Bed Bug K9 Inspection New York City

Stop Treating. Start Finding Them First.

Most bed bug treatments fail because the inspection missed something. Our certified K9 bed bug inspection in New York City finds live bugs and viable eggs before a single drop of treatment is applied — so the job actually gets done right.

100+

Years Of Collective Experience

24/7

Emergency Pest Control Calls

40+

Years Serving NYC & Long Island

Over Four Decades in NYC

We’ve been operating out of Brooklyn since the 1980s — we know this city’s buildings, boroughs, and bugs better than anyone.

BBB A+ Since 1989

Over 35 consecutive years of A+ standing with the Better Business Bureau. That kind of record isn’t built with marketing — it’s built with results.

Same-Day Inspections Available

We answer calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and guarantee an appointment within 48 hours — often the same day you call.

No Upselling, No Contracts

If the inspection comes back clear, you get a clean report. We don’t push treatment you don’t need or lock you into plans you never asked for.

K9 Bed Bug Detection NYC

The Inspection Failure Nobody Talks About

Here’s something most pest control companies won’t tell you: the most common reason bed bug treatments fail in New York City isn’t the treatment itself. It’s the inspection that came before it. Bugs hiding in a wall void, tucked inside a box spring seam, or wedged behind an electrical outlet survive the treatment, reproduce, and the infestation is back within weeks. You’re not dealing with a treatment problem — you’re dealing with an inspection problem. That’s exactly what a certified K9 bed bug inspection in New York City is designed to solve. A trained detection dog can locate live bed bugs and viable egg clusters in harborage areas that no human eye — and no flashlight — can reach. The inspection is thorough because it has to be. In a city built the way New York is, anything less isn’t enough.

Bed Bug Canine Inspection New York City

What a Real Inspection Actually Changes

When the inspection is complete and accurate, everything that follows — the treatment plan, the timeline, the outcome — actually works.

You get a definitive answer instead of another round of “we’ll see if that did it.”

Treatment targets only the areas where bugs are confirmed present — nothing is guessed at, nothing is missed.

Early detection means a smaller infestation, which means less disruption, fewer treatment visits, and a faster resolution.

If you’re a landlord or property manager, you walk away with documented findings that satisfy NYC HPD and Department of Health requirements.

If the inspection comes back clear, you have real peace of mind — not just someone’s word for it.

Because we handle both the K9 inspection and any follow-on treatment, there’s no handoff to a different company and no starting over from scratch.

Bed Bug Detection New York City Buildings

NYC's Buildings Make Visual Inspection Unreliable

New York City’s housing stock is unlike anywhere else in the country. Pre-war brownstones in Park Slope and Flatbush have plaster walls with hairline cracks, original hardwood floors with gaps between every board, and ornate baseboards that create dozens of harborage points a human inspector can’t access without dismantling the room. Walkup apartments in Ridgewood and East Flatbush share wall cavities and pipe chases between units — meaning a bed bug problem in one apartment is almost never contained to just that apartment. A visual inspection in this kind of building stock is genuinely limited. You can check the mattress seams, look behind the headboard, pull back the box spring. But you can’t see inside a wall. You can’t see behind an outlet. You can’t see what’s living inside the gap between the subfloor and the baseboard. A certified detection dog can. That’s not a sales pitch — it’s the physical reality of what these buildings are and how bed bugs use them. We’ve been treating infestations in New York City’s buildings for more than four decades. We know how bugs move through a Park Slope brownstone. We know how they spread through a Flatbush apartment building. And we know that in New York City, a thorough bed bug canine inspection isn’t a luxury — it’s the only inspection method that actually covers the full picture.

Bed Bug Exterminator New York City Documentation

Landlords and Tenants Both Need This

In New York City, bed bugs aren’t just a pest problem — they’re a legal one. Under the NYC Housing Maintenance Code, bed bugs are classified as a Class B hazardous violation. Once HPD issues a violation, landlords have 30 days to remediate. Local Law 69 of 2017 requires all multiple dwelling property owners to file annual Bed Bug Annual Reports and disclose infestation history to tenants at lease signing and renewal. That creates a real need for documented, professional inspections — not just treatment. Whether you’re a tenant trying to force landlord action, a property manager preparing for a new lease, or a building owner responding to an HPD notice, a K9 bed bug inspection from Kingsway Exterminating generates the kind of findings that hold up. We also issue DOH clearance certificates upon treatment completion for situations where that documentation is required. If you need the inspection to do more than just find bugs — if you need it to mean something on paper — we can do that.