The rat, like its pestilent namesake, has reproduced since hitting town in the '90s - at one time, there were some 30 nesting throughout the five boroughs.
Approximately 500 concessions currently operate in parks throughout the five boroughs, and they generally fall into two categories: food service and recreation.
Many former urban districts and municipal boroughs were replaced by new successor parishes; urban areas that were considered too large to be single parishes became unparished areas.