Rat sightings called to 311 fell in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island over the same period — while the same kinds of reports shot up by 6.77 and 6.3% in Queens and the Bronx, respectively.

Unconcerned, the rodent darted up the pole, then deftly twisted ... hustles in the city now,” another heckled. The rat likely had been looking for food and was trying to escape from the people ...