborhood. Now, journalist Steven Melendez has created a map specifically for restaurants–that is, restaurants cited for “evidence of mice or live mice” or “evidence of rats or live rats” by the Department of Health.

The worst offending neighborhood was Queens Village (zip code 11429), in which nearly 61% of restaurants were cited for mice-and rat-related offenses. Things weren’t quite so bad in our neck of the woods–11215 clocked in at 37%, with 138 out of  373 restaurants cited, and 11232 got 34%, with 40 out of 116 cited.

Steven was kind enough to add any restaurants with C ratings as a result of rat activity to the map’s pop up bubbles, so avoid those and maybe consult the DOH ratings before heading out tonight–or just take comfort in cooking at home, because our supermarkets are looking pretty good right now.

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