Islamic Cultural Center of New York
The Islamic Cultural Center of New York is a mosque and an Islamic cultural center in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, United States. It is located at 1711 Third Avenue, between East 96th and 97th Streets. The Islamic Cultural Center was the first purpose-built mosque in New York and continues to be one of the city's largest. The mosque's older dwelling in a townhouse at 1 Riverside Drive is still in continual prayer use as a satellite location.
Islamic Cultural Center of New York
1711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10029
United States
1987
1991
$14 million
Main prayer hall: 1,000
90 feet (27 m)
130 feet (40 m)
Steel, concrete, marble, glass
The Islamic Cultural Center of New York is a standing building that is 61 meters wide and 73 meters long. The mosque is located at the northeast corner of East 96th Street and 3rd Avenue, on the boundary of Manhattan's East Harlem and Upper East Side neighborhoods. When looking at it, the mosque is rotated 29 degrees towards the streets. The architects did this to portray the Turkish mosque and complete two goals. Those two goals were to stand out from its surroundings, and the mihrab can face Mecca, where it is the direction to pray towards the Kaaba.
Outreach[edit]
Imam Abu-Namous engaged in a series of interfaith dialogues with prominent Muslim leaders and rabbis.[13] Abu-Namous's successor as imam, Mohammed Shamsi Ali, continued the meetings.[14] Due to political differences, Ali was fired from his post in 2011.[15] Ali was replaced with Abdul Razzaq E. Al Amiri.