Pest Control in Newark, NJ — Exterminator for Rats, Roaches & Bed Bugs

Pest control in Newark, NJ, ward by ward

Newark is New Jersey's largest city, and pest problems change a lot from one neighborhood to the next. We plan each visit around the building, not just the bug:

• Ironbound and the East Ward: packed blocks of row houses and multi-family frame homes, busy restaurants and bakeries, and small backyards close together. Rats, mice and German roaches are the everyday calls.
• North Ward — Forest Hill, Roseville and the streets around Branch Brook Park: larger older homes, apartment buildings and big shade trees. Mice, ants and attic wildlife join the usual roach and rodent calls.
• West Ward and Vailsburg: two- and three-family homes with shared basements, where mice, roaches and bed bugs move between units.
• South Ward and Weequahic: a mix of single-family homes, apartment buildings and the areas around Weequahic Park, with rodent, roach and mosquito calls.
• Downtown, University Heights and the Central Ward: high-rise and mid-rise apartments, offices, student housing and food businesses, where bed bugs and German roaches are most common.

The Passaic River, the port and airport area, and constant construction also stir up rats. When an old building comes down or a sewer line breaks, the rats move to the next block.

Bed bug treatment in Newark apartments and homes

Bed bugs spread easily in a city where people share walls, laundry rooms and furniture, and where travelers pass through Penn Station and the airport every day. They aren't a sign of a dirty home.

We start with an inspection of the bedroom, couches and nearby rooms, then give you a simple prep list. Treatment is heat or Aprehend, depending on the home, followed by a return visit to make sure they're gone. In apartment buildings we strongly recommend checking the units on each side and above and below.

Read our bed bug treatment guide or the Spanish page fumigador de chinches en Newark.

Termites, wasps, wildlife and mosquitoes in Newark

• Termites: subterranean termites attack older wood porches, sills and basements. We inspect, treat and repair damaged sill plates, joists and framing with our own crew, and write VA / NPMA-33 reports for home sales. See termite inspections; our termite damage repair page for East Newark (the separate borough across the river) shows the repair side.
• Wasps and bees: nests under porches, in fences and wall voids. Honey bees are relocated with a local beekeeper. See bee and wasp removal.
• Wildlife: raccoons, squirrels, pigeons and bats. We use exclusion — one-way doors and sealing — and never trap and haul animals away. Pigeon removal runs $400 to $1,000. See wildlife removal.
• Mosquitoes and ticks: yards near the parks and the river get the most. Mosquito treatment starts from $95 plus tax. See mosquito control and flea and tick control.
• Ants: pavement ants in sidewalk cracks and kitchen ants in spring. See ant control.

We also do dead animal removal from walls, ceilings and yards.