Rodent Problems in NYC (Chatham: neighborhood, construction, inspector)
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I live in Staten Island and I have never seen a rat or mouse there. I am in Manhattan daily, and in the last five months I have seen a rat down in the subway tracks twice, both times at the same R station and that is it. Never seen one on the street or even on the subway platforms.
I live in Staten Island and I have never seen a rat or mouse there. I am in Manhattan daily, and in the last five months I have seen a rat down in the subway tracks twice, both times at the same R station and that is it. Never seen one on the street or even on the subway platforms.
Oddly I look into the tracks and I can always find rats...
I even had the opportunity to see a rat run past my feet inside the train station of an elevated platform the other day.
Rats and mice can be a problem if you live in old housing or near subway lines/vacant lots and buildings. Can't forget new construction, when construction is started, mice and rats will flee that lot into nearby housing. Again roaches seem to be the bigger problem.
Contemplating a move, and have been getting warned by some of the rat problem in the city. Is that any advice as where to live to avoid it, etc.
You'll find more of a cockroach problem than anything. Best thing to do in any new apartment is caulk all the baseboards, closets, and under the sink before moving in your things
after living rodent free for 7 years i had a mouse issue in my kitchen in 1998 up to 2001. i remember telling neighbors about it and they all acted as if it's a regular and routine thing. so the point is if it's just baby mice (like i had) and not rats it's probably seen as the norm in NY City
I don't mind if I see rats/mice on the sidewalk occasionally. I would, however, seriously mind if they were in my house. One piece of advice that I have for people with mice/rat problems: get a cat(s), and preferably one that's not afraid to go after them! Otherwise, as others have mentioned, living in a well-maintained building/house will go a long way. Note, rat problems aren't limited to poor areas. Walking around the UES late at night I see hoards of rats (its rather quite disgusting). Also, given the connected nature of most homes in NYC, these creatures likely pass between your home (if they don't live there) regardless of whether you see them or not.
I live on the lower east side and the area has more mice and rats than ever before, especially Chinatown. If you walk through Chinatown late at night you can see a dozen or more rats running wild through the streets. One night I was walking near Chatham Square and the rats were all over the statue.
In the 35 years that I have lived in my apartment building I never had a mouse problem, but most of those years I had a cat. We've always had mice in the basement of the building, but management was always taking care of the problem. Things changed last October when I ended up having mice in my apartment. They come up through the radiators, etc. The problem lasted a couple of months, but I was able to get rid of them.
Now that the heat is on again I think I saw a mouse again. I'm tearing my apartment apart to see if there are any mice. I think one came out of the radiator again. Now that I have a dog, it makes the problem harder because I can't put mouse poison around. The poison didn't work the last time I had the mice, but management comes and puts poison and traps.
Another reason I think there are more mice around is that the basement was flooded during Hurricane Sandy and they ended going up into the apartments instead of staying in the basement where they were.
The best solution for a mouse problem is a cat, but I can't get one now.
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). They are everywhere...cities and suburbs.
Chinatown area of Manhattan is loaded with rats
