NYC Subway
Rat Detector
We asked subway riders.
They ratted out their furry friends.
We asked subway riders.
They ratted out their furry friends.
You got a problem, New York. A big rat problem. But just how many MTA-riding rodents are out there? And where? We enlisted thousands of rodent spotters across the five boroughs to rank the rattiest stations.
More than 1.2 million New Yorkers use Transit every month to get around, relying on features like GO, our step-by-step navigator.
GO tells you when to leave for your stop, when to transfer, and more. When we detect that you’ve arrived at a subway station? We ask if you see any rats.
Data for last 30 daysLast updated:
Rats reported on
XX%of subway trips
"Rats run the city" say
XX%of New Yorkers
These three stations had the highest percentage of rat spottings over the past 30 days.
Beyond the closing doors,
the rodents roar.
Don’t see your station?It needs at least 10 reports from riders in the past 30 days to appear in this list.
New York City’s sanitation commissioner once proclaimed, “the rats don’t run this city, we do.”
Only some New Yorkers agree.
From accessibility, to cleanliness, to punctuality, to real-time rat status at the station, Transit uses your feedback to measure transit quality.
Results are shared with fellow riders, and with transit agency partners to improve their service.
Don’t see your station?It needs at least 10 reports from riders in the past 30 days to appear in this list.
Project Rat-My-Ride goes public on Monday, October 2
