👑 Rat Royalty
Where the rats reign
Ranked by rat sightings per square mile over the last 12 months — 16,969 reports, normalized so density wins, not just size.
One caveat: this ranks 311 rat complaints, which track who picks up the
phone as much as actual rats. A high spot can mean an engaged, 311-savvy neighborhood — not just
more rodents. It's messy, human civic data. Read it for fun, not as a verdict on any neighborhood.
How we calculate it →
| # | Neighborhood | Rats/sq mi | 12-mo | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Harlem Manhattan | 515.9 | 615 | ▼ 24% fewer rats YoY |
| 2 | Highbridge Bronx | 498 | 489 | ▼ 12% fewer rats YoY |
| 3 | East Village Manhattan | 368.4 | 438 | ▲ 42% more rats YoY |
| 4 | Prospect Brooklyn | 361.1 | 316 | ▲ 24% more rats YoY |
| 5 | Hamilton Heights Manhattan | 328.4 | 529 | ▼ 25% fewer rats YoY |
| 6 | Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn | 312.8 | 1,155 | ▼ 12% fewer rats YoY |
| 7 | Upper East Side Manhattan | 310.8 | 539 | ▼ 30% fewer rats YoY |
| 8 | Flatbush Brooklyn | 284 | 370 | ▼ 27% fewer rats YoY |
| 9 | Upper West Side Manhattan | 256.1 | 713 | ▼ 31% fewer rats YoY |
| 10 | Crown Heights Brooklyn | 241.6 | 260 | ▼ 18% fewer rats YoY |
| 11 | Astoria Queens | 216.7 | 656 | ▲ 29% more rats YoY |
| 12 | Washington Heights Manhattan | 203.7 | 374 | ▼ 32% fewer rats YoY |
| 13 | Kensington Brooklyn | 195.3 | 266 | ▼ 18% fewer rats YoY |
| 14 | SoHo Manhattan | 191.4 | 62 | ▼ 9% fewer rats YoY |
| 15 | Sunnyside Queens | 185.4 | 81 | ▼ 31% fewer rats YoY |
| 16 | Prospect Park Brooklyn | 168.2 | 311 | ▼ 32% fewer rats YoY |
| 17 | Park Slope Brooklyn | 165.5 | 122 | ▼ 33% fewer rats YoY |
| 18 | Morris Heights Bronx | 164.1 | 148 | → flat |
| 19 | West Village Manhattan | 158.8 | 77 | ▼ 14% fewer rats YoY |
| 20 | Lower East Side Manhattan | 146 | 120 | ▼ 12% fewer rats YoY |
| 21 | Clinton Hill Brooklyn | 132.4 | 155 | ▼ 37% fewer rats YoY |
| 22 | Midwood Brooklyn | 130.8 | 241 | ▼ 19% fewer rats YoY |
| 23 | Williamsburg Brooklyn | 130.5 | 466 | ▼ 39% fewer rats YoY |
| 24 | Bushwick Brooklyn | 129.5 | 129 | ▼ 55% fewer rats YoY |
| 25 | Longwood Bronx | 129.2 | 198 | ▼ 33% fewer rats YoY |
| 26 | Rego Park Queens | 128.2 | 121 | ▼ 17% fewer rats YoY |
| 27 | Midtown West Manhattan | 124.8 | 138 | ▼ 25% fewer rats YoY |
| 28 | Morrisania Bronx | 124.4 | 134 | ▼ 34% fewer rats YoY |
| 29 | Inwood Manhattan | 116.2 | 119 | ▼ 34% fewer rats YoY |
| 30 | Kips Bay Manhattan | 111.1 | 102 | ▼ 43% fewer rats YoY |
| 31 | Fort Hamilton Brooklyn | 109.8 | 232 | ▼ 19% fewer rats YoY |
