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Residents in Prospect Heights, Bedford Stuyvesant, Bushwick and Brownsville report more rat sightings than anywhere else in the city.
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Rat Infestation in Brooklyn Spurred by Building Boom

by Andrea Leonhardt May 29, 2019January 28, 2021

Rats are taking over the city, and gentrification is the culprit, which is not only displacing people but also rats, reports the NY Times. The city’s construction boom is digging up burrows, forcing more rats out into the open, experts say. Four Brooklyn neighborhoods are more affected by the plague than any other section of the […]

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