Pest Control in Staten Island

Staten Island’s suburban character sets it apart from the other boroughs when it comes to pest pressure. The borough’s extensive wooded areas — including the 2,800-acre Staten Island Greenbelt — support large wildlife populations that regularly move into residential neighborhoods: raccoons den in attics and crawl spaces, squirrels chew through roof fascia and soffit boards to nest in attic insulation, and white-footed mice from wooded areas are a primary vector for deer tick transmission in yards bordering open space. Deer tick populations in neighborhoods adjacent to the Greenbelt have among the highest Lyme disease transmission rates in New York City, making seasonal tick control a serious health consideration.

Unlike the dense multi-family housing of Brooklyn or Manhattan, Staten Island’s predominantly single-family housing stock brings different pest pressures: termite damage is more prevalent because of the higher proportion of wooden structures and crawl spaces, basement moisture issues in older homes near the borough’s wetlands create conditions hospitable to silverfish, centipedes, and carpenter ants, and mosquito pressure is heightened in neighborhoods near Fresh Kills Park and the Arthur Kill waterway where standing water in marshland provides breeding habitat throughout the warm season.

23 Staten Island Neighborhoods We Serve

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