| 32 | Tribeca Manhattan | 109.4 | 77 | ▲ 28% more rats YoY |
| 33 | Spanish Harlem Manhattan | 109.1 | 279 | ▼ 28% fewer rats YoY |
| 34 | Jackson Heights Queens | 108.3 | 80 | ▼ 13% fewer rats YoY |
| 35 | Fordham Bronx | 104.8 | 128 | ▼ 41% fewer rats YoY |
| 36 | South Slope Brooklyn | 102.3 | 224 | ▼ 48% fewer rats YoY |
| 37 | Bronx Park Bronx | 102.1 | 238 | ▼ 28% fewer rats YoY |
| 38 | Greenpoint Brooklyn | 99.8 | 152 | ▼ 39% fewer rats YoY |
| 39 | Soundview Bronx | 99.3 | 107 | ▼ 42% fewer rats YoY |
| 40 | Tremont Bronx | 91 | 120 | ▼ 21% fewer rats YoY |
| 41 | Van Nest Bronx | 88.8 | 133 | ▼ 37% fewer rats YoY |
| 42 | Midtown East Manhattan | 88.2 | 66 | ▼ 21% fewer rats YoY |
| 43 | Kingsbridge Bronx | 88.2 | 335 | ▼ 20% fewer rats YoY |
| 44 | Red Hook Brooklyn | 82.1 | 117 | ▼ 44% fewer rats YoY |
| 45 | Financial District Manhattan | 76.3 | 35 | ▼ 36% fewer rats YoY |
| 46 | Chelsea Manhattan | 75.5 | 96 | ▼ 28% fewer rats YoY |
| 47 | Flatlands Brooklyn | 74.6 | 123 | → flat |
| 48 | East Concourse Bronx | 72 | 76 | ▼ 38% fewer rats YoY |
| 49 | Downtown Brooklyn Brooklyn | 70.2 | 95 | ▼ 34% fewer rats YoY |
| 50 | Brownsville Brooklyn | 69.3 | 107 | ▼ 17% fewer rats YoY |
| 51 | Sunset Park Brooklyn | 69 | 205 | ▼ 37% fewer rats YoY |
| 52 | West Farms Bronx | 68.7 | 103 | ▼ 46% fewer rats YoY |
| 53 | Mott Haven Bronx | 65.1 | 69 | ▼ 37% fewer rats YoY |
| 54 | Long Island City Queens | 62.2 | 217 | ▼ 16% fewer rats YoY |
| 55 | East Flatbush Brooklyn | 61.2 | 131 | ▼ 36% fewer rats YoY |
| 56 | Fresh Pond Queens | 61.1 | 221 | ▼ 60% fewer rats YoY |
| 57 | Borough Park Brooklyn | 59.9 | 185 | ▼ 23% fewer rats YoY |
| 58 | Bath Beach Brooklyn | 57.8 | 117 | → flat |
| 59 | Hell's Kitchen Manhattan | 55.2 | 19 | ▼ 49% fewer rats YoY |
| 60 | Wakefield Bronx | 51.6 | 104 | ▲ 11% more rats YoY |
| 61 | Kew Gardens Queens | 50 | 28 | ▲ 833% more rats YoY |
| 62 | Forest Hills Queens | 48.7 | 118 | ▲ 10% more rats YoY |
| 63 | Jamaica Estates Queens | 47.9 | 97 | ▼ 10% fewer rats YoY |
| 64 | Woodside Queens | 47.8 | 121 | ▼ 44% fewer rats YoY |
| 65 | Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn | 46.6 | 208 | ▼ 19% fewer rats YoY |
| 66 | Riverdale Bronx | 45.6 | 78 | ▲ 50% more rats YoY |
| 67 | South Corona Queens | 44 | 116 | ▼ 9% fewer rats YoY |
| 68 | Governors Island Manhattan | 41.7 | 19 | ▲ 90% more rats YoY |
| 69 | Gravesend Brooklyn | 41.1 | 85 | ▼ 24% fewer rats YoY |
| 70 | East Elmhurst Queens | 40 | 105 | ▼ 20% fewer rats YoY |
| 71 | Middle Village Queens | 36.1 | 80 | ▼ 36% fewer rats YoY |
| 72 | Dyker Heights Brooklyn | 35.4 | 53 | ▼ 23% fewer rats YoY |
