Manhattan Bed Bug Registry Infestation Maps, Residential and Hotel

Hotel had decent reviews and was declared to be bed bug free. I always check the beds upon checking in, just in case. I didn't have to look very hard for this one. It was right on one of the pillows. ...

1. I stayed at the hotel from 14-19 Oct. I got insect bites but didn't know what caused them. I returned home and saw my physician to confirm they were bed bug bites. 2. I reported the problem to...

Found and killed bed bug. Showed it to head housekeeper, said she wasn't sure it was bed bug. No manager on duty at time of stay (weekend). Flew home, after repeated calls, spoke with manager who said...

1/20/2019 Bedbug!!! I saw one crawling and didnt have any bites yet. I trapped it under a glass and mgmt carried it out. They gave me a refund but were nonchalant about the issue. DO NOT STAY HERE I...

I stayed at MADE Hotel from Wednesday, November 20th - Friday, November 22nd. 2019. I'm urging anyone reading this to not stay at this place. I was bitten by bed bugs during my two nights stay here, a...

Room 2619 stayed 2 nights,13and 14Feb2019. I was bitten with bed bugs in my face and arm. The hotel added 50,000 points to my Hilton Honors account for the incident and offer to let them know few days...

My friend and I stayed in Room 2939 and we didnt notice bedbugs the first night but we did the second night. We complained and filed a report. The hotel moved us to another dirty room. The staff ...

Checked into hotel on 7/13, on 7/18 discovered bites all over my back and torso-pulled back sheets on both beds, both mattresses were soiled with bed bug waste. Management notiifed- they offered us an...

Stayed over Christmas break 2018. Were given smaller room than we reserved, but it was quieter with views so took it without arguing though had to use pull-out sofa for two of us. Our first morning we...

10/4/18 - Live adult bed bug found under the comforter. Front desk was notified and we were immediately moved to another room....

March 23rd 2018 at 9:00am I found/squished a bedbug at the foot of the bed. I then realized the notes on my neck, right hand, right shoulder, and left elbow were all from bedbugs the previous 4 days a...

Unit 14 of this co-op is riddled with bed bugs and mice. The landlord and person renting rooms in this unit won't and haven't done a thing to remedy this infestation. People there had to sleep i...

Found multiple bed bugs, spoke to the staff in the middle of the night. They offered to move me, but I packed up and left. Ill plan on being reembursed for my stay and cleaning. ...

There are recurring bedbugs problems since I have moved into this place in October 2015. Neither the landlord(s) nor the overtenants have taken any actual actions aside from replying emails. On top of...

At the time I did not realize it was bedbugs that were causing red bumps on my skin. Because I also have allergies for dust mite but it was bedbugs and this hotel did not even clean the room good. We...

My whole body was full of bites. Same goes for my friend who stayed separately in a different room. Management handled this very lightly, and asked us to go buy a spray ourselves to get rid of the b...

Report: 2/23/2017 We stayed here over night for a school field trip and each and every child was covered in bed bug bites the next morning. When we reported it to the front desk they did not believe ...

Bed bugs found under the sheets upon arrival to this hotel, and online there reviews have countless comments stating they saw bugs as well. Was there this past week on Wednesday January 9th to check i...

My daughter and her friends traveled with a group from our local college to visit NYC. My daughter noticed she was all bit up (this was Thursday July 12,2018). Turns out it was bed bugs. Management of...

Sept 13, 2017. I discovered i had bed bug bites all over my lower back. Management handle the situation poorly and adamantly denied that they had bed bugs. They gave us some generic report the next d...

1. 11/24-11/25 2. Management was very sympathetic. Refunded us for our entire stay, and sent detailed email with how to handle our bites and reduce risk of spreading bugs to our homes. ...

Itchy for a few nights but didnt even think it could be bedbugs, we are very unfamiliar with them. Then on the last night there was a bug walking around on the bed. We caught it under a cup. Before t...

My partner and I went to The Beekman for a stay on March 17, 2018. We had a positive experience going into the evening -- beautiful decor and quality service. It's hard not to be impressed by the well...

My family and I have suffered from multiple bedbugs bites (arms, legs, hands, face) while staying at this apartment from March 30th to April 2nd, 2018, that we had rented through Airbnb. The two bedro...

June 26, 2018 Brought a live bed bug to the manager who proceeded to take several attempts to kill it with his fist. Was not immediately comped. Received a phone call hours later saying our roo...

First discovered and reported on 9/14/18. Management moved me to a new room. Upon checking out the next morning, I was told I would get an email of the pest control report, which I still haven't r...

