{"id":251,"date":"2023-09-29T13:04:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T13:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/?p=251"},"modified":"2023-10-26T13:05:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T13:05:58","slug":"brooklyn-mosque-gets-car-free-open-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/09\/29\/brooklyn-mosque-gets-car-free-open-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn mosque gets car-free \u2018open street\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/brooklyn-mosque-gets-car-free-open-street\">Gothamist<\/a> &#8211; Before last Friday\u2019s gathering, Mohammad Abul Khair, 49, and Mohammed Moinuddin, 51, blocked the entrance to Chester Avenue from Louisa Street and Church Avenue. They laid prayer mats on the street as crowds of local worshippers arrived to pray. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Muslim community, we&#8217;ve really embraced taking to the streets for our faith and to keep our neighbors safe,\u201d said Councilmember Shahana Hanif, who represents the Kensington neighborhood. \u201cIt&#8217;s really a community builder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hanif helped the mosque with its application for an open street. The Department of Transportation allows the road to be closed between noon and 3 p.m. on Fridays. The open street permit must be renewed every year. [<a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/brooklyn-mosque-gets-car-free-open-street\">Read More<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/brooklyn-mosque-gets-car-free-open-street\">Gothamist<\/a> &#8211; Before last Friday\u2019s gathering, Mohammad Abul Khair, 49, and Mohammed Moinuddin, 51, blocked the entrance to Chester Avenue from Louisa Street and Church Avenue. They laid prayer mats on the street as crowds of local worshippers arrived to pray. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Muslim community, we&#8217;ve really embraced taking to the streets for our faith and to keep our neighbors safe,\u201d said Councilmember Shahana Hanif, who represents the Kensington neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/09\/29\/brooklyn-mosque-gets-car-free-open-street\/\">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-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251","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=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}