It turns out there are no current surveys or studies that track the number of rats in Brooklyn or New York City. But not to worry: NYC's Dept. of Health says that New York's rats don't transmit disease to city residents like those dirty rats in other cities around the world, according to a story in the Brooklyn Eagle.That's a relief, because residents quoted by the Eagle say Brooklyn is swamped with rats "the size of hamsters." Smith Street and Atlantic Avenue restaurant-goers talk about rats in the dining patios, Boerum Hill residents talk about rats getting inside their homes.
Brooklyn's Rats: Making Us Sick? Or Just a Nuisance? Brooklyn Eagle
- More Rats at Brooklyn Borough Hall
Photo of rat in Borough Hall by MK Metz
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I guess your rats take the R line
ReplyDeletefrom 28th street and Broadway in NYC
and visit Brooklyn,then stay,cool.
Whoa! Bronx rats are mean if not healthy,lived with them for years
one ran up a broomstick as i was
about to bash it's skull and bit me.
I just hate it when they crawl out and die at your feet.
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