I stayed in three different rooms because I had booked online and for some reason it broke down into three different reservations and three rooms. The first night I didn't notice bites. The second nig...

Recommended tips after hotel check-in: 1. Pick up the mattresses in the rooms and look under it. Check around the edges of the box springs. 2. Check under the box spring. 3. Lift up each headboard an lie it on the bed. Carefully inspect the hole where the headboard was lifted out of. Also, inspect all niches and corners of the headboard. 4. If you decide to stay in the hotel, do not put any clothes in dressers. Keep them in your luggage and your dirty clothes in plastic bags.

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The bed bugs that recently tried to make themselves at home at one 217-unit Manhattan co-op didnt have a prayer. Thats because the building, near Times Square, is blessed with a board of directors that didnt hesitate when confronted with an age-old stigma that has become the citys newest scourge.

Instead of burying its head in the sand, the board took action against the blood-sucking pests swift, coordinated, ruthless, expensive and, in the end, effective action. And theyre not ashamed to admit it. In fact, theyre proud of it.

Were so proud that weve taken care of it and have a good maintenance program in place, says board vice president Rose Keough, who also sits on the co-ops Bed Bug Committee. Because of what were doing, whatever happens, well be able to keep it localized and deal with it.

Every co-op and condo board in the city should take notice of whats happening at this property, a linked trio of 10-story brick towers built in 1923 as a residence hotel. Quite simply, the board realized it didnt have the luxury of going into denial or taking half-hearted measures. This was war.

The first alarms were sounded last spring when a shareholder alerted the board that he had bed bugs in his apartment. Assured Environments, the buildings exterminator, came in and determined that there were bed bugs in the mans apartment, in several adjacent apartments, and in a relatives apartment down the hall. Eventually, it was discovered that two stairwells and some of the basement storage lockers were also infested.

We had so much to learn, it was very frustrating, says Kit Cowan, president of the board for the past two years. Not only about exterminators, but about how to get into apartments, what rights the proprietary lease gave us, whos responsible for the costs.

Who is responsible? In 2004s Ludlow Properties v. Young case, a housing court judge awarded a rental tenant a 45 percent rent abatement because of a severe bed bug infestation in his apartment. But responsibility in co-ops and condos is a murkier legal issue. Theres no case law involving co-ops and condos right now, says Timothy Wenk, a lawyer with Shafer Glazer, who has been handling a mushrooming number of legal cases involving bed bugs during the past five years. But I would recommend that boards hire a pest-control specialist once they know about a bed bug condition. Liability could fall on them if bed bugs travel between apartments.

The board realized it didnt have the luxury of figuring out who brought bed bugs into the building or who was responsible for getting rid of them. Its virtually impossible to pinpoint the source of an infestation, says Keough. If you wait around for that to be settled, it can turn into a massive problem.

Dissatisfied with the progress Assured Environments was making, the board followed the recommendation of its property manager, Elliot Davis of Advanced Management Services and hired Pest Away Exterminating, a smaller company that works in concert with other companies to coordinate major assaults on bed bug infestations.

Every buildings different, says Jeff Eisenberg, president of Pest Away. Our biggest strength is strategic; we look at the building as a whole. The problem was in the basement. Youve got to plug the dam, not just keep bailing water. We laid out a plan [concerning] how that would take place.

That multi-pronged blueprint was hammered out by Pest Away and the board, then spelled out at a building-wide meeting last September. It involved contracting with K-9 Bed Bug Detective to bring in a new bed bug-sniffing beagle named Russell; treating the insides of the infested apartments walls with a powder called Delta Dust (deltamethrin); heating cracks and crevices to 285 degrees, then treating them with a chemical cocktail; and packing everything in the basement storage lockers in air-permeable containers.

Two porters and a security guard were hired to make sure the packing was done properly and the basement quarantine not breached. The containers were then removed by a company called Moving Right Along, which placed them in fumigation vaults and transported them to its facility in Ozone Park, Queens. There, Bed Bugs and Beyond Fumigation Specialists treated them with sulfuryl fluoride, commonly known as Vikane. Meanwhile, the empty basement storage rooms were treated with heat and repeatedly vacuumed.

Once all items and the building were declared bed bug-free, the items were moved back in. New rules for the storage bins, hammered out with the co-ops lawyer, were prominently posted. Every item in all 81 bins must be double-wrapped in air-tight plastic or placed in a plastic bin with an air-tight gasket. No exceptions. Russell, the beagle, now visits once a week. Hell check every apartment three times a year to make sure the scourge has not returned. The total cost to the co-op so far has been about $250,000, which came from the reserve fund and the sale of three apartments that the co-op took over during the S&L crisis in the 1990s.

