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Kensington is a neighborhood of 
Buffalo, New York
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, located in the northeastern part of the city. It is sometimes referred to as Kensington-Bailey, due to the intersection at Kensington and Bailey Avenues, the two major commercial streets in the neighborhood.
History
Throughout the 19th century, the current Kensington and Bailey areas were rural farms and timberland services. It wasn't until 1895 that the neighborhood became more urbanized, when Germans began to populate the area, mostly thanks to the construction of the Kensington Avenue street car line. AfterWorld War I
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, the district began seeing intensive private investment and development. During the 1920s, the population of Kensington doubled to 49,000. In addition, Italians and Poles began to populate the area. The Kensington-Bailey neighborhood would be separated into northern and southern halves in the 1950s when the Kensington Expressway
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was constructed through the middle of it.
Geography
The neighborhood centers on the intersection of Kensington and Bailey Avenues, which also serve as the two busiest streets in the community. Winspear Avenue runs along the northern edge, Main Street is located to the west of the neighborhood, and East Delavan Avenue borders the south. The eastern boundary is Eggert Road and the hamlet ofCleveland Hill, New York Cleveland Hill is a hamlet in the town of Cheektowaga in Erie County, New York, United States. It is the location of the Cleveland Hill School District. Cleveland Hill is often called Cleve Hill. The center of Cleveland Hill is located at Harlem R ...
.
Notable places and events
* Kensington High School *Burgard Vocational High School
Burgard Vocational High School is a vocational high school located in Buffalo, New York, USA. It enrolls approximately 600 students from Grades 9 - 12 and teaches according to the Board of Regents. The current principal is Mr. Eric Johnson, and t ...
* Sisters Hospital
See also
*Neighborhoods of Buffalo, New York
The city of Buffalo, New York consists of five sectors of thirty-five different neighborhoods, over an area of fifty-two square miles.
Background
The boundaries of Buffalo's neighborhoods have changed over time. The city is officially divided ...
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