Kensington, named after a leafy London suburb, is an oasis of trees and houses at the southwest corner of Prospect Park. The area was first colonized by Dutch settlers in the seventeenth century and then resettled by the British a century later. In the late nineteenth century, Kensington was further developed with the completion of Ocean Parkway and grew into the multicultural center it is today. Kensington is bounded by Coney Island Avenue to the east, Fort Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue to the north, McDonald Avenue and 37^th Street to the west, and Foster Avenue and 47^th Street to the south.

Kensington is a dynamically multicultural area and the variety of local restaurants reflects this diversity. The Farm on Adderley serves American style cuisine and aims to provide “thoughtfully produced food and ingredients” by tapping small and local farms to stock their kitchen. For Middle-Eastern cuisine, visit Mimi’s Hummus, a small café that serves dishes reminiscent of those found in “Israel, Morocco, and the Kurdish region of Iraq.” The Purple Yam is a hub for Pan-Asian culture and cuisine.