Central Brooklyn
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERKENSINGTON – Muslims, Jews, and neighbors of all different backgrounds and faiths gathered at Ave C Plaza on a cold and snowy afternoon today, along with Assembly Member Robert Carroll and Council Member Brad Lander, to stand in solidarity against the Manhattan pipe bomber [/manhattan-subway-suspect-brooklynite-authorities-confirm-developing/] who lived in
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679 Ocean Parkway (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)KENSINGTON – Today morning, a man was carrying a pipe bomb in Manhattan. The bomb went off and four people were injured. As of 5 p.m, the suspect is alive and in the hospital (in custody). The man’s name is Akayed Ullah.
Bensonhurst
Worshipers stand outside the entrance of the Bait-ul-Tahir mosqueThe awning of Bait-ul-Tahir mosque in Bensonhurst reads “Love for all, hatred for none.” These are fitting words to live by for the Ahmadiyya Muslim community – a minority group of approximately 3,000 of the hundreds of thousands of Muslims living in
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Photo: Zainab IqbalKENSINGTON – A pushing, shouting match broke out after four men came from inside the locked Church Avenue mosque and cut the poster put up by the community for the press conference last Friday at 2 pm. A press conference was held outside Masjid Nur al Islam [https://www.
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The Coney Island Gospel Assembly at 2828 Neptune Ave (Screenshot via Google Maps)CONEY ISLAND – This Thanksgiving, the Coney Island community is doing all they can to make sure no one goes hungry. Every year for the last 20 years, local stakeholders in the Amusement District have come together to
Bay Ridge
Sunday service at Liberty Church Downtown Brooklyn. The Bay Ridge branch will have gatherings with a similar contemporary style. (Photo Kat Moon/ BKLYNER)BAY RIDGE – A new church featuring contemporary worship [http://www.libertychurchnyc.com/whatwebelieve/] is coming to Bay Ridge, with its first service to be held this coming
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L’shanah tovah u’metukah to our Jewish readers. May the year 5778 be a happy, healthy and peaceful one! All of us at BKLYNER
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Looking for a community to celebrate High Holidays? These four congregations are opening their doors to share the service with all – from Park Slope to Midwood. Check them out! High Holidays this year: Rosh Hashana [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah] this year falls on September 21 and 22,
Bensonhurst
Eid service in Bensonhurst Park (Photo via MAS Youth Center/Facebook)BENSONHURST – Muslims in Brooklyn are preparing to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/10382365/What-is-Eid-al-Adha.html] , which begins tonight at sundown. Eid al-Adha is one of the two main
Bensonhurst
(Paul Stremple//BKLYNER)BENSONHURST – The 42nd annual Festa di Santa Rosalia drew to a close Sunday, August 27th, with the solemn procession of the saint’s statue up 18th Ave and down 20th Ave to Saint Dominic’s Roman Catholic Church [http://brooklyncatholic.blogspot.com/2011/08/st-dominic-bensonhurst.html] on
Central Brooklyn
Arts & Democracy and Adda Art at the Avenue C Plaza last summer. (Photo via Esther B Robinson)The month-long Muslim holy event Ramadan [/guide-ramadan-2017-brooklyn/] 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.
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Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsLinda Sarsour, a Palestinian-American political activist and the co-chair of the 2017 Women’s March, was the keynote speaker at the CUNY School of Public Health and Health Policy’s commencement on Thursday, June 2. “I’m from Brooklyn and I came here to tell it like