City Council passes Kensington business curfew | Here's what you should knowA vote inside Philadelphia City Hall could have a big impact a few miles away in Kensington.
"I put all my life into Kensington Avenue," he said of the neighborhood, which is struggling with crime and an open-air drug market. The newly passed piece of legislation could change that by placing Kensington on a curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. "What's happening now is some illegal activity is occurring and happening after 11," said Roberto Rodriguez who works as a commercial corridor monitor for the nonprofit IMPACT Services in Kensington.