Kensington 11218
Brooklyn. Updated October 12, 2026
Kensington scores 31.1 out of 100, low displacement pressure among NYC ZIP codes.
In the past year: 67 LLC acquisitions, 3,970 housing complaints.
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Score trend
Daily composite score, past 181 days. Change over the window: +3.1
Dashed line: August 27, 2026, a change in method, not in the neighborhood. 11218 went from 30.5 to 30.3 across it.
Signal breakdown
Public-record signals used in the neighborhood score.
| Signal | Count | Index |
|---|---|---|
| LLC property acquisitions365 days to September 29, 2026 | 67 | 48.1 |
| Building permits (residential, 3+ units)past 365 days | 128 | 15.1 |
| Executed residential evictionspast 365 days | 54 | 10.7 |
| HPD violations (Class B+C)past 90 days | 1,356 | 43.0 |
| 311 housing complaintspast 365 days | 3,970 | 35.1 |
Kensington has 6,290 residential buildings on the tax roll, 27,962 homes between them. All counts from NYC public records. Index values are normalized across 177 NYC ZIP codes. Data is refreshed nightly.
Eviction cases filed in housing court
Residential eviction cases filed in housing court for 11218. A case is filed months before any eviction is carried out.
126 petitions filed Jul to Sep 2026, against 110 in the three months before.
Source: NYS Office of Court Administration via the OCA Data Collective (Housing Data Coalition), CC BY-NC-SA. The extract is ZIP-level by design and does not identify tenants or buildings. Shown for context only; not part of the composite score.
Vacated by city order
Buildings in 11218 that HPD has ordered vacated in the past 12 months. A vacate order is displacement already carried out: the city has ordered residents out of the building.
7 buildings across 10 orders, most recent September 2026
Source: HPD housing maintenance code violations, class I informational orders, via NYC Open Data. Shown for context only; not part of the composite score.
Recent renovation flips
Buildings in 11218 where an LLC took the deed and filed a major renovation permit within 60 days.
| Building | Bought | To permit |
|---|---|---|
| 1114 41 STREET1114 PROPERTY LLC | February 2026 | 59 days |
| 626 VANDERBILT STREETVANDERBILT BK LLC | January 2026 | 10 days |
| 3538 12 AVENUE3538 12 HOLDINGS LLC | December 2025 | 43 days |
Source: ACRIS deeds and DOB permits via NYC Open Data, past 365 days. Shown for context; not part of the composite score.
Evictions in Kensington
City marshals have executed 155 residential evictions in Kensington. The eviction page lists them by address, with who holds the deed on the buildings where they repeat.
55 in the last twelve complete months, 14 fewer than the 69 in the twelve before. The score above is a rank against the other 176 neighborhoods. This is a count, so it can go down.
Operators active in Kensington
Ownership networks with public-record deed activity in 11218, most active here first.
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About this data
What does this displacement score mean?
Kensington scores 31.1 out of 100, which is low displacement pressure. The score is a rank against the other 176 scored NYC ZIP codes rather than a count, so it says where 11218 stands against the rest of the city, not how many households moved. Its strongest signal here is LLC property acquisitions, at 48.1 on the same 0 to 100 scale.
What public records are included?
DOB building permits, HPD housing violations, 311 housing complaints, executed evictions, ACRIS property deed transfers, HPD building registrations and MapPLUTO residential unit counts. For 11218 the past 365 days hold 128 residential building permits and 54 executed evictions, with 1,356 class B and C housing violations in the past 90 days. Deeds arrive on the city register's own schedule, so the deed figure covers the 365 days to September 29, 2026, the most recent day ACRIS has published: 67 deed transfers to companies.
Is this a prediction of eviction?
No. The score ranks this ZIP against the rest of the city on records already filed. It doesn't predict evictions, for a building or for the neighborhood.
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