Pest Control in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
Prospect Lefferts Gardens sits just east of Prospect Park, bounded roughly by Empire Boulevard to the north, Clarkson Avenue to the south and New York Avenue to the east. The heart of the neighborhood is Lefferts Manor, a historic district of elegant single-family row houses on streets like Maple, Midwood and Rutland Road. Large prewar apartment buildings line Ocean Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, and several new towers have risen near the park. The neighborhood has a large Caribbean community, and West Indian restaurants and shops line Flatbush Avenue. The B and Q trains stop at Prospect Park and Parkside Avenue, and the 2 and 5 trains serve Sterling Street and Winthrop Street.
Also known as: PLG, Lefferts Gardens, Lefferts Manor.
About Prospect Lefferts Gardens
The land belonged to the Lefferts family, Dutch settlers whose farmhouse now stands in Prospect Park as Lefferts Historic House. In the 1890s, James Lefferts divided the estate into lots and required that new homes be single-family residences, a covenant that shaped Lefferts Manor. Row houses were built between the 1890s and 1920s, and apartment buildings followed. The neighborhood took the name Prospect Lefferts Gardens in 1968, and Lefferts Manor became a historic district in 1979.
Common Pest Problems in Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Being right beside Prospect Park, residents of Prospect Lefferts Gardens regularly see squirrels, and raccoons from the park sometimes find their way into chimneys, attics and garbage areas along Ocean Avenue and Flatbush Avenue. Mice are a frequent fall problem in the neighborhood's row houses, many of which have original wood floors and old foundations with gaps. Rats are common near the park and around the busy commercial trash along Flatbush Avenue.
In the large prewar apartment buildings along Ocean Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, German cockroaches travel between units through shared plumbing and trash chutes. Construction of new towers near the park has also disturbed rodent colonies, occasionally pushing them onto nearby residential blocks. Mice are also a recurring issue in the prewar buildings, entering through basement doors and pipe gaps and then moving up through wall cavities. In the Lefferts Manor row houses, residents often find signs of mice in kitchens and basements once the weather turns cold.