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You stop hearing scratching in the walls at 2 a.m. You stop finding droppings behind the stove. You stop wondering whether the kids touched something they shouldn’t have. That’s what rodent control actually looks like when it’s done right not just a few traps thrown in a corner, but a real fix that holds.
In Ozone Park, the challenge isn’t just finding rodents. It’s that the neighborhood’s pre-war rowhouses most of them built before 1950 have had decades to develop the kind of gaps, cracks, and corroded pipe connections that rodents exploit without anyone noticing. A gap the size of a quarter is enough for a rat. A hole the size of a pencil eraser is enough for a mouse. In attached housing, once they’re in one unit, they move freely through shared walls and utility chases into the next.
The other piece most people miss is the external pressure. If you live near Liberty Avenue, the Aqueduct Racetrack grounds, or anywhere close to Vito Locasio Field where a documented rat infestation made local news your home sits in the path of established rodent activity. Sealing your house matters, but understanding where the pressure is coming from matters just as much. That’s the kind of assessment we bring to every job in Ozone Park.
We were founded in 1971 by Richard Kourbage Sr. and are still run today by his sons, Richard Jr. and Charles, who have been with us since 1987 and 1989 respectively. That’s not a talking point it means the people making decisions here have been solving rodent problems in Ozone Park rowhouses and Brooklyn attached homes longer than most of our competitors have been in business.
We hold an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau of New York State, have maintained BBB accreditation since 1989, and apply only NYS DEC-registered pesticide materials on every job. Licensed, bonded, and insured with the paperwork to prove it if your landlord, attorney, or real estate broker needs documentation.
We’re headquartered in Marine Park, Brooklyn, and have served the five boroughs for over five decades. That includes the specific building conditions you find throughout Ozone Park and South Ozone Park aging foundations, sewer pipe vulnerabilities, and the kind of attached housing where one untreated entry point becomes everyone’s problem. Our technicians know these neighborhoods intimately because we’ve been working in them for generations.
It starts with an inspection a real one. Not a quick walk-through, but a thorough look at the interior and exterior of your home: foundation gaps, pipe penetrations, utility line entries, basement and crawl space conditions, and any structural vulnerabilities that have developed over the decades. In Ozone Park’s pre-war housing stock, this step alone often reveals entry points you had no idea existed.
From there, we build the treatment plan around what’s actually happening in your specific home. That typically includes targeted baiting using tamper-resistant stations with NYS DEC-registered rodenticide, snap trap placement in active areas, and a clear exclusion plan sealing confirmed and potential entry points with materials that hold. In attached rowhouses throughout Ozone Park, exclusion work has to account for shared walls and utility chases, not just the exterior perimeter. Skipping that step is why so many infestations come back.
Follow-up visits are part of our process. Rodent control isn’t a one-time event, especially in a neighborhood where external pressure from nearby food corridors, park activity, and ongoing JFK Airport construction can keep pushing new rodents toward residential blocks. We schedule return visits to monitor bait stations, assess activity levels, and confirm that the exclusion work is holding because the goal is a result that lasts, not just one that looks good on the first visit.
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Our rodent control in Ozone Park covers the full picture: inspection, identification, treatment, exclusion, and follow-up. The inspection looks at everything not just where you’ve seen activity, but where rodents are likely entering, nesting, and traveling through your home. In a neighborhood where Norway rats commonly enter through cracked sewer laterals and corroded floor drain connections, that below-grade assessment matters as much as anything above it.
We use only NYS DEC-registered materials applied by licensed technicians no corner-cutting, no unlicensed operators, no products that create liability for you as a property owner. If you’ve received a 311 complaint, a Commissioner’s Order to Abate from the NYC Department of Health, or need documentation for a real estate transaction, we provide written service reports that satisfy those requirements. That’s a practical reality for a lot of Ozone Park homeowners and landlords navigating the city’s health code enforcement process.
Our free phone consultation and free estimate mean you can get a clear picture of what you’re dealing with and what it will take to fix it before committing to anything. Appointments are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with a guaranteed booking within 48 hours. For a rodent problem that’s already keeping you up at night, that turnaround matters.
Traps catch mice that are already inside. They don’t stop new ones from coming in and in Ozone Park’s attached rowhouses, that’s the real problem. Your home shares walls, foundation connections, and utility chases with the properties next to it. Rodents move through those shared pathways freely, which means treating the inside of one unit without sealing the structural entry points is a temporary fix at best.
