The New York City Roach Map

Cockroaches are gross. They spread germs. They defecate on our silverware. They live in our kitchens, our bathrooms. They thrive on our garbage, our leftover food. And in a city of 8 million, they can be anywhere. But where are they exactly?

Right now there's no up-to-date way to track roach infestations. But restaurant inspectors are on the look out for the 6-legged bugs all the time. This map shows where city health inspectors are reporting roach sightings on any given week.

Check back each week to find out the neighborhood with the highest number of roach infestations.

Learn more about who's behind the Roach Map and how it was made.
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Rank	ZIP code	Inspections	Roach-incidents	Expected roach rate
1	11226	32	9	5 in 21
2	10034	16	5	3 in 13
3	11378	19	5	4 in 19
4	11411	5	2	5 in 24
5	11220	54	12	6 in 29
6	10451	26	6	1 in 5
7	11374	16	4	1 in 5
8	10462	22	5	5 in 26
9	10016	79	16	5 in 26
10	11004	7	2	5 in 26
11	10075	18	4	3 in 16
12	11432	34	7	3 in 16
13	11201	61	12	3 in 16
14	10031	13	3	3 in 16
15	11422	8	2	5 in 27
16	11224	8	2	5 in 27
17	10007	19	4	2 in 11
18	10032	19	4	2 in 11
19	11417	14	3	2 in 11
20	10455	14	3	2 in 11
21	10312	3	1	5 in 28
22	11429	3	1	5 in 28
23	10030	3	1	5 in 28
24	10280	3	1	5 in 28
25	11219	20	4	5 in 28
26	11104	20	4	5 in 28
27	11218	32	6	3 in 17
28	11416	4	1	5 in 29
29	11433	4	1	5 in 29
30	11423	4	1	5 in 29
31	11370	4	1	5 in 29
32	10461	35	6	1 in 6
33	11419	23	4	1 in 6
34	10040	11	2	1 in 6
35	11356	5	1	4 in 25
36	10037	5	1	4 in 25
37	11435	24	4	4 in 25
38	11235	24	4	4 in 25
39	10458	24	4	4 in 25
40	11225	12	2	3 in 19
41	11103	31	5	3 in 19
42	11232	19	3	2 in 13
43	11222	32	5	2 in 13
44	10013	97	15	2 in 13
45	11216	26	4	2 in 13
46	11420	13	2	2 in 13
47	11212	13	2	2 in 13
48	11230	20	3	3 in 20
49	10033	20	3	3 in 20
50	10006	7	1	3 in 20
51	10018	42	6	1 in 7
52	10080	1	0	1 in 7

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• Nov. 5, 2010 map