A Crown Heights Building's Rat Infestation Gets a Livestream
Rats appear on Adam Schleser's livestream (screenshots)

A Crown Heights Building's Rat Infestation Gets a Livestream

Tenants of the Jewish Hospital complex in Crown Heights say the rat problem has gotten out of control, and one resident has even set up a livestream.

Adam Schleser has lived in the six-building Jewish Hospital complex in Crown Heights since the summer of 2018, and in his current, ground-floor one-bedroom since the fall of 2020.

Schleser said that the apartment had some unaddressed noise issues—but the rent stabilization and enjoyable neighborhood made up for that.

Then, in mid-October 2024, Schleser began hearing what he soon realized were rats in his walls. "I just heard moving around, a bit of scratching," he told Hell Gate.


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