"Defonis caught one monstrous beast on tape, capturing it as it blithely sauntered through her backyard in broad daylight. She said that she’s also seen two or more of the creatures engaged in what scientists call social play behavior.
“They were playing like cats,” she recalled, adding that they show no fear of humans during their rambunctious rodent hijinks — or any other time. Parking lot manager Mohamed Gamil said the problem has nothing to do with maintenance at the lot. “It’s not us — the canal is right there,” he said, stretching an arm towards the fetid Gowanus. “It’s the whole neighborhood. They come from everywhere.”"
Ehh. I've been watching that lot since they started parking carts there, and it's not exactly the bastion of health and cleanliness (also, plenty of street corner carts are there, it's not just the Red Hook Vendors). But Mr. Gamil has the better point: it's the canal!!! There are rats everywhere!
