Find a licensed exterminator in Long Island City, Hunters Point, Queens
6 licensed exterminators in Long Island City, Queens for pest control, bed bugs and mice and rats. Public license records, local data and how to check a license.
Exterminators in Long Island City with an active license, for pest control, bed bugs, mice and rats, roaches, rodent control and termites. Every listing comes from public license records, so you can check it before you hire.
Which licensed exterminators work in Long Island City?
Long Island City exterminators based in the neighborhood are listed first, then licensed ones based next door. Every listing holds an active license; tap one for its record.
Scientific Pest Management LLC
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #18202Pest Doc Inc.
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #18813Outsect Inc.
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #8142M & M Pest Control Inc.
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #12697
Licensed exterminators based near Long Island City
Kraus Maintenance Inc.
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #2911Safari Pest Control Co. Incorporated
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #9737
Every Long Island City exterminator record, A to Z
What should you know about pest control work in Long Island City?
Long Island City, Hunters Point has about 30,053 homes, in buildings with an average build year of 1945. Only 11% of homes are in pre-1940 buildings, and 59% are in elevator buildings.
HPD wrote 163 pest violations for mice, roaches, rats and bed bugs in Long Island City rental buildings in the past 12 months (48th of 55 in Queens).
City health inspectors made 65 rat inspections in Long Island City over the same period and found active rat signs 37% of the time.
How does Long Island City compare?
| Homes (housing units) | 30,053 (NYC PLUTO) |
|---|---|
| Average year built | 1945 (NYC PLUTO) |
| Homes in pre-1940 buildings | 11% (NYC PLUTO) |
| HPD pest violations (12 months) | 163 (HPD) |
| Rat inspections with active signs | 37% of 65 (NYC DOHMH) |
Do exterminators need a license in New York City?
Pest control businesses in New York are registered with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and anyone applying pesticides for hire must be a DEC-certified applicator or technician. In NYC rentals, landlords must fix pest conditions, and they file a bed bug report with HPD every year.
How can you check the license yourself?
Ask for the company's DEC business registration number and the technician's certification ID. Our listings come from DEC's list of currently registered pesticide businesses.
Where can you check a pro or report a problem in NYC?
- NYC 311: report a housing, pest or noise problem
- HPD Online: building violations and complaints
- DOB NOW Public Portal: permits and licenses
- DCWP license search
- DCWP: file a consumer complaint
- NYS DEC: pesticide businesses and applicators
- NYC Health: rats and rat prevention
- HPD: bed bugs and landlord duties
- DOB: gas piping inspections (Local Law 152)
- NYC Open Data (the records behind these pages)
What can an exterminator in Long Island City help with?
- Mice and rat control
- Roach treatments
- Bed bug inspection and heat or chemical treatment
- Termite inspection and treatment
- Ant, wasp and hornet removal
- Exclusion: sealing entry points
- Building pest management contracts
- Wildlife and bird control
Questions people ask
How many licensed exterminators are based in Long Island City?
4 are based in Long Island City and 2 more in nearby Queens neighborhoods, according to NYS DEC records. Every one holds an active license or registration.
Who pays for an exterminator in a Long Island City rental?
In NYC the landlord must fix mice, roach, rat and bed bug conditions in apartments. Tell the landlord in writing; if nothing happens, call 311 so HPD can inspect. HPD wrote 163 pest violations in Long Island City in the past year.
How do I check an exterminator's license in Long Island City?
Ask for the company's DEC business registration number and the technician's certification ID. Our listings come from DEC's list of currently registered pesticide businesses.
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Sources: NYS DEC currently registered pesticide businesses (structural and rodent category); NYC HPD housing violations; NYC DOHMH rat inspections; NYC PLUTO. Counts cover the 12 or 24 months before November 4, 2026.