Building: 280 Ocean Parkway

280 Ocean Parkway is an 114-unit, 6 stories Prewar Brooklyn Coop built in 1941. Situated along Brooklyn’s famous Ocean Parkway, which runs from the park (Prospect Park) to the beach (Coney Island). The building features lush and colorful landscaping, a live-in super, central laundry room, additional storage (presently wait listed) and bike storage; and offers close proximity to the F, G, and Q subway lines, two blocks from B/M 1,2,3,4 express bus service and 30 minutes to Lower Manhattan, Highly sought after for its brilliant location!

Kensington is a neighborhood in the center of the New York City borough of Brooklyn in the zip code 11218. It is the area south of Prospect Park and the Green-Wood Cemetery. It is bordered by Coney Island Avenue to the east, Fort Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue to the north, McDonald Avenue and 36th Street to the west, and 18th Avenue to the south.The neighborhoods that border it are Ditmas Park and Prospect Park South to the east (both of which are parts of Flatbush), Windsor Terrace to the north, Borough Park to the west, and Midwood to the south.

Kensington is a predominantly residential area that consists of housing types that run the gamut from brick row houses to detached one-family Victorians to apartment buildings. Pre-war brick apartment buildings dominate the Ocean Parkway and Coney Island Avenue frontage, including many that operate as co-ops. The main commercial streets are Coney Island Avenue, Church Avenue, Ditmas Avenue and McDonald Avenue. Ocean Parkway bisects the neighborhood east-west. Kensington is served by the NYPD’s 66th Precinct.

Kensington is a very diverse neighborhood, containing African-American, Ukrainian, South Asian (Bangladeshi and Pakistani), Chinese, Orthodox Jewish, Hasidic, Irish, Polish, Italian, Albanian, Russian, Latino, Mexican, Australian and Caribbean communities. More than 300 immigrants from Darfur have also settled in Kensington as of 2010.

Description Provided by Jason Nadeau , Patrick Gobin