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JACKSON HEIGHTS & OZONE PARK

 

 

NEW YORK NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES:  

Muslim enclaves of Jackson Height and Ozone Park.  

Expanded edit from 2015 -2016.  

Jackson Heights’ Muslim enclave i 

*Ozone Park images are of the funeral of Iman of  

mam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and his aide, Thara Uddin, 64. They were shot as they walked home from their Ozone Park mosque.  

Jackson Heights 

 

Other Neighborhood Series includes 

Gowanus Canal 

Coney Island Winter 

Brooklyn Chinatown.  

  • 9/24/15 NY Neighborhood profiles series. Jackson Heights Queens.Travers Park, morning Eid prayer. Women section is a handball court . © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • 12,9,2015 Jackson Heights Queen. Neighborhood profile. Elevated tracks of 7 train. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • Ozone Park, Queens NY. 8/ 15/16 Shooting death of Imam Maulama Akonjee 55 years old and assistant Thara Uddin 64 years old were shot dead in broad daylight August 13, 2016 in the Ozone Park neighborhood. Ozone Park with a large Bangladeshi community, was in shock. At the funeral, few quietly pray. Estimated 1000 people attended the funeral. Yunghi Kim /Contact Press Images.
  • 12,11,2015 NY Neighborhood profiles series. Jackson Heights Queens. Friday prayer at Darul Hidayah Mosque in Little Bangladesh section. Payers spilled over to alley outside the mosque on 73 rd Street. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • 10/10/15 NY Neighborhood series. Jackson Heights Queens Kahns Tutorial on 73 rd Street Little Bengali section. On Saturdays, Kahns tutors 200 students of mix ethnicity. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • 11/3/15 NY Neighborhood series. Jackson Heights Queens. 8 year old Iman Hossain in mom's arms Shamima Akhter. They have been in US for few months. They settled in Jackson Heights because they have relatives in Queens. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • 12,9,2015 Jackson Heights Queen. Neighborhood profile. Store owner, Mohamed Islam sweeps every morning front of his store. he's had the store since 2001, near Roosevelt Ave subway stop. He's emigrated from Bangladesh in 1987. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • 12,9,2015 Jackson Heights Queen. Neighborhood profile. Store owner, Mohamed Islam at his the store he's had since 2001, near Roosevelt Ave subway stop. He's emigrated from Bangladesh in 1987. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • Ozone Park, Queens NY. 8/ 15/16 Shooting death of Imam Maulama Akonjee 55 years old and assistant Thara Uddin 64 years old were shot dead in broad daylight August 13, 2016 in the Ozone Park neighborhood. Ozone Park with a large Bangladeshi community, was in shock. Prayer at the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque before the funeral. Yunghi Kim /Contact Press Images.
  • 11/3/15 NY Neighborhood series. Jackson Heights Queens. 8 year old Iman Hossain in mom's arms Shamima Akhter. They have been in US for few months. They settled in Jackson Heights because they have relatives in Queens. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • Ozone Park, Queens NY. 8/13 /16 Shooting death of Imam Maulama Akonjee 55 years old and assistant Thara Uddin 64 years old were shot dead in broad daylight August 13, 2016 in the Ozone Park neighborhood. Ozone Park with a large Bangladeshi community, was in shock as they watch police investigate the scene. Yunghi Kim /Contact Press Images.
  • 10/11/15 NY Neighborhood profiles series. Jackson Heights Queens. 74 Street, Little India shopping street. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • 9/24/15 NY Neighborhood profiles series. Jackson Heights Queens. Travers Park, morning Eid prayer. A child plays in a swing nearby. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • 9/23/15 NY Neighborhood series. Jackson Heights Queens. Shopping from street vendors. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • 9/23/15 NY Neighborhood series. Jackson Heights Queens. A woman gets her hand painted with henna night before the Eid . (she didnt want to give her name). 74 street is filled with henna stands by teens making few extra dollar. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • 9/24/15 NY Neighborhood profiles series. Jackson Heights Queens. Travers Park, morning Eid prayer. Women section is a handball court. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
