Talk:Kensington, Brooklyn
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[edit] CIA?
I think many people in the area, and also on a forum like Craigslist, consider Kensington to strech beyond C.I. Ave. Natives to this part of Brooklyn sometimes use "Kensington" all the way to Ocean Ave.--Sparviere 16:05, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Diversity There are also a lot of Italian families in the Neighborhood.
I changed the western boundary from McD Ave to Dahill Road, also including the triangle between Dahill Rd and 36th St, which is CLEARLY a part of Kensington (I live there myself)
[edit] Named after the man or the village
There is a contradiction here. Was the Neighborhood named after Edgar, Duke of Kensington, or after the out of London village, Kensington, now a well-to-do area inside London? All British nobility are titled after the area they came from (Duke of Westminster, Duke of Cambridge etc.) It is more likely that a British nobleman colonized the area in the early 1700s, and then the area received his name. I cannot find out much information regarding this other than at http://www.longislandexchange.com/brooklynqueens/kensington.html which is identical to our article here. Benqish (talk) 10:41, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
