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Coney Islanders say they’ve seen more rats around the People’s Playground over the past
year. Getty
INFESTED
Coney Islanders report increase
in rats amid ongoing construction
BY ROSE ADAMS
Coney Islanders say they’ve noticed
a sharp increase in rats around
the People’s Playground this year, citing
continuous construction and overfl
owing garbage as possible causes for
the rodents’ takeover.
“It is really bad,” said local Ashley
L, who blamed new high-rise developments
and renovations from Superstorm
Sandy for the increase in
rodents. “They’re even in the buildings.”
Residents say that the furry menaces
tend to cluster around construction
sites throughout the peninsula —
but are particularly visible by W. 19th
and W. 34th streets and Surf Avenue
— which were previously empty lots
infested by rats.
“You dig up their home, and they
need somewhere to go.” said Gravesend
resident and construction
worker Aaron Rivera. “You have
so much construction all over the
place.”
Others point to the amusement district
as a rat favorite, claiming that
the garbage that accumulates under
the boardwalk creates a haven for the
little critters.
“It’s a buffet for them,” said Eddie
Mark, the district manager of the local
community board.
To combat the pests’ presence,
local pols have pledged to improve
waste management. On Nov. 12,
Councilman Mark Treyger (D–Coney
Island) announced a $260,000 cleanup
initiative, which would fund additional
sanitation services throughout
commercial areas in Bensonhurst,
Bath Beach, Gravesend and Coney
Island, according to the Brooklyn
Reporter. In addition, a recent $8.6
million increase in the Sanitation
Department’s budget will allow for
more basket collections in “hot spot”
vicinities citywide.
And despite the complaints, representatives
from the Department of
Health claim that Coney Islanders reports
fewer rat infestations than most
neighborhoods in New York City.
Only 7-percent of about 1,000 rat inspections
in the district have failed in
2019, they and the area logged fewer
311 complaints about the rodents than
most other Brooklyn neighborhoods
— although health offi cials concede
that the 311 reports are not a good indicator
of rat activity.
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