Health Department will spray these Brooklyn nabes to safeguard against Zika
Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst are among over 30 nabes in Brooklyn and Queens that will get sprayed with pesticides on Tuesday, August 23 in order to help reduce mosquito activity and the risk of Zika and West Nile viruses.
According to the Health Department, the neighborhoods on the list will be sprayed with a treatment called adulticide due to a “significant presence of Aedes albopictus, or Asian tiger mosquitoes,” in traps formerly set by the agency.
Furthermore, as part of its aggressive three-year, $21 million plan to protect New Yorkers from Zika, the Health Department will treat areas where Aedes albopictus are found in significant numbers as a precaution.