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Feb
08
Rats Did It! They Are Terrorizing Crown Heights and PLG

Rats Did It! They Are Terrorizing Crown Heights and PLG

Community Board 9 at 890 Nostrand Ave. between Carroll and Presidents Streets. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS/PLG — Phone
4 min read
Oct
22
Will Razing A Tenants’ Garden On Prospect Park West Solve A Rat Problem?

Will Razing A Tenants’ Garden On Prospect Park West Solve A Rat Problem?

PARK SLOPE – Early in the summer, tenants at the corner of 5th Street and Prospect Park West saw the garden
5 min read
Apr
18
Rats! De Blasio Visits Bushwick To Announce Rodent Extermination Plan

Rats! De Blasio Visits Bushwick To Announce Rodent Extermination Plan

The Mayor visited Bushwick and looked on as workers packed rat burrows with dry ice (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)
2 min read
Jul
13
De Blasio’s $32 Million Anti-Rat Plan Targets Bed-Stuy, Bushwick & Neighborhoods North

De Blasio’s $32 Million Anti-Rat Plan Targets Bed-Stuy, Bushwick & Neighborhoods North

(Photo via gemsiecraven/Instagram)This week, the city turns its arsenal on those infamous, four-legged rodents that share our streets,
3 min read
Apr
05
Rats! Brooklyn Navy Yard Area Overrun With Rodents

Rats! Brooklyn Navy Yard Area Overrun With Rodents

Farragut Houses (Photo by planetbklynacademy via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/_fhV3PNJU6/?tagged=farraguthouses])Trash piling up from countless
1 min read
Jan
08
Sign Up To Learn About Rat Prevention And Get A Free Rat-Resistant Trash Can

Sign Up To Learn About Rat Prevention And Get A Free Rat-Resistant Trash Can

Tired of chasing rats out of your yard and garbage cans, or seeing them running by when you exit the
1 min read
Feb
19
New Maps Shows Percentage Of Area Restaurants With Rats

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 [/blog/sanitation/find-vermin-hot-spots-with-citys-new-rat-information-portal] in
1 min read
Oct
30
Breaking News: Subway Platforms Are Gross

Breaking News: Subway Platforms Are Gross

The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign [http://www.straphangers.org] issued its third annual State of the Platforms [http://www.straphangers.org/
2 min read
Jul
17
Summer Of 311 Map Shows That Slopers Hate Those Loud Parties

Summer Of 311 Map Shows That Slopers Hate Those Loud Parties

If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “what is the most common reason people in our area call 311,” NYU’
1 min read
Nov
08
There Was a Rat in My Toilet, Says Neighbor

There Was a Rat in My Toilet, Says Neighbor

Last night, a neighbor heard a noise coming from his first floor bathroom. When he lifted the lid on the
2 min read