If we let those bugs move into this building, its going to cost us way more than the money were currently spending, says Keough. Until they come up with a cure for bed bugs, its just pro-active vigilance. As of this moment, we have no bed bugs.

Cowan quickly raps the wooden table with a knuckle. Then, addressing one of the most stubborn and erroneous myths about bed bugs, he adds, If your building has bed bugs, it doesnt mean youre dirty. It means youre unlucky.

Ben Weisel opened Metro Pest Control in the 1970s, during that dark age when President Gerald Ford was telling a financially hobbled New York City to, in so many words, drop dead. Back then, there were plenty of pests to keep Weisels exterminators hopping: cockroaches, termites, carpenter ants, mice, rats, and water bugs. But not bed bugs.

They were pretty well wiped out, says Weisel, now 67 and semi-retired. Much of the credit for their scarcity goes to DDT, Weisel says, a pesticide that was widely used during and after World War II, later vilified by Rachel Carson, and finally banned in the U.S. in 1972 because of environmental concerns. Only recently did bed bugs begin making an unwelcome return to New York City.

What happened, says Weisel, was that people started traveling to Europe and a lot of Third World countries and bringing bed bugs and eggs back with them. The population started exploding about eight years ago.

Today, Metro Pest Control gets a staggering 150 calls a month to treat bed bugs. The problem has become so severe city-wide that Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently created a 10-member Bed Bug Advisory Board and gave it nine months to produce recommendations on dealing with infestations in residences and institutions; disposing of infested items such as clothing and furniture; and creating a list of rights and responsibilities for landlords, tenants, and homeowners.

Information about bed bugs is becoming more plentiful and easier to find. The Bed Bug Registry, for instance, has a detailed website (www.bedbugregistry.com) that offers a report of bed bug infestations in hotels and apartment buildings across North America.

One, located on Avenue D in Manhattan, offers these words of wisdom from an exasperated tenant named Anit: The bed bugs came because a tenant on the fifth floor went camping, brought them home with her and decided not to mention anything to her roommates or the super for three weeks, even after having noticed them. Bed bugs are an unfortunate reality here in the city. It helps when people are pro-active about taking care about them.

Right you are, Anit. In fact, pest control experts will tell you that the worst thing you can do after sighting bed bugs is to procrastinate or go into denial. Since a female bed bug can lay up to 500 eggs during her lifetime and since the eggs hatch after incubating for one to three weeks a co-op or condo board needs to take prompt and forceful action as soon as theres a bed bug sighting in the building.

Its a jungle out there. So, watch your back. Literally.

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Before a person can prevent an infestation, it is important to know what they are, how they live and what they look like. Once you know what they look like, hopefully, before you bring them home, you can avoid staying in hotels that have them.

Simply, they are small parasites that live in mattresses and other types of soft furniture. They are nocturnal and are hard to spot during the day. They are oval-shaped, and once they have fed on blood are reddish brown in color. If you ever see an insect in your home or hotel room that is flattish, oval-shaped and reddish brown, you should catch it and try to identify it.

These parasites feed on blood, primarily human blood. This is a major creep factor is associated with them beyond simply having a home pest. They come out at night, crawl on your sleeping body and make a meal of you. Some people may find the vampire myth sexy but nobody, except maybe an entomologist, can say the same about these insects.

For most people the idea of having them is completely repulsive. They are sneaky, gross and hated around the world. They attack people when they are at their most vulnerable and leave few signs behind.

New York City is #1 in many things, but it was not prepared to become the American city with the heaviest infestation. There is a simple reason for this resurgence. International travel gives these bugs new homes quickly. New York City is certainly a major travel hub. Vacationers head to NYC but the main culprit of the outbreak is people who travel for business.

Vacationers simply go from their home to a hotel and back. They are much less likely to drop these parasites in enough hotels to cause a major problem; although vacationers are often a victim, and bring them home unknowingly. People in business spend weeks or months hotel hopping. As our society has become global these bugs have staged a comeback.

The U.S. almost got rid of them early in the last century. Then international travel became more common and people were staying in hotels in countries that were still dealing with them. People would go to different countries and bring home a little something extra in their luggage and clothing. The U.S. now has a new booming industry eradication of these pests.

New York City may have them but how does one avoid staying in a hotel that has an active infestation. The insidious thing about these pests is that they do not always live in the flea-bag motels. It would be easy to stay in a slightly more expensive hotel but that is no guarantee of an infestation-free accommodation. Actually, the more expensive hotels are just as likely to have infestations.

