Original Use of Dean Street Muslim Center?
Last weekend, on the same stroller tour that turned up the Pacific Blue condos, we came across an impressive building that had theretofore escaped our notice. Currently the headquarters for a group called the Nigerian American Muslim Integrated Community (quite a mouthful!), we can only guess that 801 Dean Street began its life as an…
Last weekend, on the same stroller tour that turned up the Pacific Blue condos, we came across an impressive building that had theretofore escaped our notice. Currently the headquarters for a group called the Nigerian American Muslim Integrated Community (quite a mouthful!), we can only guess that 801 Dean Street began its life as an armory of some sort. Any architectural historians out there who can clue us in? GMAP P*Shark
During the 80’s, it was a community center.
This was the Dean Street Armory back when 60s, 70s. Don’t know when it ceased to be an armory.
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I live right next to it, on the corner! It’s less impressive than the armory (I’m guessin’) on Bedford and Pacific….
I’m almost sure it was once a branch for the boy’s school of the Satmar Hasidic community.