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I rent the 2nd floor apartment of a 4 story brick building in Cobble Hill. In the last few months, I have started to hear scurrying in the ceiling and a bit in the walls as well – I can only presume it’s a rat (or two…or three…). My landlord has rec’d complaints from myself and others in the building – especially from my neighbor in the 1st floor apartment, who was lucky enough to have a dead rat in her wall stink things up a bit. He has had an exterminator put poison in the basement on a few different occasions. While it appears the entry point is probably the basement, my landlord says he does not know how they are getting in. In addition to the apt on the 1st floor, there is a shop that does not sell food. On either side of us the businesses do not sell food, but two doors down is a deli. How do you get rats to leave their warm homes in my ceiling and get the heck out? Is it only a matter of time before one chews through something and gets into my apartment? Should I wait this out or just get the heck out? Besides for this clear issue, I love the apartment, but I’m wondering if I’m being too optimistic to think this problem can be solved.