With the Internet age in full force there is a website that is devoted to the places with reported infestations. The Bed Bug Registry is a website where people can report their sightings and experiences. People can use this free resource to avoid bringing home an unwanted souvenir.

These insects are sneaky little devils. They only come out in the dark unless the infestation is extreme. When you turn on the lights of your hotel room, they will quickly scurry away. Although it is hard to spot them, they do leave visible signs behind.

The most prevalent signs are blood smears on the sheets and waste along the bedrails. They hide behind the headboard, along the railings of the bed and between the mattress and bedsprings. If you cannot spot the little beasties, you should become accustomed to the other signs. These pests shed skin and leave fecal matter behind. This looks like a pile of pepper or coarse ash in areas where they nest.

People may not want to spend their evenings hunting for these bugs but that is better than bringing them home. Just strip the bed, check under the box springs and glance behind the headboard. If you see any signs, ask for a new room or find a new hotel.

Normally the vehicles that you ride in are not a problem when it comes to these insects. Places where people sleep or gather cause problems. There are things that you can do to keep the bugs from coming home with you. The use of a hard suitcase is one of the best things that one can do to keep them from hitching a ride home with you. Putting your clothing into a re-sealable plastic bag before putting them into the suitcase keeps them out of your clothing.

Remember that the hotels are there to serve you. You can ask them about their policy. How often do they inspect? Do they have an exterminator come in on a regular basis? Is the housekeeping staff knowledgeable? Asking these questions will not offend the staff at a quality hotel.

Once you are in the room, you want to keep your suitcase on top of a table or dresser. You should keep your clothes packed for a brief stay. You do not have to put your clothes in the bureau or closet.

When you come home unpack in a room that plenty of hard light-colored surfaces. Shake out and wash your clothing before putting them away. Inspect your luggage. Pay close attention to the handle and wheel area of the suitcase.

Even if you accidentally stay overnight in a hotel that has an active infestation there are ways to prevent bringing them home. Wash everything that is washable prior to re-entering your home. This includes clothing, linens and bags that contain clothes. If you cannot wash it, wipe it down. If you cannot wipe it down, put it in a bag for a year. That may sound extreme but these insects can survive for an entire year without feeding again.

Hotels are not the only place that one can pick up these bugs. Guests to your home can bring them in; children can get them at sleepovers or at camp and you can even get them by picking up a castoff piece of furniture that someone left at the side of the street. The owner of that free couch or mattress may have thrown it away because of bugs. Clean every previously owned item that comes into your home.

Even the most cautious people may still end up with a hitchhiker in their suitcase. Anyone can get them but you need to get rid of them as quickly as possible. The easiest way to rid your home of these pests is to contact a pest control company and let them deal with it. You can try DIY extermination but they are very hard to kill. Only a few chemicals will work on them. If you use the right pest killer but miss a few bugs, you will be right back where you started.

Talk to your neighbors. One of the best ways to find the best service is to find out whom your neighbor uses. Sure, it may be a little embarrassing but you do not have to be too specific about why you need a pest company.

Check the ads of the company. If they do not specifically mention these bugs, they may not be experienced their eradication. Ask questions of your pest control company. Make full use of your free consultation and inspection prior to making a decision. Do not listen to grandiose claims. It is difficult to get rid of these bugs. A reputable company will not claim that they can get rid of your problem with one visit.

When the pest company comes to treat your home, they will give you some homework. All homeowners need to do their part by following the instructions that the pest control company suggests. Remember, they are the professionals and you are paying for that knowledge. Follow their advice.

Although they bite, they do not transmit any diseases. However, some people are allergic to the bites. This can cause red and itchy circles to appear on the body. A little cortisone cream will control the itching but the only way to avoid bites is to rid your home of the infestation. Severe scratching of the bites may potentially lead to an infection but this is unrelated to the bugs themselves. If you itch until you break the skin, wash the sore area with soap and water to avoid infection.

The bites normally occur in clusters. There will be a line or collection of little circles on a part of the body. If you notice an unexplainable rash on your body that presents itself as itchy circles, check for an infestation. The inner arms, face and neck are prime feeding spots. These areas are often left uncovered during sleep and are easy places for the bugs to feed.

With the high number of infestations occurring in New York City the city has had to put a few recommendations into place to help combat the problem. Disposing of infected material is a major problem. When people put household items at the curb for the New York City sanitation department to pick up, people who may need the items salvage them for their own use. This spreads the infestation from home to home.

When disposing of a household item that has an active bug population New York City recommends the owner put a sign on the item that announces that it contains bed bugs. This gives the potential new owner a heads up as to what they may be bringing home with their new treasure. If the person disposing of the item can place it into a trash bag, they should do so. This keeps the bugs from leaving and keeps people from knowing what you are throwing away.