| 73 | Kew Gardens Hills Queens | 35.1 | 67 | ▼ 62% fewer rats YoY |
| 74 | Pelham Gardens Bronx | 35 | 85 | ▼ 9% fewer rats YoY |
| 75 | Ozone Park Queens | 35 | 62 | ▼ 42% fewer rats YoY |
| 76 | Elmhurst Queens | 34.4 | 52 | ▼ 58% fewer rats YoY |
| 77 | East New York Brooklyn | 33.3 | 237 | ▼ 35% fewer rats YoY |
| 78 | Clason Point Bronx | 32.7 | 70 | ▲ 8% more rats YoY |
| 79 | Coney Island Brooklyn | 29 | 45 | ▼ 32% fewer rats YoY |
| 80 | Port Richmond Staten Island | 28.5 | 34 | → flat |
| 81 | Battery Park City Manhattan | 28.4 | 5 | ▲ 25% more rats YoY |
| 82 | West Brighton Staten Island | 26.1 | 47 | ▼ 27% fewer rats YoY |
| 83 | Hunt's Point Bronx | 24.8 | 38 | ▼ 14% fewer rats YoY |
| 84 | Pelham Bay Bronx | 22.2 | 53 | ▼ 52% fewer rats YoY |
| 85 | Flushing Queens | 22 | 128 | ▼ 17% fewer rats YoY |
| 86 | Jamaica Queens | 21.9 | 155 | ▼ 24% fewer rats YoY |
| 87 | Woodlawn Bronx | 21.6 | 31 | ▼ 34% fewer rats YoY |
| 88 | Great Kills Staten Island | 21.1 | 46 | ▼ 21% fewer rats YoY |
| 89 | Maspeth Queens | 20.5 | 50 | ▼ 56% fewer rats YoY |
| 90 | Belle Harbor Queens | 18.3 | 32 | ▲ 88% more rats YoY |
| 91 | Woodhaven Queens | 15.6 | 20 | ▼ 29% fewer rats YoY |
| 92 | Richmond Hill Queens | 14.7 | 41 | ▼ 60% fewer rats YoY |
| 93 | Canarsie Brooklyn | 14 | 50 | ▼ 30% fewer rats YoY |
| 94 | St. Albans Queens | 14 | 23 | ▼ 32% fewer rats YoY |
| 95 | Rockaway Beach Queens | 13.1 | 13 | ▲ 86% more rats YoY |
| 96 | Todt Hill Staten Island | 12.3 | 43 | ▼ 38% fewer rats YoY |
| 97 | Bayswater Queens | 12.3 | 33 | ▼ 35% fewer rats YoY |
| 98 | Queens Village Queens | 11.6 | 25 | ▲ 19% more rats YoY |
| 99 | Arrochar Staten Island | 11.4 | 46 | ▼ 25% fewer rats YoY |
| 100 | Mill Basin Brooklyn | 11.4 | 84 | ▼ 21% fewer rats YoY |
| 101 | Whitestone Queens | 11.3 | 32 | ▼ 14% fewer rats YoY |
| 102 | Cambria Heights Queens | 10.2 | 12 | ▲ 20% more rats YoY |
| 103 | Howland Hook Staten Island | 10.1 | 32 | ▼ 26% fewer rats YoY |
| 104 | South Ozone Park Queens | 10 | 21 | ▼ 42% fewer rats YoY |
| 105 | Laurelton Queens | 9.9 | 30 | ▼ 23% fewer rats YoY |
| 106 | Silver Lake Staten Island | 9.6 | 36 | ▼ 35% fewer rats YoY |
| 107 | Hollis Queens | 9.2 | 13 | ▼ 19% fewer rats YoY |
| 108 | Fresh Meadows Queens | 9 | 36 | ▲ 71% more rats YoY |
| 109 | Woodrow Staten Island | 8.5 | 120 | ▲ 17% more rats YoY |
| 110 | Richmond Town Staten Island | 7.9 | 57 | ▼ 25% fewer rats YoY |
| 111 | Throgs Neck Bronx | 7.9 | 31 | ▼ 11% fewer rats YoY |
| 112 | Arverne Queens | 7.9 | 8 | ▲ 60% more rats YoY |
| 113 | North Bayside Queens | 7.3 | 10 | ▲ 25% more rats YoY |
