Video: An Introduction to Kensington (and Environs)
We came across this video about Kensington produced by Turn Here and thought it was a fun intro for those of you who may not be all that familiar with life on the other side of the park. Kensington Video [YouTube]
We came across this video about Kensington produced by Turn Here and thought it was a fun intro for those of you who may not be all that familiar with life on the other side of the park.
Kensington Video [YouTube]
holy sh*t this is totally NOT kensington
what a joke
6:40 PM,
I made no threats I posted the facts.
You are correct, Kensington is gentrifying at a moderate pace though, I am a 15 year resident (Walgreens, more Thai restaurants….. blah blah, I see the writing). But I have witness 1st hand many long time neighbors leaving the nabe because landlords are also cashing in. Videos like this (though this one is clownish) just try to speed up the process. If can get past your drum set and desire for a good latte you would see the faces of people being displaced. Only then you will know where I am coming from. You probably came to the nabe because it was a deal in comparison to XX, do not kid yourself otherwise. Guess what? The people around you (yes the ethnic people) are also here because it is still affordable.
There are plenty of nabes that will fit your taste.
Or go pioneer some other nabe.
Vox Pop would be Ditmas Park. Ditmas Park West to be exact. The majority of the stores on the south and north side of Cortelyou in the SWARM (Stratford, Westminster, Argle, Rugby & Marlborough)blocks are in Ditmas Park West and Beverley Square West respectively. The stores on the East side of Cortelyou in the East # streets are in Ditmas Park and Beverley Square East. I know it all sounds quite anal but none of this area is Kensington.
Dicky Dahl… this video piles confusion on top of confusion about South of the Park neighborhoods. Vox Pop is not the cultural center of anything and its certainly not in Kensington, and even though the new merchants on Cortelyou Road think its Ditmas Park… its not even close. And Dicky’s camera only touched Kensington when he walked by the stables… Kensington’s great and getting better, but if you’re going to make a video celebrating it… you ought to find out where it is!
Hate to break it to you, 5:44, but Kensington, Ditmas, etc., have been gentrifying for quite some time now and will continue to do so. That’s the way it works in NYC. Save your threats for yourself, you’re not scaring anyone here.
What happened to Church ave and McDonald ave?
That is one the busiest places in Kensington.
It is truly a melting pot of ethnic cultures.
You could have also shown the new college dorms on McDonald Avenue. It filled up in a blink of eye.
http://www.nystudenthousing.com/
I am not sure what population you are reaching out to. This neighborhood has a housing shortage like most of New York.
This maybe off topic but none the less.
The ugly side of possibly attracting “gentrifiers” is they displace the low income / working class population.
If you ever met people who were ready to lose their apartment you would know what I mean.
Not every neighborhood needs to be gentrified.
Beware about inviting people to the other side of the park there are severe consequences.
Ditto 4:58.
Most of this was filmed in the Victorian Flatbush micro-nabes. I didn’t see one Kensington street!
Vox pop is in Ditmas Park, but the stretch of Ditmas Ave he was on is in Kensington. I walk by that deli everyday. I do think that this is more a profile of Ditmas Park and Kensington. Marlborough isn’t in KT either, it’s in Ditmas. And I think Bahar is in Parkville. This guy was all over the place!
That said, I found it amusing. Not as good as the video of the guy going apeshit in the 11218 postoffice– now THAT’S a real slice of Kensington life!
vox pop is NOT kensington
matter of fact i doubt any of this is filmed in kensington
what a dweeb