Kashmere Gardens, Houston

Kashmere Gardens is a historically African-American neighborhood in the northern 610 Loop area in Houston, Texas, United States.

A group of single-family houses, many of which have large lots, Kashmere Gardens is between an industrial area and a rail corridor.

The president of the Kashmere Gardens Super Neighborhood Association, Keith Downey, stated that residents felt helpless in the face of institutional failures in local governments.

Danny Vinik of Politico wrote that "Nearly every street [in Kashmere Gardens] has gutted homes.

"[7] In 2019 the Texas Department of State Health Services published a report indicating the neighborhood had higher than average cancer rates.

[24] Parent Sharita Palmer Mayo, as paraphrased by Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio of The New York Times, stated that the school "had been severely damaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, but community members had worked hard to support rebuilding efforts and [reopen]"; the archdiocese attributed the closure to COVID-19.