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Rat sightings up by 119% in this NYC nabe – as vermin-hating locals claim ‘every house has rats’

Par :Nicole Rosenthal · Georgett Roberts · Dorian Geiger

11 mars 2025 à 22:50

This neighborhood is totally rat-tled.

Jamaica Hills resident Shuvro Md, 39, has rats in both his apartment and office.

The impacts of waste containerization, one of the agency’s “most significant initiatives" to send rats packing, may not yet be reflected in the 2024 data, a DSNY rep said.

College student Maritza Balbuena, who has lived with her parents in an apartment building in Briarwood since 2021, said the city’s new bins have made a “big” difference in her block’s rat problem.

Citywide, 311 complaints for rat sightings are down about 1% between 2023 and 2024, according to 311 data.

A West Village building super shows off new locked trash bins in February 2025.