Rat atlas
Where inspectors find rats, and where New Yorkers report them
279,924Inspections, past two years
17%Found rats
26,207Rat complaints to 311, past year
52,695Times bait was laid
Your block
The Health Department inspects lots after complaints and on its own sweeps. Search an address to see the lots around it.
Rat season
Inspections that found rats, and rat complaints, a month at a time. Complaints peak in summer, when rats and people are both out.
Inspections finding rats
- Nov 20251,362
- Dec 20251,615
- Jan 20261,738
- Feb 20261,127
- Mar 20262,356
- Apr 20262,700
- May 20262,342
- Jun 20261,982
- Jul 20261,965
- Aug 20261,717
- Sep 20261,717
- Oct 20261,976
Rat complaints to 311
- Nov 20251,354
- Dec 20251,133
- Jan 20261,336
- Feb 20261,183
- Mar 20262,083
- Apr 20262,100
- May 20262,811
- Jun 20262,647
- Jul 20262,761
- Aug 20263,253
- Sep 20262,670
- Oct 20262,725
By borough
How often a first inspection finds rats. Where inspectors go depends on complaints, so this is rats where people looked.
- Bronx19%
- Brooklyn16%
- Manhattan16%
- Queens23%
- Staten Island8%
Neighborhood leaderboard
Residential neighborhoods with at least 50 inspections in two years.
| Rank | Neighborhood | Rats found a km² | Inspections finding rats | Complaints a km² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bushwick (West)Brooklyn | 1,538 | 20% | 139 |
| 2 | Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)Brooklyn | 1,014 | 14% | 183 |
| 3 | East VillageManhattan | 820 | 16% | 268 |
| 4 | Harlem (South)Manhattan | 819 | 14% | 357 |
| 5 | Fordham HeightsBronx | 728 | 19% | 236 |
| 6 | Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)Brooklyn | 710 | 12% | 202 |
| 7 | Harlem (North)Manhattan | 698 | 17% | 308 |
| 8 | Bushwick (East)Brooklyn | 627 | 11% | 78 |
| 9 | East Harlem (South)Manhattan | 597 | 22% | 130 |
| 10 | Hamilton Heights-Sugar HillManhattan | 595 | 14% | 183 |
The ratiest lots
Where inspectors found rats most often in the past two years. Big lots (housing developments, parks) have more ground to find them on.
- 13210 PERRY AVENUENorwood · rats found 43 times Map
- 225 METROPOLITAN OVALParkchester · rats found 29 times Map
- 31720 BEDFORD AVENUECrown Heights (South) · rats found 26 times Map
- 420 EAST 161 STREETHighbridge · rats found 21 times Map
- 5238 EAST 33 STREETMurray Hill-Kips Bay · rats found 20 times Map
- 6210 EAST 95 STREETUpper East Side-Yorkville · rats found 20 times Map
- 7551 EAST 181 STREETTremont · rats found 20 times Map
- 855 MULBERRY STREETChinatown-Two Bridges · rats found 19 times Map
- 91410 WASHINGTON AVENUEClaremont Village-Claremont (East) · rats found 19 times Map
- 103278 HULL AVENUENorwood · rats found 19 times Map
- 11345 CLASSON AVENUEBedford-Stuyvesant (West) · rats found 19 times Map
- 1232 WEST 85 STREETUpper West Side (Central) · rats found 18 times Map