Submitted by "Pissy Boy" on 02/08/2008

3rd Floor covered in bugs. Landlord now asked tenants with bugs to leave. Wants to rent to unsuspecting people or may be selling to unsuspecting buyer. Please list

Submitted by "KillBedBug" on 02/05/2008

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Submitted by "Andrew" on 10/25/2007

2315 30th Avenue, Astoria, NY 11102

My girlfriend and I moved in mid-August 2007. Things were fine for about a month and then on September 15th, my girlfriend started noticing bites on her arm. Thinking they were just mosquito bites, we didn't really give it a second thought. About a week later, the bites were more persistent until finally we realized we must have bed bugs.

Since then we have spent hundreds of dollars on sprays, laundry, and mattress covers. Still, they persist. We contacted the management company and they said they had to send a flier around to see where the problem was.

I just called the super in a last ditch effort (today is October 25th, 2007 and my girlfriend woke up with three new bites) and he has informed me that an exterminator is coming to spray in two days.

Don't get me wrong, I love our apartment. It is beautiful and in a great Queens neighborhood, but these bed bugs make it very, very hard to live here.

Submitted by "Las Chinches" on 10/06/2007

We moved into a 2-bedroom apartment in 23-05 30th Ave, Astoria on May 1, 2007. A few days later, I got a cluster of red bite marks on my leg. Having suffered from mosquito and flea bites before, I knew these were different blood-sucking insects. They could be spiders. Besides, I've seen a friend's bed bug bite marks a few years ago and mine looked a little different. So we didn't suspect anything. Besides, there were lots of cockroaches in the kitchen, bathrooms, and bedrooms. So we asked the super to call the exterminator. The exterminator sprayed all over the apartment and both problems subsided but did not go away completely. This problem persisted for a few more months during the summer--when I would get one or two bites every three weeks. By September, however, the bites started getting more and more numerous, many of them are in clusters or lined up in a row. By then, I was sure it was a bed bug problem. The exterminator came again but only looked on the surface of the bed and under the box spring--he did not inspect the seams or behind furniture. He sprayed on the plastic cover of the box spring and on the perimeter of the bedroom. This time, I was bitten every night since the exterminator came. Finally, I decided to inspect closer--and found a few tiny black spots and white specs on the seams of our mattress over. That remains the only physical proof of their existence. Since August, our next door neighbor and upstairs neighbor moved out (who knows why!) and new tenants have moved in. I have written to the management--Dermot--twice (by passing the super) and we finally got a hold of the vice president. They said they are committed to eliminating the bed bugs by letting us choose an exterminator. We'll see.
The truth is, bed bugs were found in the next building which they also manage: 23-15 30th Ave. Someone moved out the day after we moved in--and told us he is breaking the lease because of the bed bugs. So the battle goes on.
Thanks for providing a useful service. The city needs to cracks down on landlords who do not handle infestation properly. And as consumers, we should stop letting them get away with it.