New York Mosques serve communities that are the result of the impressive Diaspora of the past two decades from dozens of Islamic countries to the United States, and an active American community that observes orthodox Islam as a religion and a way of life. The buildings range in cost and scale from the multi million dollar Islamic Cultural Center, to tiny prayer halls carved out of basements and garages. They embrace a breathtaking ethnic, social and economic diversity.

Gawsiah Masjid. Queens, NY

Photograph by Ed Grazda from New York Masjid/ New York Mosques