People should cut or damage larger items prior to placing them at the curb. A large slice in a mattress, box springs or couch will make it less attractive to scavengers. Do not bring new items into the home until the infestation has been eradicated. Failure to do so just gives them new places to hide and breed. An infested item is not something that one should donate. Giving to charity is great but giving something that will simply cause additional problems to the person you are trying to help is not very nice.

Apartment owners in New York City have the additional problem of keeping them from moving from apartment to apartment. Ask all tenants to report an infestation to the building management immediately. The owner or manager of the building will then be able to call an exterminator in to handle the problem. One should inspect all vacant apartments prior to finding a new tenant. It is easier to treat an empty apartment instead of one that is occupied.

Places where people come to stay for short durations are typically hit hard. The homeless, elderly and medically vulnerable do not need the additional stress of suddenly discovering that their sanctuary is also a haven for these parasites. This is a sensitive issue but one that does need to be addressed.

It is much easier to prevent an infestation than it is to treat one. All staff in any group living situation should be trained to interview new guests. The home should develop a regular set of questions that pinpoint possible carriers while allowing the person answering the questions to maintain their dignity and self-respect. Staff should ask the questions in a respectful and compassionate manner. When one feels as though someone is interrogating them, they may not give truthful answers.

Keeping bugs out can mean getting rid of plush and upholstered furniture. Bed frames should be metal, plastic and metal furnishing and no headboards are the best defense against them finding a hiding place. Linens and anything made of wood should be white. It is easier to spot them on a light colored surface. Box springs should be in a plastic sleeve. Do not use anything made of wicker. The open weave of wicker gives them too many places to hide.

Make eradication part of the culture of the home. Talk openly about them and encourage all residents to report any that they see. Getting rid of the taboo and shame associated will go far toward an open discourse within the home.

Have an exterminator on contract. If you have, or have had a problem, keep your exterminators coming by. They can check for pests and correct any problems early.

Reports of bugs being spotted in New York City public schools have parents concerned. The schools are required by law to report any instances. The infestations are not severe but do show just how prevalent they are. The schools claim that there are just a few bugs here and there but people should still be on the lookout.

Nobody expects to get these bugs from their movers. The surprising fact that movers are spreading them shocks people moving to a new home. The bugs hitch a ride in the moving truck and just wait for a comfy sofa to come in. This is the type of housewarming gift nobody wants or needs. It is important to ensure that you use a quality moving company. Many small unreliable companies out there are more than willing to take your money without offering a great service. Check the references of any moving company that you may be thinking of hiring.

According to ABC News, tourism is being adversely affected by these bugs. The Empire State Building and Bloomingdales, both top tourist attractions, have had recorded these bugs being spotted. When people read about this, they sometimes choose to take their vacation dollars elsewhere. People simply do not want to vacation is an area that has such creepy crawlies creeping around. A city that gets a reputation for being unclean or buggy quickly drops on the list of potential places to visit.

They do not bite if the lights are on. This is a myth. While they are most active at night, they will bite if the lights are on and there is a tasty body part handy.

Using pesticides will eradicate an infestation. This is a myth. The chemicals will not get into all the areas where they reside. You need to do a careful visual inspection and properly clean all infested rooms and items.

If an item is infested, the only option is to throw it away. This is a myth. If you can clean it, you can get rid of the bugs. If you cannot clean it, bag and store it for one year to control a new outbreak.

They are not known to spread disease. This is a fact. This was previously mentioned as a fact but bears repeating. While they are annoying and gross most experts believe that they do not carry illness.

Their bites give you itchy welts. This is both true and a myth. People that are allergic to bug bites will have a strong reaction, while those that are not allergic often times will have no reaction to the bite.

You cannot see one. This is a myth. This bug is small but is not microscopic. They are difficult to see only because of their color and that they are nocturnal creatures.

One visit from an exterminator is all you need for eradication of an infestation. This is a myth. Eradication and control requires a minimum of two visits. The exterminator should return to ensure that all bugs and their eggs are dead.

You can get a quote from a qualified exterminator over the phone. This is a myth. The price of a visit will be determined by the extent of the infestation and the size of your property. A good pest control company should offer a free consultation and then give a price estimate.

Only dirty people get them. This is a myth. Anyone can get them. The test of the sanitation of a home is how long they remain.

If you find them in your home, you are in good company. When you discover them and the owner of the property does nothing about it, call the NYC 311 line and report them. Everyone needs to do as much as they can to help combat the epidemic in New York City. It is everyones responsibility to help. Remember to be on the lookout for these pests, check your home and always use common sense in your travels.

