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Finding bed bugs is one of those moments that changes how you feel about your own home. You start second-guessing everything the couch, the headboard, the corner of the room you never really looked at. That feeling doesn’t go away on its own, and it doesn’t go away with a can from the hardware store either.
What you actually want is to stop thinking about it. To know the problem was handled correctly, by someone who’s done this hundreds of times in buildings just like yours. Midwood’s housing stock is predominantly prewar construction plaster walls, aging baseboards, pipe chases that connect unit to unit. That kind of structure gives bed bugs more places to hide and more ways to travel than a newer building ever would. Getting rid of them here requires a thorough inspection and a targeted approach, not a generalist with a spray can.
Once we’ve completed the treatment correctly, you get your home back. You stop checking the mattress at midnight. You stop worrying about whether the bugs have moved into the next room, or into your neighbor’s apartment through the shared wall. That’s the outcome not just fewer bugs, but actual peace of mind in a home you feel comfortable in again.
Kingsway Exterminating Company is a family-owned business based out of Marine Park, Brooklyn less than two miles from Midwood’s southern edge. Richard Kourbage founded our company over 40 years ago, and the team we’ve built carries more than 100 years of combined pest control experience. That’s not a number pulled from a brochure it’s what happens when you stay in one borough long enough to actually know it.
We’ve been BBB-accredited since 1989, hold an A+ rating, and are fully licensed and bonded through the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Every technician who walks into your Midwood home is a certified bed bug specialist not a generalist who also handles ants and rodents on the side.
When you call, a real person answers. Not a voicemail, not a callback form a live person, 24 hours a day. You’ll have a guaranteed appointment within two days, a free estimate with no pressure, and a technician who will give you an honest assessment of what you’re dealing with. Verified reviews consistently note that we don’t upsell. That’s not a policy it’s just how we operate.
It starts with a phone call one that gets answered, any time of day or night. From there, you’ll get a same-day or next-day inspection scheduled, with a guaranteed appointment window within 48 hours. When our technician arrives, they’re not doing a five-minute walkthrough. They’re doing a real inspection: mattress seams, headboard joints, baseboards, furniture, wall voids, electrical outlets, and any area where bugs could be harboring or traveling between spaces.
In Midwood’s older apartment buildings particularly the prewar brick buildings along Ocean Avenue and Kings Highway that inspection goes deeper. Older construction means more cracks, more gaps around pipes, and more potential pathways between units. If you’re in a multi-unit building, our technician will also assess whether there’s evidence of spread to adjacent spaces, which matters both for your treatment plan and for your rights as a tenant under NYC’s housing code.
After the inspection, you get a clear, honest assessment. If treatment is needed, the plan is explained before anything is agreed to what method we’re using, how many visits are likely required, and what you need to do to prepare. Most residential bed bug treatments in Brooklyn require two to four visits over a three-to-six-week period. We’ll issue documentation upon completion including DOH clearance certificates for landlords and property managers who need it for HPD compliance.
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Bed bug treatment in Midwood isn’t a one-size-fits-all job. The neighborhood’s housing stock most of it built before 1940 creates specific challenges that require a technician who actually knows what they’re looking at. We use environmentally responsible treatment methods and take a targeted approach based on what the inspection reveals, not a preset package applied the same way regardless of what’s actually there.
For households with children, seniors, or observant Jewish families maintaining kosher kitchens and religious items, the preparation protocol matters. Before treatment begins, our technician will walk you through exactly what needs to be moved, covered, or cleared and what doesn’t. There’s no guesswork, and nothing will be left unexplained. If you’re scheduling around Shabbat or a Jewish holiday, that’s a conversation we’re prepared to have.
For landlords and property managers with buildings subject to NYC’s Local Law 69 annual bed bug reporting requirements, we provide the documentation you need. That includes written inspection reports, treatment records, and DOH clearance certificates that hold up to HPD scrutiny. If you’re managing a multi-unit building near Kings Highway or along the prewar corridors of Ocean Avenue and need a licensed exterminator who understands the city’s compliance requirements, this is the call to make. We serve all five boroughs and Long Island, with our Brooklyn base meaning Midwood is always a priority not an afterthought on the edge of a service map.
The most common signs are small rust-colored stains on your sheets or mattress seams, tiny dark spots along the edges of your bed frame or baseboards, and small bites that appear in clusters or lines usually on exposed skin. You might also notice a faint, sweet, musty odor in a room that didn’t smell that way before. That said, bed bugs are genuinely difficult to confirm without a trained eye, especially in the early stages of an infestation.
