The extensive and often un-plotted tunnel network that was created during the past five centuries is a major source of problems today, causing buildings to sink and roadbeds collapse.

The district recovered when beer-making enterprises moved into the area and the light beer "Kőbányai Világos" became a kind of national drink during the socialist regime.

The historical Rákosmező area, whose exact location is no longer known, used to be the only legal tent site for feudal parliamentary sessions throughout the medieval ages.

Óhegy and Újhegy (literally Old- and Newhill) are two higher-standing areas, roughly at the height of Gellért Hill on the other side of the Danube river.

[citation needed] The centre of Kőbánya has a beautiful Catholic church built 1891–97 in eclectic-Art Nouveau style, dedicated to knight-king St. Ladislaus.

Next to it lies the "Pataky" culture centre and library, and Szent László Gimnázium, the secondary school, also dedicated to King Ladislaus.

Other large open spaces, namely the horse-racing circuit and the Expo area (used for international trade fairs during the communist era) will be relocated outside the district to allow for housing projects.

In the north-east corner of the 10th district is a large fashionable shopping mall called Árkád on the Örs vezér tere traffic junction.

In the south-east corner is a public sporting park (Sportliget) with indoor swimming pool and a small but very deep fishing lake.

In the north-west corner is a large public park called Népliget, which has been in poor shape since 1990, due to social outcasts drawn there by the intercity bus junction.