The Big Apple is the most rodent-riddled city in America, according to new data that will hardly surprise New Yorkers, who notice the pests proliferating in parks, playgrounds and subway stations.
Pest-control company Terminix ranked the 50 most rodent-infested cities based on what locales use their services most often, with New York coming out on top.
Despite Mayor Eric Adams last year employing a “rat czar” in a bid to help ease the infestation, residents of the five boroughs were frequently calling Terminix for their services.
Los Angeles ranked third, while Philadelphia and Washington, DC, rounded out the Top 5.
However, when looking at states as a whole, New York did not come out on top, according to Yelp.
California, it turns out, led the nation in searches for rodent-related pest-control searches, followed by Wyoming, Washington, DC, New Mexico and Wisconsin.
And it seems a pest problem is plaguing the entire nation.
National interest in pest-proofing surged 165% in June 2024 compared to June 2023, Yelp reported.
The sharp rise was found when examining the number of times each query was entered per million searches.
Meanwhile, New York City saw a 107% increase for “rodent exterminator” in June 2024 compared to June 2023, Yelp exclusively told The Post.