The other issue is that traps address the symptom, not the source. If there’s an active colony nesting in a shared wall cavity, under a neighboring stoop, or in the green space near the Aqueduct Racetrack grounds a few blocks south of your Ozone Park address, you’ll keep catching mice indefinitely. A professional inspection identifies where they’re entering, where the pressure is coming from, and what it takes to actually close the loop not just reduce the count temporarily.
Rats enter homes through more routes than most people expect and in Ozone Park, some of the most common ones are underground. Norway rats, which are the dominant species in New York City, routinely travel through sewer systems and enter buildings through cracked sewer laterals, deteriorating floor drain connections, and corroded cast iron or clay pipes. Homes built before 1950, which make up a significant portion of Ozone Park’s housing stock, are especially vulnerable because the pipe infrastructure has had decades to degrade.
Above grade, common entry points include gaps around utility lines, deteriorating mortar joints in brick foundations, openings around HVAC penetrations, and spaces under doors or around basement windows that have settled over time. A rat needs a gap the size of a quarter. A mouse needs a hole the size of a pencil eraser. In a pre-war Ozone Park home, those gaps are rarely hard to find they’re just rarely where the homeowner is looking.
Yes when it’s done by a licensed professional using registered materials and proper placement protocols. We apply only NYS DEC-registered pesticide materials, which means every product we use has passed state-level review for safety and efficacy. Rodenticide bait is placed exclusively inside tamper-resistant stations, which are designed to prevent access by children and non-target animals while remaining effective for rodents.
The honest answer is that professional application is significantly safer than DIY. Over-the-counter rodenticides are often placed incorrectly in open areas, without proper containment which increases the risk of accidental exposure. Our licensed technicians know exactly where to place bait stations based on rodent behavior, traffic patterns, and the layout of your specific home. In a family-oriented neighborhood like Ozone Park, where multi-generational households are common, that distinction between professional placement and guesswork is worth taking seriously.
In New York City, building owners are legally required under the NYC Health Code to maintain their properties free of rodents. If your landlord is unresponsive, you can file a complaint through 311 online or by phone and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will inspect the property. If a violation is confirmed, the landlord can receive a Commissioner’s Order to Abate, which requires documented professional remediation within a specified timeframe. Failure to comply results in escalating fines.
As a tenant, you have the right to a pest-free living environment, and a 311 complaint creates an official record that puts the landlord on notice. If the situation involves a health code citation, the landlord will need to provide written documentation of professional treatment which is exactly what we provide at Kingsway Exterminating. If you’re in Ozone Park and dealing with an unresponsive property owner, understanding that paper trail is often the fastest way to get the problem taken seriously.
It depends on the severity of the infestation and whether exclusion work is part of the plan. A mild infestation in a single unit caught early, with clear entry points that can be sealed can often be resolved within two to three weeks, including a follow-up visit to confirm activity has stopped. A more established infestation, especially in an attached rowhouse where rodents are moving through shared structural pathways, typically takes longer and requires a more comprehensive exclusion plan.
The factor most people underestimate is external pressure. If your Ozone Park home is near a food corridor like Liberty Avenue, a green space with documented rodent activity, or sits in the path of construction displacement from JFK Airport projects, new rodents will keep testing your perimeter even after the interior is treated. That’s why follow-up visits and bait station monitoring are part of our process not optional add-ons. The timeline for a lasting result depends on addressing both what’s inside and what’s driving activity from outside.
Yes. We serve all of Ozone Park, including South Ozone Park, and cover both ZIP codes 11416 and 11417. That includes homes along Liberty Avenue and 101st Avenue, blocks near the Aqueduct Racetrack, and the residential streets throughout the neighborhood that fall under Queens Community Board 9 and Community Board 10. Whether your home is in the northern half of Ozone Park near Woodhaven or further south toward the Belt Parkway, service is available.
We’re headquartered in Marine Park, Brooklyn, which puts our team close to southwest Queens and familiar with the specific building conditions throughout this part of the borough. Appointments are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with a guaranteed booking within 48 hours of your call. The phone consultation is free, the estimate is free, and there’s no obligation attached to either. If you’re not sure what you’re dealing with yet, that’s exactly what the consultation is for.
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