NYC Neighborhoods Where Restaurants Get the Most Mouse and Roach Violations

Updated November 1, 2026 from NYC Health Department inspection data · Refreshes automatically

Short answer

In the last 12 months, 32% of inspected NYC restaurants were cited at least once for rats, mice, roaches or filth flies. Hollis and Queens Village had the highest share (52% of 83 restaurants) and Tribeca the lowest (16%).

3,488

Mice (04L) restaurants cited

1,348

Roaches (04M) restaurants cited

3,123

Filth flies (04N) restaurants cited

760

Rats (04K) restaurants cited

Neighborhoods ranked by share of restaurants cited

Share of restaurants inspected in the last 12 months with at least one rat, mouse, roach or filth fly citation. Neighborhoods with fewer than 40 inspected restaurants are left out.

#	Neighborhood	Cited	Inspected	Share
1	Hollis and Queens Village	43	83	52%
2	Springfield Gardens	20	41	49%
3	Williamsbridge and Wakefield	30	63	48%
4	Norwood and Bedford Park	54	114	47%
5	Jamaica	152	360	42%
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Source: NYC DOHMH Restaurant Inspection Results on NYC Open Data. The city dataset covers roughly the last three years of inspections for each restaurant.