| 114 | College Point Queens | 7 | 11 | ▼ 21% fewer rats YoY |
| 115 | Bellerose Queens | 6.8 | 20 | ▼ 26% fewer rats YoY |
| 116 | Bayside Queens | 6.2 | 26 | ▼ 55% fewer rats YoY |
| 117 | Howard Beach Queens | 5.6 | 13 | ▼ 50% fewer rats YoY |
| 118 | Bulls Head Staten Island | 4.9 | 64 | ▼ 31% fewer rats YoY |
| 119 | Coop City Bronx | 4.8 | 6 | ▼ 54% fewer rats YoY |
| 120 | Roosevelt Island Manhattan | 4.3 | 1 | → flat |
| 121 | Rosedale Queens | 3.3 | 7 | → flat |
| 122 | Tottenville Staten Island | 3.1 | 5 | → flat |
| 123 | Douglaston Queens | 3.1 | 9 | ▼ 10% fewer rats YoY |
| 124 | Floral Park Queens | 1.6 | 5 | ▼ 71% fewer rats YoY |
| 125 | John F. Kennedy International Airport District Queens | 0.1 | 1 | → flat |
| # | ZIP | Where | Score | Rats/sq mi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10030 | Central Harlem Manhattan | 100 | 783.4 |
| 2 | 11103 | Astoria Queens | 99 | 569.4 |
| 3 | 10026 | Central Harlem Manhattan | 99 | 569.2 |
| 4 | 10452 | Highbridge Bronx | 98 | 498 |
| 5 | 10028 | Upper East Side Manhattan | 98 | 449.4 |
| 6 | 10003 | East Village Manhattan | 97 | 449.3 |
| 7 | 10128 | Upper East Side Manhattan | 96 | 447.1 |
| 8 | 10039 | Central Harlem Manhattan | 96 | 424.7 |
| 9 | 11216 | Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn | 95 | 414.8 |
| 10 | 11225 | Prospect Brooklyn | 95 | 361.1 |
| 11 | 10025 | Upper West Side Manhattan | 94 | 358.8 |
| 12 | 10027 | Hamilton Heights Manhattan | 93 | 358.8 |
| 13 | 10075 | Upper East Side Manhattan | 93 | 343.9 |
| 14 | 11233 | Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn | 92 | 309.1 |
| 15 | 10009 | East Village Manhattan | 92 | 293.4 |
| 16 | 10031 | Hamilton Heights Manhattan | 91 | 285.5 |
| 17 | 11226 | Flatbush Brooklyn | 90 | 284 |
| 18 | 10024 | Upper West Side Manhattan | 90 | 280.2 |
| 19 | 10021 | Upper East Side Manhattan | 89 | 248.6 |
| 20 | 11221 | Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn | 89 | 245.5 |
| 21 | 11213 | Crown Heights Brooklyn | 88 | 241.6 |
| 22 | 10032 | Washington Heights Manhattan | 87 | 239.2 |
| 23 | 10037 | Central Harlem Manhattan | 87 | 227.5 |
| 24 | 10033 | Washington Heights Manhattan | 86 | 208.1 |
| 25 | 11218 | Kensington Brooklyn | 86 | 195.3 |
| # | Borough | Rats/sq mi | 12-mo | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manhattan | 194.2 | 4,433 | ▼ 23% fewer rats YoY |
| 2 | Brooklyn | 89.9 | 6,240 | ▼ 26% fewer rats YoY |
| 3 | Bronx | 65.7 | 2,768 | ▼ 25% fewer rats YoY |
| 4 | Queens | 27.6 | 2,997 | ▼ 25% fewer rats YoY |
| 5 | Staten Island | 9.1 | 530 | ▼ 20% fewer rats YoY |