Kresson is a neighborhood of Southeast Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

[1] The area currently known as Kresson is primarily an industrial district, though a small section contains a residential neighborhood.

[2] The residential neighborhood in Kresson is architecturally, like much of Baltimore, composed of rowhouses.

The 2000 census determined its residents to be racially diverse, though predominantly lower-income.

[4] The north-south streets are arranged in consecutive order alphabetically, so to the west of Kresson lie Baylis, Conkling, Dean, Eaton, Fagley, Grundy, Haven, Iris and Janney, while those to the east are named Lehigh, Macon, Newkirk, Oldham, Ponca, Quail, Rappolla, Savage, Tolna and Umbra.