Rarely seen in daylight, rats have been reported in New York City since early colonial days. As recently as 1944, two distinct species were prevalent: the brown rat (Norway rat) and the black rat (ship rat, roof rat). [4]

Nov 2, 2023 · Transit, a popular urban trip-planning app, recently added the NYC Subway Rat Detector feature, and New Yorkers are loving reporting which stations have the most rodents.

Oct 2, 2023 · We enlisted thousands of rodent spotters across the five boroughs to rank the rattiest stations. More than 1.2 million New Yorkers use Transit every month to get around, relying on features like GO, our step-by-step navigator. GO tells you when to leave for your stop, when to transfer, and more.

Jun 29, 2022 · Pizza Rat is back — and this time, he brought friends. In the bowels of a New York City subway station, a family of rats opted for a late-night bite of pizza as onlookers boarded the L train...

Feb 4, 2025 · Although rats can be found at nearly every station, Transit app’s data declared the three most rat-infested subway stations within the last 30 days. Those in proper rank order …

Nov 3, 2023 · The data shows New Yorkers reported spotting rats on 40 per cent of subway trips in the past month while each station has been ranked in terms of how ratty it is.

Jan 9, 2024 · A pack of rats was seen bunking with a homeless man at a New York City subway station before scurrying off as people approached, horrifying footage on TikTok shows.

Pizza Rat is an internet meme based around a viral video of a brown rat [1] carrying a slice of pizza down the steps of a New York City Subway station in Manhattan. [2] . The video was first uploaded to Instagram on September 21, 2015, and a copy was uploaded to YouTube later.

Sep 21, 2015 · Unlike the rest of its rodent brethren, however, it was recorded carrying a large, single slice of pizza down the dirty cement steps of a New York subway station.

Oct 21, 2023 · By asking users to report rat levels at a given subway station through an in-app questionnaire called “Rate-my-ride,” Transit can garner real-time insights at the station from its 1.2 million...