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  • 10/10/15 NY Neighborhood profile. Jackson Heights Queens NY. Kahns Tutorial, Saturday class, instructor Othia Salman Brooklyn Latin, gestures quiet. Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images ©2015.
  • Ozone Park, Queens NY. 8/ 15/16 Shooting death of Imam Maulama Akonjee 55 years old and assistant Thara Uddin 64 years old were shot dead in broad daylight August 13, 2016 in the Ozone Park neighborhood. Ozone Park with a large Bangladeshi community, was in shock. Community heading to the funeral. Yunghi Kim /Contact Press Images.
  • Ozone Park, Queens NY. 8/ 13/16 Shooting death of Imam Maulama Akonjee 55 years old and assistant Thara Uddin 64 years old were shot dead in broad daylight August 13, 2016 in the Ozone Park neighborhood. Ozone Park with a large Bangladeshi community, was in shock as they watch police investigate the scene. Prayer outside and inside of the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque, as elders of the community talk to the upset residents. Yunghi Kim /Contact Press Images.
  • Ozone Park, Queens NY. 8/15 /16 Shooting death of Imam Maulama Akonjee 55 years old and assistant Thara Uddin 64 years old were shot dead in broad daylight August 13, 2016 in the Ozone Park neighborhood. Ozone Park with a large Bangladeshi community, was in shock. Heading to the funeral. Yunghi Kim /Contact Press Images.
  • Ozone Park, Queens NY. 8/15 /16 Shooting death of Imam Maulama Akonjee 55 years old and assistant Thara Uddin 64 years old were shot dead in broad daylight August 13, 2016 in the Ozone Park neighborhood. Ozone Park with a large Bangladeshi community, was in shock. Estimated 1000 people attended the funeral, the coffins are placed in the hearse. Yunghi Kim /Contact Press Images.
  • Ozone Park, Queens NY. 8/15 /16 Shooting death of Imam Maulama Akonjee 55 years old and assistant Thara Uddin 64 years old were shot dead in broad daylight August 13, 2016 in the Ozone Park neighborhood. Ozone Park with a large Bangladeshi community, was in shock. Heading to the funeral. Yunghi Kim /Contact Press Images.
  • 9/24/2015 Jackson Heights at the border to East Elmhurst neighborhood, Queens NY. Flights going into Laguardia Airport. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • Jackson Heights Queens10/ 01/15 NY Neighborhood profiles series. 74 Street 7 train subway station. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • 12,11,2015 NY Neighborhood profiles series. Jackson Heights Queens. Unloading of meat on 73 rd Street. Little Bangladesh section. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • 9/24/15 NY Neighborhood profiles series. Jackson Heights Queens. Travers Park, morning Eid prayer. © © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • 12,9,2015 NY neighborhood series. Jackson Heights Queen. Taxi driver Khaleed Ibrahim waits for a passenger at Roosevelt Ave subway stop. He's from Egypt. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • Ozone Park, Queens NY. 8/13 /16 Shooting death of Imam Maulama Akonjee 55 years old and assistant Thara Uddin 64 years old were shot dead in broad daylight August 13, 2016 in the Ozone Park neighborhood. Ozone Park with a large Bangladeshi community, was in shock as they watch police investigate the scene. Yunghi Kim /Contact Press Images.
  • 12,11,2015 NY Neighborhood profiles series. Jackson Heights Queens. Two dressed for SantaCon passed through 74 th Street. © 2015 Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images.
  • Ozone Park, Queens NY. 8/15 /16 Shooting death of Imam Maulama Akonjee 55 years old and assistant Thara Uddin 64 years old were shot dead in broad daylight August 13, 2016 in the Ozone Park neighborhood. Video taping protest but they didnt want their picture taken. Yunghi Kim /Contact Press Images.
  • Ozone Park, Queens NY. 8/ 15/16 Shooting death of Imam Maulama Akonjee 55 years old and assistant Thara Uddin 64 years old were shot dead in broad daylight August 13, 2016 in the Ozone Park neighborhood. Ozone Park is largely Bengali community was in shock and scared. NYPD lieutenant hugs a community member, after a peaceful protest.
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