Pest Control in Norwood, Bronx
Norwood occupies the northern Bronx between Mosholu Parkway on the south, Woodlawn Cemetery on the north, Van Cortlandt Park to the west and the Bronx River to the east. Bainbridge Avenue and East Gun Hill Road are the main shopping strips, and the D train terminates at Norwood–205th Street while the 4 stops at Mosholu Parkway nearby. Montefiore Medical Center's main hospital and North Central Bronx Hospital are major employers. Williamsbridge Oval, a park built in the bed of a former reservoir, is the neighborhood's gathering place, and the Valentine-Varian House, a 1758 fieldstone farmhouse, holds the Museum of Bronx History. Residents include Bangladeshi, Dominican, Filipino, Irish and Albanian families.
Also known as: Mosholu, Bainbridge.
About Norwood
Norwood's early landmark is the Valentine-Varian House, built by blacksmith Isaac Valentine and later owned by the Varian family, who farmed the area. The Williamsbridge Reservoir was built here in the late 1800s to store Croton water, and it was later drained and turned into a park in the 1930s. Subway extensions and Mosholu Parkway spurred the construction of apartment buildings in the 1910s through 1930s, when Norwood became a largely Irish neighborhood.
Common Pest Problems in Norwood
Norwood is surrounded by green space, with Woodlawn Cemetery, Van Cortlandt Park, the Bronx River and Mosholu Parkway all close by. That setting brings more squirrels and raccoons than you'd expect in a neighborhood of apartment buildings. Squirrels nest in the tall trees of the Oval and the parkway, and raccoons from the cemetery and parkland raid trash cans and sometimes shelter in unused roof bulkheads or garages behind older frame houses.
The prewar apartment buildings along Bainbridge, Decatur and Hull Avenues deal with the familiar Bronx trio of mice, German cockroaches and rats. Rodents enter through basement doors, laundry rooms and trash areas, and roaches spread from ground-floor restaurants and delis through shared plumbing. Lower-level apartments and basement storage rooms in buildings built into Norwood's hills can be damp, and silverfish are a frequent find in closets, bathrooms and cardboard boxes stored in these spaces.