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Many places have undergone name changes at some point in their past, often because the land came under new rule or because the settlement outgrew its old designation. But some towns and cities had more unique reasons to transform their titles. Scandal, shame, or a desire to honor their history can spur a community to present a fresh identity to the world. Here are five places whose name changes arent your average rebranding.

A lot of German immigrants settled in Southern Ontario in the 19th century, and the city of Berlin was named as an homage to their motherland. This was fineuntil the 20th century, when said motherland started bombing Canadas allies during World War I. That, combined with the large population of pacifist Mennonites in Berlin, spelled trouble for the city. All the pacifists meant a large number of local men werent signing up for the war effort, which caused people from other towns to look at the heavily German-populated Berlin with suspicion.

Soon, there was a referendum (not supported by the majority) to change the citys name. Citizens were given a variety of new names to vote on, but there was no space on the ballot to keep Berlin Berlin. Anyone who supported the status quo was, according to the National Archives of Canada, immediately perceived, by those who wanted change, as being unpatriotic and sympathizers with the enemy.

Violence, riots, and intimidation followed. Only 892 people out of a pool of about 5000 eligible voters voted on the referendum. A meager 346 votes were enough to change Berlin to Kitchener, named after Britains Minister of War.

Today, Regina is a city more than 220,000 people strong. But in the 1880s, it was a barren grassland frequented mainly by buffalo and the Cree Indians who hunted them. Its original name, oskana k-asastki, means where the bones are piled. The macabre moniker references the enormous piles of bones the Cree would construct in the hopes that living buffalo would return to visit their dead ancestors. Later settlers shortened the name to Pile O Bones. In 1882, the wife of Canadas governor general, Princess Louise, suggested they change the name to honor her own mother, Queen Victoria. Regina is Latin for Queen, and all female monarchs sign their name using it. Thus the Saskatchewan settlement was elevated out of the boneyard to royal heights.

Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie made a movie called Changeling, about a mother who is sure the kidnapped son returned to her is not actually her boy. The film was based on true events, and those events are why the town of Wineville, California, became Mira Loma (its since been incorporated into Jurupa Valley). The real-life kidnapped boy, Walter Collins, was likely murdered in Wineville along with at least three other boys by Gordon Stewart Northcott. The case became known as The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, as the partial remains of Northcotts victims were recovered around the criminals chicken coop. Northcott was hanged in 1930, and the town sought to escape its appalling notoriety by changing its name in 1931.

Americans have come to loathe or love Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat or Bruno. In his native Britain, he was first known as the character Ali G, an obnoxious wanna-be white boy rapper. Part of Ali Gs background is that he grew up in the mean ghettos of Staineswhich is actually a lovely middle-class town in Surrey. His fame was such in the UK that the people of Staines didnt appreciate being associated with his image. The borough council opted to change the towns name to the more elegant Staines-upon-Thames, partly to distance themselves from Ali Gs obnoxious antics, and partly to advertise their proximity to the River Thames to encourage tourism. Though Ali G may have put the town on the map, as Alex Tribick of the Spelthorne Business Forum said, he also put the stain in Staines.

On the western edge of the island of Marthas Vineyard, there is an outcropping of craggy, brightly tinted rock. The white settlers who arrived there in the 1600s described them as the gaily colored cliffs. The association stuck to the settlement that grew nearby, and thus, the town of Gay Head was born. In 1997, the people of Gay Head voted to change their towns name to Aquinnah, to honor some of the residents ties to the Wamponoag tribe, who were the original holders of the land. As Carl Widdis, the tribesman who started the petition in 1991, said, I guess it's simple. An Indian place should have an Indian name."

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As some of us know from personal experience, finding bedbugs in your apartment is jarring. While they dont carry diseases to humans (that we know of), their bites are itchy and can get infected.

Bedbugs are adept hitchhikers, easily picked up in hotel rooms, car shares, movie theaters and other public spaces. And once they settle into your home, they are difficult and expensive to get rid of and notorious for spreading to the neighbors apartments.

We asked Localize, a website that can provide information on any address in New York City, to analyze the last five years worth of bedbug violations (through August 2018) for rentals in the five boroughs, to find out where the problem has been the worst and if it is getting any better. (Violations are issued by the city to landlords who fail to properly address an infestation.)

The Bronx, it turns out, has consistently had the most violations per rental household, followed by Brooklyn and Staten Island.

Overall, violations are on the decline, but bedbugs are far from being under control, according to the Localize report. Any improvement, experts say, may be the result of new laws that have spurred landlords to take infestations more seriously and address them sooner.

