Tag: rats

October 19, 2015 Weather: Sunny, with a high of 53 degrees.

Oh pigeon man and pigeon lady, sprinkling your birdseed and bread chunks around the neighborhood. Please look at this photo and consider exactly

Rats have always been unwelcome guests on the Upper West Side. But lately it seems like they've been multiplying at

From an ill-advised lake excursion to a lawsuit filed by public housing residents, our latest bulletin is filled with intriguing news.

A brownstone at 118 West 76th street that had become a virtual rat clubhouse after sitting empty for decades has finally sold for a whopping $6.6 million,

This rat was just casually sipping from a dog bowl last weekend on 88th and Riverside. When the rats start acting like dogs, it's time to go to to the woods.

It's the stuff of New York City nightmares. Lidia Cuevas says she awoke one June morning in 2012 with a rat on her chest, leading

It's not just humans and dogs who have had rough winters. Upper West Side rats have had it tough too.

Despite all of our best efforts to dislodge them, rats have made a home on the Upper West Side. And one of their favorite nesting spots is the playground. The Little Engine playground on Riverside Boulevard and 68th street, which has had problems in the past, is now infested, one ...

This weekend, the city took away garbage cans around West 72nd street and Columbus, just as tens of thousands of people flocked to the area to watch a concert in Central Park on Saturday and the triathlon on Sunday. The result: corners were piled with garbage with food spilled everywhere. ...

Two ugly buildings have caught the attention of City Council member Gale Brewer and she's pushing the city employee who owns them to get rid of them. Diane Haslett-Rudiano, chief clerk of the Brooklyn Borough Office of Elections, owns brownstones at 118 West 76th Street and 44 West 73rd Street, but ...

The Upper West Side's rat infestation took on epic proportions last year when multiple rodents were seen scurrying around Fairway on 74th street, including a cute little mouse videotaped frolicking in the olive bins. But City Council member Gale Brewer told the local community board on Tuesday night that "Fairway ...

It's not news to Upper West Siders that the neighborhood is overrun with rats. We've been writing about the growing problem for months, and it's rare to walk down a block in the neighborhood and not see something scurrying about. But now it's been confirmed that we've get it worse ...

November 13, 2012 Weather: A few showers, High of 47 Degrees.

Fairway's rodent problem just went from gross to GROSS. A Fairway shopper videotaped a mouse, or possibly a rat, running along the olives in the bins at the supermarket on 74th Street and Broadway very early Wednesday morning. The sighting comes after rats were seen running though Fairway's produce section ...

It was bound to happen. As rats invade the Upper West Side, they seek out places where they can find food. And where can you find people whose tiny hands sometimes fumble on their way to their tiny mouths? Playgrounds! A mother posted on the blog Lollitot last week: "This ...

This week, Upper West Siders can learn new ways to get rid of two things that plague our neighborhood: dirty heating oil and rats.

By Karen Farber Since the landlord has failed to clean up the disgusting building at 120 West 74th Street (other than to paint over the neighborhood protest graffiti labeling it “the Rat House”), local entrepreneurs have started using the infamous location for a more benign reason; every weekend it is ...

The rat infestation on the Upper West Side has reached a new low point: the furry creatures have been sighted in Fairway's produce section! Fairway, on 74th and Broadway, is right in the midst of the rat triangle of death: it's two blocks

September 10, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 73 Degrees.