Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-5 and IRMX zoning in East Kensington, along the Market-Frankford Line.
Search this neighborhoodEast Kensington is a neighborhood in Lower North Philadelphia between Fishtown and West Kensington, near the Kensington Avenue corridor. RSA-5 rowhouse lots cover about 35% of it, with IRMX industrial-residential mixed-use at 8% and CMX-2 commercial blocks.
Kensington High School and the Henry A. Brown School are inside the boundary, and Black, Coyle, and McBride Playground is its public playground. The Market-Frankford Line's Huntingdon and York-Dauphin stations serve it, along with bus routes 3, 5, 25, 39 and 76.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in East Kensington. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of East Kensington include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 1,235 permits in East Kensington from January 2024 through October 2026, 194 of them building permits (47 for new construction) and 16 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. About 24% of building permits here were for new construction, a higher share than most Philadelphia neighborhoods; the rest cover alterations and additions to existing buildings.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in East Kensington by area is RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 35% of the neighborhood, followed by IRMX (industrial-residential mixed-use) at 8% and CMX-2 (commercial mixed-use) at 6%.
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