A home built to keep the faith alive
In November 1972, after years of worshiping in borrowed rooms across the city, the Albanian Muslims of New York and New Jersey opened their first mosque — a converted mansion on Albemarle Road in Flatbush. The 80-year-old Grand Mufti Salih Myftiu cut the ribbon, and a community that had crossed an ocean finally had a house of its own.
"…the people still desire to keep their religion alive."Imam Isa Hoxha, on the reason for the mosque — The New York Times, Nov. 13, 1972
1972
Doors first opened
$122K
Raised by the community to buy it
8,000
Albanian Muslims it was built to serve
The New York Times · 1972