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Kensington

Kensington is a neighborhood in the central portion of the borough of , located south of and . Kensington and Parkville are bordered by the Prospect Park South and subsections of Flatbush to the east; to the north; to the west; and to the south.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Neighborhood with 39,100 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn
  • Also known as: “Kensington, Brooklyn” and “Kensington, New York City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prospect Park and Kensington Dog Run.

Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is in . It includes its namesake park, plus the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Windsor Terrace, and South.

Dog park
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is a dog park.

Library
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is a public library in Flatbush, Brooklyn, located on Cortelyou Road, owned and operated by the Brooklyn Public Library system.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prospect Park South and Albemarle–Kenmore Terraces Historic District.

Neighborhood
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small neighborhood in Flatbush, , , located south of . It is included within the Historic District, which was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1979 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Neighborhood
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The is a small historic district located in the Flatbush neighborhood of , . It consists of two short cul-de-sacs, Albemarle Terrace and Kenmore Terrace, off of East 21st Street, and the 32 houses on the two streets, as well as a four-family apartment building at the end of Albemarle Terrace.

Neighborhood
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is a small residential neighborhood in the central part of the borough of . It is bounded by Prospect Park on the east and northeast, at Prospect Park West, , and at McDonald Avenue on the northwest, west, and southwest, and Kensington at Caton Avenue on the south.

Kensington

Latitude
40.64622° or 40° 38′ 46″ north
Longitude
-73.97069° or 73° 58′ 15″ west
Population
39,100
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Open location code
87G8J2WH+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158845807
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
5123280
Wiki­data ID
Q6391396
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Kensington” goes by many names.
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  • Chinese: “肯辛頓”
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  • Greek: “Κένσινγκτον”
  • Hebrew: “קנזינגטון”
  • Hungarian: “Kensington”
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  • Japanese: “ケンジントン (ブルックリン)”
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  • Spanish: “Kensington (Brooklyn)”
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  • Zulu: “Kensington”

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