Rodent Control in Prospect Heights

Rodent Pressure in Prospect Heights

Prospect Heights is a small but densely packed neighborhood between Grand Army Plaza to the south, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Flatbush Avenue to the east, and Washington Avenue to the west. The neighborhood is bounded on its southern edge by the Brooklyn Public Library and the entrance to Prospect Park at Grand Army Plaza, which creates a park-adjacent pressure zone along the streets closest to the plaza.

Flatbush Avenue runs along the eastern edge of the neighborhood as a major commercial corridor connecting downtown Brooklyn to Prospect Park. The Atlantic Terminal mall at the Barclays Center complex anchors the northern edge, and the transit hub at Atlantic Terminal — with multiple subway lines converging and the LIRR terminal — creates substantial underground infrastructure in the area. The blocks between Flatbush Avenue and Washington Avenue, on streets like St. Marks Avenue, Bergen Street, and Dean Street, are primarily brownstones from the late 1800s to early 1900s.

The Atlantic Yards / Pacific Park construction project has been an active construction site in parts of the neighborhood for years, creating displacement pressure that affects the surrounding blocks. Active construction consistently displaces established rodent populations from demolition and excavation zones into adjacent standing buildings.