{"id":139,"date":"2022-10-18T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/?p=139"},"modified":"2022-10-21T16:26:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T16:26:35","slug":"a-permanent-part-of-this-community-kensington-street-co-named-little-bangladesh-to-celebrate-commemorate-bangladeshi-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2022\/10\/18\/a-permanent-part-of-this-community-kensington-street-co-named-little-bangladesh-to-celebrate-commemorate-bangladeshi-community\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A permanent part of this community\u2019: Kensington street co-named \u2018Little Bangladesh\u2019 to celebrate, commemorate Bangladeshi community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/kensington-street-little-bangladesh-conaming\/\">Brooklyn Paper<\/a> &#8211; A section of McDonald Avenue in Kensington has been officially co-named \u201cLittle Bangladesh\u201d to celebrate the Bangladeshi community there and its contributions to the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy add the name Little Bangladesh to the McDonald Avenue and Church Avenue corridor?\u201d Hanif wrote on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shahanafrombk\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;after the co-naming. \u201cIt is so that we see this neighborhood as our home and to further establish our commitment to serving and protecting this community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councilmember Shahana Hanif joined leaders from the local Bangladeshi community, city Comptroller Brad Lander, and Assemblymember Robert Carroll as they unveiled the new street sign at the corner of Church Avenue on Oct. 16. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/kensington-street-little-bangladesh-conaming\/\">Read More<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/kensington-street-little-bangladesh-conaming\/\">Brooklyn Paper<\/a> &#8211; A section of McDonald Avenue in Kensington has been officially co-named \u201cLittle Bangladesh\u201d to celebrate the Bangladeshi community there and its contributions to the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy add the name Little Bangladesh to the McDonald Avenue and Church Avenue corridor?\u201d Hanif wrote on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shahanafrombk\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;after the co-naming. \u201cIt is so that we see this neighborhood as our home and to further establish our commitment to serving and protecting this community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councilmember Shahana Hanif joined leaders from the local Bangladeshi community, city Comptroller Brad Lander, and Assemblymember Robert Carroll as they unveiled the new street sign at the corner of Church Avenue on Oct.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2022\/10\/18\/a-permanent-part-of-this-community-kensington-street-co-named-little-bangladesh-to-celebrate-commemorate-bangladeshi-community\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}