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Kensington

Brooklyn · Neighborhood Tabulation Area, as drawn by NYC City Planning (2020) — a statistical area, not an official neighborhood boundary.

Building grades

2,827 graded residential buildings. The local median is 0 penalty points per 10 units over three years (how grades work).

A1,927 B289 C408 D160 F43

The most distressed buildings in Kensington

BuildingUnitsGradePenalty rate
803 Beverley Road 8 F 1,457
140 Clara Street 6 F 1,228
307 Ditmas Avenue 1 F 1,171
506 Avenue C 3 F 1,092
1239 36 Street 6 F 1,047
321 East 2 Street 4 F 1,012
124 Cortelyou Road 6 F 930
553 McDonald Avenue 6 F 888
24 Clara Street 4 F 840
188 Ocean Parkway 3 F 727

Sales and rents

Homes: 45 sales, median $1,600,000 (half of sales fell between $1,274,000 and $1,900,000); median $715 per square foot.
Apartments: 105 sales, median $565,000 (half of sales fell between $421,000 and $830,000).

Recorded sales, 2025-09-30 to 2026-09-30, NYC Department of Finance. Excludes transfers under $10,000 and suspected package sales (the same price on the same day for several properties on one block).

Median gross rent: $1,925 a month.

Approximate median monthly gross rent (rent plus utilities) among households paying cash rent, derived from 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (our calculation from the published rent ranges). Includes rent-stabilized and long-time tenants; asking rents for vacant apartments are usually higher.

Largest managing agents here

AgentBuildings here Units hereGrades here
Jonas Equities INC6577A3 B3
Newport Management LLC5387A3 B2
Maccabi Property Management INC512A2 C2 D1
N/A412C4
New Bedford Management Corp.3234A3
Choice NY Management3198A3
David Bijur311C3
Adar Management Corp2314B1 C1
Superior Realty Group2182A1 B1
Arm Capital Resources2173A1 B1

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Getting around

95% of the 2,827 graded buildings in this neighborhood have a subway or Staten Island Railway station within about a 10-minute walk (straight-line estimate, transit data of 2026-09-24).

Nearest station (within a mile)Routes Buildings
Church AvF G1,496
Ditmas AvF772
Cortelyou RdQ181
Fort Hamilton PkwyF G171
Beverley RdQ83

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes.

Restaurants in Kensington

59 restaurants in Kensington have a DOHMH inspection on record: A 47 · B 2 · C 4 · Grade Pending 1 · Not yet graded 5. 24 (41%) have inspector-recorded evidence of mice; 2 are closed by DOHMH with no reopening on record.

RestaurantCuisineGrade cardNotes
Gyro CafePakistaniCMice evidence
Linda RestaurantMexicanC—
Serenity CafeAmericanCMice evidence
Tasty BitesBangladeshiCMice evidence · Closed by DOHMH
JalsaIndianGrade PendingMice evidence
Halal XpressChineseBMice evidence
Radhuni Sweets & RestaurantBangladeshiBMice evidence
624 Kam Hai Chinese FoodChineseA—
A+ CrabSeafoodA—
Asia HarborOtherA—
Beverly PizzaPizzaA—
Burger KingHamburgersAMice evidence
Corner San Juan Deli CORPLatin AmericanAMice evidence
Denny's PubAmericanAMice evidence
Der PioneerAmericanA—
DunkinDonutsA—
Dunkin'DonutsAClosed by DOHMH
Dunya Kabab HouseAfghanA—
El Mirador RestaurantMexicanA—
Emir PalaceEastern EuropeanAMice evidence

showing up to 20, worst first · 15 more establishments in Kensington are registered but not yet inspected · the full list lives on the ZIP page: ZIP 11218

ZIP codes

Graded buildings in this neighborhood by ZIP code: 11218 (100%).

Nearby neighborhoods

Borough Park, Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Windsor Terrace-South Slope.