Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-5 and IRMX zoning in Old Kensington, around Girard Avenue.
Search this neighborhoodOld Kensington is a Lower North Philadelphia neighborhood of about 5,600 residents, between Northern Liberties and West Kensington, with a median home value near $436,000. RSA-5 rowhouse lots cover about 31% of it, with industrial-residential (IRMX) and industrial-commercial (ICMX) land at 9% and 8%.
The Girard station on the Market-Frankford Line, Narcissa S. Cruz Recreation Center, Hancock Playground and St. Michael Church on North 2nd Street are inside the boundary. The Route 15 trolley and bus route 57 also serve it.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Old Kensington. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Old Kensington include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 860 permits in Old Kensington from January 2024 through October 2026, 108 of them building permits (19 for new construction) and 9 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Most building permits are for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with new construction about 18% of them.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in Old Kensington by area is RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 31% of the neighborhood, followed by IRMX (industrial-residential mixed-use) at 9% and ICMX (industrial-commercial mixed-use) at 8%.
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