West Kensington
West Kensington is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is north of Olde Kensington. The Market Frankford El above Front Street forms the line between West Kensington and Kensington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood with 11,500 residents
- Description: human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “West Kensington, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Norris Square Presbyterian Church and York–Dauphin station.
York–Dauphin station
Metro station
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
York–Dauphin station is an elevated rapid transit station, serving L trains of SEPTA Metro. It is located in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Temple University station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Temple University station is an above-ground SEPTA Regional Rail station located at the eastern edge of the Temple University campus at 915 West Berks Street between 9th and 10th Streets, in the Cecil B.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kensington and Hartranft.
Kensington
Neighborhood
Photo: ChrisErb, Public domain.
Kensington is a neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia. Kensington is a primarily low-income and working-class area, and it experienced increasing poverty after the loss of its industries in the 1960s during deindustrialization.
Hartranft
Neighborhood
Hartranft is a neighborhood in the central part of North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hartranft is on the border of the predominantly Black central region of North Philadelphia and the predominantly Hispanic eastern section of North Philadelphia.
Fishtown
Neighborhood
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Fishtown is a neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Located northeast of Center City Philadelphia, its borders are somewhat disputed today due to many factors, but are roughly defined by the triangle created by the Delaware River, Front Street, and York Street.
West Kensington
- Category: locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.9865° or 39° 59′ 11″ northLongitude
-75.13907° or 75° 8′ 21″ westPopulation
11,500Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
87F6XVP6+J9OpenStreetMap ID
node 158630322OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4562152Wikidata ID
Q7985604
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“West Kensington” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西肯辛頓”
- Dutch: “West Kensington”
- French: “West Kensington”
- Turkish: “West Kensington”
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