In Midwood’s older prewar apartments, the signs can be harder to spot because the bugs have more places to hide inside cracked plaster walls, behind loose baseboards, and within the gaps around aging pipe penetrations. A lot of residents don’t realize they have an infestation until it’s already moved beyond the bedroom. If you’re seeing any of the signs above, or if you’ve woken up with unexplained bites more than once, the right move is a professional inspection. We offer free estimates and can typically get to you within 48 hours.
For a standard residential treatment in Brooklyn, most homeowners and renters can expect to pay somewhere between $1,000 and $2,500 depending on the size of the infestation, the number of rooms affected, and the type of treatment required. Severe infestations or those that have spread across multiple rooms or units in a multi-family building can run between $4,000 and $6,000 or more.
What affects the price most is how far the infestation has progressed and how many treatment visits are needed. Most Brooklyn infestations require two to four visits over a three-to-six-week period. In Midwood specifically, older building construction can mean a more thorough initial inspection is required, which factors into the overall scope. We provide a free estimate before any work begins, so you know exactly what you’re looking at before you commit to anything. No surprises, no upsells just an honest assessment of what the job actually requires.
Under New York City’s Housing Maintenance Code, landlords of multiple dwelling buildings are legally required to address bed bug infestations. NYC Local Law 69 of 2017 also requires property owners to file annual bed bug reports with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. If a tenant submits a 311 complaint and an HPD inspector confirms live bed bugs, a violation is issued against the building owner, and they’re required to remediate and demonstrate clearance.
That said, waiting on a landlord while an active infestation continues to spread is a real problem. Bed bugs reproduce quickly, and a delay of even a few weeks can turn a manageable situation into a building-wide issue. If your landlord is unresponsive, you have the right to file a 311 complaint and request an HPD inspection. We can provide professional documentation of the infestation the kind of written report that supports a complaint or legal proceeding if it comes to that. Knowing your rights and having the paperwork to back them up puts you in a much stronger position.
Yes and in Midwood’s prewar apartment buildings, this is a more significant risk than it would be in newer construction. Older brick buildings have wall voids, unsealed pipe chases, electrical conduits, and gaps around baseboards that connect units in ways that aren’t visible from the inside. Bed bugs don’t need a large opening to travel. They can move through wall penetrations and shared spaces, which means an infestation in one unit can reach adjacent apartments if it isn’t addressed quickly.
This is one of the reasons that professional treatment in a multi-unit building should include an assessment of neighboring units, not just the one where bugs were first found. Our inspection process accounts for this particularly in the older apartment buildings along corridors like Ocean Avenue and Kings Highway where unit-to-unit spread is a realistic concern. If you’re a building owner or property manager, addressing the infestation at the building level rather than unit by unit is both more effective and more defensible under NYC’s housing code requirements.
In most cases, no. Throwing out a mattress before professional treatment is one of the most common mistakes people make and it usually doesn’t solve the problem. Bed bugs don’t live exclusively in mattresses. They harbor in bed frames, headboards, baseboards, furniture joints, wall cracks, and electrical outlets. Removing the mattress without treating the room leaves the infestation intact and can actually spread bugs to other areas of your home as you move the mattress through hallways and common spaces.
A certified bed bug specialist will inspect your mattress as part of the overall assessment and advise you on whether encasement, treatment, or disposal is the right call for your specific situation. In many cases, a quality mattress encasement applied after treatment is a more practical and cost-effective solution than replacement. If disposal is genuinely necessary, your technician will tell you but it won’t be a reflexive recommendation made before the inspection is even complete. In New York City, mattress disposal also requires following NYC Department of Sanitation guidelines, including sealing the mattress in plastic before placing it for collection.
Yes. We offer a senior discount on bed bug treatment services. Midwood has one of Brooklyn’s higher concentrations of residents over the age of 65, and a lot of the calls we receive come from seniors or from adult children calling on behalf of an elderly parent. Fixed incomes are a real consideration, and so is the added complexity that can come with treating a home where mobility is limited or where the preparation process needs to be approached more carefully.
The discount is straightforward no complicated conditions attached. If you’re a senior resident in Midwood or you’re coordinating treatment for a parent or family member, mention it when you call. Beyond the pricing, our technicians are accustomed to taking the time to explain the process clearly, answer questions thoroughly, and make sure the preparation requirements are manageable for the household. A company that’s been operating in Brooklyn for over 40 years has worked with every kind of household this neighborhood has and that experience shows in how the job gets handled from the first call to the final visit.
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