RATS RATS RATS RATS RATS RATS
On
Berkeley Place
YOU HAVE
RATS AT YOUR BUILDING IF YOU OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
YOU SMELL RODENT DROPPINGS UNDER YOUR STOOP OF ENTRANCE TO
CELLAR.
YOU FIND RAT DROPPINGS UNDER YOUR STOOP.
YOU DISCOVER TORN BAGS, BOXES AND GNARLED ITEMS UNDER THE STOOP.
YOU NOTICE THERE ARE GNARLED HOLES NEAR BOTTOM SIDES OF TRASH
CANS.
YOUR TRASH CAN LIDS ARE NOT ATTACHED AND NOTICE TRASH BAGS HAVE
BEEN CHEWED OPEN.
YOU HEAR RUSTLING IN THE PLANTINGS AND GROUND COVER IN FRONT OF
YOUR BUILDING!
YOU NOTICE BURROWING HOLES IN YOUR PLANTED AREA!
ADDITIONALLY NEIGHBORS ARE SEEING
RATS SCURRYING ABOUT BETWEEN BUILDINGS AND RUNNING BACK AND FOURTH ACROSS THE
STREET. THIS NOT A CASE OF ONE OR TWO RODENTS.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE AS THIS CONDITION
HAS SPREAD TO AND AFFECTED YOUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
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WHY DO YOU THINK
THIS IS HAPPENING TO YOU AND YOUR BUILDING?
THERE ARE MULTIPLE
REASONS WHY.
RECENT INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION REPAIRS BY THE CITY IN THE
SURROUNDING VICINITY.
WATER AND SEWER MAIN REPAIRS TO NEARBY BUILDINGS, SOME ON THIS
VERY BLOCK.
MAJOR RENOVATIONS (GUT REHABS) TO BUILDINGS IN NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEW BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ALONG
FOURTH AVENUE.
AND OF COURSE, THE BIGGEST
REASON IS CONSTRUCTION OF THE BARCLAY'S CENTER.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
SITUATIONS CAUSE A DISRUPTION IN THE GROUND WHERE THE RATS BURROW, KEEP WARM
AND BREED. THE DISRUPTIONS CAUSE THEM TO SCATTER TO OTHER AREAS AND NOW WE'RE
LIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
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ERADICATION OF RATS
IS NOT AN AESTHETIC ISSUE…
RATS ARE A HEALTH
AND SAFETY ISSUE!
SOLUTIONS:
SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE TAKEN
PROACTIVE ACTION HAVE TRAPPED AS MANY AS EIGHT RATS , BLOCKED UNDER STOOP
ACCESS AND AND NO LONGER HAVE RATS HARBORING UNDER THEIR STOOPS.
ALL NEIGHBORS,
BUILDING OWNERS ARE AFFECTED AND THUS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO ERADICATE RATS FROM
OUR BLOCK AND SHOULD BE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO BE PASSED ON TO ADJOINING
BLOCKS.
MEASURES TO RID OUR BLOCK OF RATS CAN
BE TAKEN IN THE FORM OF:
INSTALLING METAL SCREENING FASTENED TO CELLAR ENTRANCE GATES. THE
COST OF MATERIALS FOR ABOVE IS INEXPENSIVE AND TASK CAN BE COMPLETED IN
JUST A FEW HOURS.
USING METAL SCREENS OR MESH TO PROTECT CELLAR UTILITY VENTS PREVENTING CELLAR ACCESS.
SETTING UP TRAPS TO KILL RATS.
REPLACING DAMAGED OR DETERIORATED TRASH CANS
KEEPING TRASH CAN COVERS FASTENED.
RINSING ALL METAL, PLASTIC, GLASS RECYCLING – REMOVING ANY FOOD
RESIDUE.
CALLING 311 AND REPORTING WHERE YOU ARE SEEING RODENT PROBLEMS.
INSPECTORS WILL CHECK IT OUT.
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MATERIALS AND RAT ABATEMENT PRODUCTS
CAN BE PURCHASED AT HARDWARE STORES AND PLACES LIKE HOME DEPOT & LOWES.
ANOTHER OPTION: HOME OWNERS CAN ALSO
HIRE A HANDYMAN TO TAKE THESE STEPS.
YOU CAN CONTACT A PEST CONTROL
COMPANY SUCH AS ORKIN.
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM? JUST
POST A COMMENT ON THE BLOCK’S FACEBOOK PAGE:
WE CAN ALSO
DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF HIRING A BLOCKWIDE PEST CONTROL CONTRACTOR – IF WE
GET A NUMBER OF HOME OWNERS TO JOIN TOGETHER.