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Sleep tight, dont let the bed bugs bite is a common -- if not totally gross -- thing many parents tell their children at night. But chances are, you never gave those creepy crawlers a second thought until you moved to New York City.

Unfortunately, the horror of a bed bug infestation is a pretty common experience in NYC. According to pest control company Orkins annual Top 50 Bed Bugs List, confirmed cases of bed bugs increased during 2015, making New York City the fourth-worst urban regionin the nation for these pests.Local exterminators at M&M Pest Controlagree.

The bedbug threat has definitely gotten worse over the years, confirmed client service representatives at M&M Stephanie Kollgaard and Hunter Konkle, as well as directors Kevin Carrillo and Timothy Wong. Incoming requests for bedbug treatment or inspections have grown consistently by 20% annually for the past several years.

But lets back up a little bit. If you dont already know, bed bugs are parasitic insects that have a particular penchant for human blood. While they have not been known to transmit diseases, they are literal ankle biters and will turn your mattress into a colony. And its not something a New Yorker should take lightly: Bed bugs can be picked up everywhere from the R train to a swanky hotel.

Despite common misconceptions, bed bugs do not target messy or dirty apartments (though that certainly makes it easier for the insects to go unnoticed). Everyone is at risk, and the chances of picking up a bed bug are infinitely greater in metropolitan areas, where people move often and quickly.Increased travel and foot traffic brings a spike during the summer months.

More than anything, bed bugs will screw with your head. After my own traumatic bed bug experience, I slipped into what can only be described as post-traumatic infestation disorder. I had nightmares about them, thought every piece of fuzz on my comforter was a nag, and scoured my sheets obsessively before bed.

Whether you think you have an infestation or want to protect yourself against the enemy, this step-by-step guide will tell you everything you need to know (and hopefully never have to use) about dealing with bed bugs.

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Its enough to make your skin crawl.

A dead homeless man was found covered in bed bugs on an uptown D train Tuesday night, according to police sources.

Straphangers reported the grisly discovery and alerted police when the train pulled into Manhattans 59th Street-Columbus Circle station around 8:40 p.m., sources said.

The man was pronounced dead on the scene, sources said. It was unclear how long he had been dead.

Police are trying to identify the man, who is believed to be in his 40s, and they did not expect foul play.

The medical examiner will determine the cause of death.

The death was reported the same day the city released data on its six-month-old program aimed at getting homeless subway dwellers into shelters. The project has only experienced a 36.8 percent take-up rate, according to the city.

Reports of dead bodies on the trains typically increase during the winter when more homeless New Yorkers head underground, the union representing transit workers told the Post.

Nelson Rivera, administrative vice president for the union, Transport Workers Union Local 100, said the city has been failing to adequately address the homeless crisis, leaving workers and riders to deal with occasionally traumatizing discoveries.

Its a sad situation every winter this is prevalent because you have people seeking shelter on the trains, Rivera said. But the police come to take these people and there are no resources and nowhere to take them. They get bounced around.

A rider had first flagged the D trains conductor about the body, who then called in the corpse to the MTAs Rail Control Center, according to a union source.

At that point, it wasnt clear if the person was still alive.

The conductor said he couldnt tell and he wasnt going to touch him, the source said.

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This image released by NBC shows Tom Hanks accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)

The 77th Golden Globes were meant to be a coronation for Netflix. Instead, a pair of big-screen epics took top honors Sunday, as Sam Mendes' technically dazzling World War I tale "1917" won best picture, drama, and Quentin Tarantino's radiant Los Angeles fable "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" won best film, comedy or musical.

The wins for "1917" were a surprise, besting such favorites as Noah Baumbach's "Marriage Story," the leading nominee with six nods, and Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman." Both are acclaimed Netflix releases but collectively took home just one award, for Laura Dern's supporting performance as a divorce attorney in "Marriage Story." "The Irishman" was shut out.

"1917" also won best director for Mendes. The film was made in sinuous long takes, giving the impression that the movie unfolds in one lengthy shot.

"I hope this means that people will turn up and see this on the big screen, the way it was intended," said Mendes, whose film expands nationwide Friday.

Though set around the 1969 Manson murders "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" was classified a comedy and had an easier path to victory than the more competitive drama category. Brad Pitt won for best supporting actor, his first acting Globe since winning in 1996 for "12 Monkeys," padding his front-runner status for the Oscars. Tarantino also won best screenplay.

"I wanted to bring my mom, but I couldn't because any woman I stand next to they say I am dating so it'd just be awkward," Pitt said.

