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Kensington is a predominantly residential area consisting of housing types that run the gamut from brick Rowhouse s, to detached one family Victorians and apartment buildings. There is a commercial area on Church Avenue. Ocean Parkway bisects the neighborhood and the F-train (Culver line) runs along the western part of the neighborhood.

Kensington is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in Brooklyn, if not the United States. It contains South Asian (Bangladeshi & Pakistani) , Chinese, Orthodox Jewish, Irish, Polish, Russian, Mexican, and Jamaican communities.