Pest Control in Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn
Downtown Brooklyn is the borough's civic and commercial core, centered on Borough Hall, the courts, MetroTech Center and the Fulton Street Mall. It sits between Brooklyn Heights to the west, Fort Greene to the east, DUMBO to the north and Boerum Hill to the south. Since a 2004 rezoning, dozens of residential towers have risen along Flatbush Avenue Extension, Gold Street and Willoughby Street, turning an office district into a place where tens of thousands of people live. Colleges including NYU Tandon, Long Island University and City Tech anchor the area. Nearly every subway line in Brooklyn passes through, with major hubs at Jay Street-MetroTech, Borough Hall and DeKalb Avenue.
Also known as: Downtown BK, MetroTech.
About Downtown Brooklyn
Downtown Brooklyn grew up around Brooklyn's 1848 City Hall, now Borough Hall, when Brooklyn was an independent city. By the early 1900s Fulton Street was a leading shopping district with large department stores such as Abraham and Straus. The area declined after World War II, though it remained the seat of government and courts. MetroTech Center was built in the late 1980s and 1990s, and the 2004 rezoning spurred a residential tower boom that continues today.
Common Pest Problems in Downtown Brooklyn
Downtown Brooklyn's crowds, fast-food restaurants and street vendors along Fulton Street and Livingston Street leave a lot of food waste behind, and rats take advantage of it in plazas, tree pits and subway entrances. Ongoing tower construction disturbs underground burrows, often sending rodents into nearby buildings. Even in new high-rises, mice arrive through loading docks, garages and utility conduits, and trash chutes and compactor rooms give them food once inside.
Cockroaches are a common issue in the older mid-rise buildings and in the many ground-floor restaurants and food shops, and they can spread through shared walls into apartments above. Pigeons flock to Borough Hall plaza, Columbus Park and ledges on older office buildings, where people often feed them. Pavement ants appear in lobbies and first-floor units in warm months, trailing in from plaza pavers and planters. Crumbs left in office lobbies and student lounges help them thrive.