Ricky Gervais, hosting the NBC-telecast ceremony for the fifth time, began the evening with an expletive-laden plea against hypocrisy, telling winners to stick to thanking their agent and their god. But throughout the night, winners seized their moment to speak about current events including the wildfires in Australia, rising tensions with Iran, women's rights and the importance of LGBT trailblazers.

Patricia Arquette, a winner for her performance in Hulu's "The Act," referenced the United States' targeted killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, saying history wouldn't remember the day for the Globes but will see "a country on the brink of war." She urged all to vote in November's presidential election.

Gervais opened the show by stating that Netflix had taken over Hollywood. given its commanding 34 nominations coming into the Globes. "This show should just be me coming out going: 'Well done, Netflix. You win everything tonight," he said.

As it turned out, he was wrong. Netflix won only two awards: Dern's win plus one for Olivia Colman's performance in "The Crown." It was a definite hiccup for the streaming service, which is aiming for its first best-picture win at the Academy Awards next month.

Instead, the awards were widely spread out among traditional Hollywood studios, indie labels like A24, cable heavyweights like HBO and relative newcomers like Hulu.

And plenty of viewers tuned in to see who wore what:

Billy Porter arrives at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

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Its hard to believe its been more than 15 years since bed bugs made a comeback in North America. The cryptic pests were virtually wiped out by improved sanitation and use of pesticides like DDT in the 1940s and 50s. They began reappearing in the late 1990s and early 2000s at popular tourist destinations and hotels catering to business travelers in major cities.

Within a decade, bed bugs were a widespread problem afflicting multi- and single-family housing, college dormitories, health-care facilities, public transportation, office buildings even laundromats.

And while their reintroduction likely was due in part to increased international travel, immigration, changes in pest management practices and resistance to existing pesticides, people also were to blame.

A general lack of public awareness is largely responsible for the unbridled spread of bed bugs throughout the United States, writes Dr. Richard Cooper in the Mallis Handbook of Pest Control, 10th edition. Cooper, who is vice president of BedBug Central and technical director of Cooper Pest Solutions, a Terminix company, says the pests secretive behavior and public ignorance meant infestations werent detected for months, which gave bed bugs an opportunity to spread.

And it wasnt just the general public who was caught unawares. Most pest management professionals had never seen bed bugs before either. The industry pretty much had to learn from scratch how to control the pests, starting with how they behave and why.

Biology and Behavior Matters. Bed bugs are nocturnal insects that feed primarily on human blood, which is required for them to develop and reproduce. A bed bug needs a blood meal in each of its five instars, or immature stages, during which it molts and eventually becomes an adult. Males even seek out recently fed females with whom to mate.

Mated females lay two to five small, cream-colored eggs at a time and will deposit 200 to 500 eggs in their lifetimes. The eggs hatch in six to 10 days. Up to four generations may occur in a year. The pests tend to live in aggregations near the bed, as well as in upholstered furniture where people rest. With large infestations, bed bugs may be found in less predictable areas, such as in books and electronic equipment.

From egg to egg, the bed bug life cycle takes four to five weeks when relative humidity is 75 to 80 percent and the temperature is 83 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit (28 to 30 degrees Celsius). The life cycle timeframe may lengthen when temperatures are reduced or blood meals are limited.

Getting More Strategic. Ongoing research and development have helped PMPs become much more successful in controlling bed bugs.

Bed bugs jumped on the scene and it took us a while to figure out what to do about that, says Chelle Hartzer, technical services manager at Rollins in Atlanta. Now after 20 years we know that this is going to be an ongoing issue and we have the research and the information to really provide some great services, she said.

More effective tools also have helped PMPs gain the upper hand. I think the materials are much, much better now, says Bart Foster, technical and training manager at Bill Clark Pest Control in Beaumont, Texas. Early bed bug treatments relied on tools available at the time. We had some success but there was room for a lot of improvement, he says.

Since then manufacturers have introduced products specifically for bed bug control and that reduce the risk of the pests developing insecticide resistance, a very real threat.

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Bed Bugs by the Numbers

1 mm the size of a bed bug egg

2-5 number of eggs laid at a time by a mated female

200-500 number of eggs laid by a mated female during her lifetime

6-10 number of days it takes a bed bug egg to hatch

4-5 weeks typical bed bug life cycle from egg to egg

75-80% - optimal relative humidity for bed bug development

83-90 degrees F optimal temperature for bed bug development

1 minimum number of blood meals needed during each instar

5 number of instars, or immature stages, before becoming an adult

316 days typical life of a bed bug

Source: Mallis Handbook of Pest Control, 10th edition; University of Tennessee

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