Mosquito Spray Will Hit Large Swaths Of Brooklyn Tonight: When, Where To Watch Out

BROOKLYN, NY — City trucks will spray pesticides across large swaths of eastern, central and northern Brooklyn on Tuesday night, in areas where populations of West Nile-prone mosquitos have been growing.

A fleet of Health Department trucks will be spraying an anti-mosquito pesticide called Anvil 10+10 between 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, officials announced. But if the weather's bad, they could push the spraying to the same time the next night, they said.

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The list of neighborhoods about to be sprayed includes parts of Bed-Stuy, Boerum Hill, Bushwick, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Broadway Junction, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Downtown Brooklyn and Ridgewood in Queens.

These neighborhoods were chosen because of an increase in Culex mosquitoes — bugs known to transmit West Nile virus — that officials have recently discovered nearby.

Here's what to do should you happen to get hit by an unexpected blast.

And here’s a complete map of the spray zone:

According to the Health Department, the spray area is "bordered by Flatbush Avenue to the west; Tillary Street, Brooklyn Queens Expressway, Flushing Avenue, Graham Avenue and Brooklyn Queens Expressway to the north; Newtown Creek, Scott Avenue, St. Nicholas Avenue, Bleecker Street, Irving Avenue, Cooper Avenue and Cypress Avenue to the east; and Jackie Robinson Parkway, Jamaica Avenue, Broadway, Madison Avenue, Bedford Avenue and Sterling Place to the south."

Trucks will spray a low concentration of Anvil 10+10, which officials say poses “no significant risk to human health.” But Brooklynites — especially those with asthma — are advised to stay indoors during the spraying and close the vents to their air conditioners.

You can find more info from the city on Tuesday night's planned spray-down here.

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