Rodent Control in Elmhurst

Rodent Pressure in Elmhurst

Elmhurst is a dense residential and commercial neighborhood in central Queens, sandwiched between Jackson Heights to the north and Forest Hills to the south, with the 7 train and the Long Island Expressway as the primary infrastructure boundaries. The neighborhood has one of the highest population densities in the country and the most diverse zip code in the United States by self-reported ethnicity.

Roosevelt Avenue running east-west along the 7 train is the main commercial corridor through Elmhurst, with a continuous strip of Latin American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Chinese restaurants and food markets from the Jackson Heights border through the neighborhood. Queens Center Mall at the Woodhaven Boulevard intersection anchors the commercial core. The density of food service along Roosevelt Avenue and the cross-streets creates sustained Norway rat pressure throughout the neighborhood.

The residential streets — 82nd Street through 99th Street between Roosevelt Avenue and Queens Boulevard — are primarily attached and semi-detached brick houses from the 1920s and 30s, with the same shared basement wall vulnerabilities as Jackson Heights. The elevated 7 train infrastructure over Roosevelt Avenue creates the corridor pressure pattern common to elevated lines throughout the city.