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Tag: Ramadan

Participants of the first ever community Iftar in Boerum Hill breaking their fast. Photo by Wayne Daren Schneiderman

Atlantic Avenue BID co-sponsors first ever community Iftar in Boerum Hill

April 17 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

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Imam Omar Niass leads evening prayers with mostly Senegalese migrants, before the breaking of Ramadan fast and the serving of a festive meal called an iftar, Friday March 15, 2024, at Bronx's Masjid Ansaru-Deen mosque in New York.

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Kelly Carroll, executive director, Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District.Photo by Wayne Daren Schneiderman

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    Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of T Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez on Friday announced that the city will finally shut down operations at a controversial concrete recycling facility on the western Brooklyn waterfront by this August. Local residents had been flooding their elected officials with complaints about the dust, vibrations and noise from the SIMS Concrete Recycling Facility, operated by NYC DOT, ever since it was temporarily relocated to the north end of Brooklyn Marine Terminal site in the Columbia Street Waterfront District in February 2024. 🔗Read more at the link in bio. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Mary Frost #BKnews #BrooklynEagle #ColumbiaStreetWaterfrontDistrict #LocalNews #Brooklyn
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