Announcements Avenue C Iftar Goes Virtual During Pandemic, Keeps Community Close Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN – Ramadan is a time where neighbors get together and break bread when the sun sets; the meal is called iftar and comes after a day of fasting. Usually, people host a big iftar in the park or in restaurants and invite the entire community, regardless of
Central Brooklyn Muslims & Non-Muslims Welcome: 2 Community Iftars At Avenue C Plaza Arts & Democracy and Adda Art at the Avenue C Plaza last summer. (Photo via Esther B Robinson)The month-long Muslim holy event Ramadan is coming to an end. And during the final last days, community’s and families host iftar parties where people gather to break their fast. And
Central Brooklyn ‘It’s A Wake-Up Call For All Of Us’ Bangladeshi Leaders Speak Out & Rebound From Election “Voting is your power and your right,” Mamnun Haq said to Kensington’s Bangladeshi community at the Avenue C Plaza on Friday. (Photo by DPC)After a week where many neighbors expressed fear over the presidential election results, Kensington’s Bangladeshi community leaders and city officials gathered at the Avenue
Central Brooklyn Scenes From The Bangladesh Society Elections In Kensington Society members celebrate outside the voting booths on Avenue C (Photo by DPC)The Bangladesh Society, a massive non-profit supporting Bangladeshis in New York, held its biennial election this past Sunday at PS 179. Electricity sparked through the crowd as hundreds gathered on Avenue C to vote, talk, await the
