This district is home to SMA Negeri 8 Jakarta Tebet is prone to flooding, especially the area around the Ciliwung River.

Before urban development, the area that is now Tebet were marsh lands dotted with fish ponds and criss-crossing canals.

In preparation for GANEFO and the 1962 Asian Games, the population residing in Senayan had to be relocated because of the compulsory land acquisition to build the Gelora Bung Karno sporting complex.

Planning of Tebet Timur and Tebet area follows a more or less garden city principle similar with older Kebayoran residential district in southern Jakarta: hierarchical roads, parks, supporting facilities such as schools and clinics, and good water catchment area.

Kebon Baru and Menteng Dalam Administrative Village grew in the 1970s with no proper planning and as a result the area was prone to flooding and filled with relatively underdeveloped slums.