Brooklyn Prayer Times

Fajr in Brooklyn ranges from approximately 3:55 AM at summer solstice (late June) to 6:25 AM in January. At 40.68°N on Eastern Time, Brooklyn has a significant seasonal swing — nearly 2.5 hours of difference between the earliest and latest Fajr across the year. Brooklyn sits at a latitude where summer Fajr is among the earliest on the US East Coast. The ISNA method (15° solar depression angle) is standard at Masjid At-Taqwa, Islamic Society of Bay Ridge, Masjid Al-Farouq, and most Brooklyn mosques. Times vary by ±1–2 minutes across Brooklyn neighborhoods — Bay Ridge (southwest), Bedford-Stuyvesant (central-north), and Flatbush (southeast) are nearly identical.

Masjid At-Taqwa in Bedford-Stuyvesant is one of the most historically significant mosques in the United States. Founded in 1981 by Imam Siraj Wahhaj — who famously purchased a former crack house and converted it into a mosque and community center — At-Taqwa became a national model for urban Islamic institution-building. Imam Siraj Wahhaj made history as the first Muslim to deliver the opening prayer to the United States House of Representatives in 1991. Under his leadership, the mosque has offered daily prayers, Saturday Islamic school, marriage counseling, food pantry services, and youth mentorship to Brooklyn's diverse Muslim population for over four decades. Masjid At-Taqwa's congregation spans African American Muslims, Somali, West African, Caribbean, and immigrant families, reflecting the rich diversity of Bedford-Stuyvesant. The mosque has also been a launching pad for Islamic civil society — many Brooklyn Muslim community leaders trace their religious formation to At-Taqwa's programs.

Brooklyn's Yemeni Muslim community is concentrated in Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, and the historic Atlantic Avenue corridor in Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill — a stretch once called 'Little Arabia.' Yemeni settlement in Brooklyn dates to the 1950s–1960s, when Yemeni maritime workers and factory laborers settled near the Brooklyn waterfront and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Over three generations, the Bay Ridge Yemeni community established halal restaurants, Arabic-language schools, Yemeni cultural associations, and Islamic centers along 5th Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue. The Yemeni civil war beginning in 2015 brought new waves of Yemeni refugee families to Brooklyn, reinforcing and expanding a community already rooted for decades. The Atlantic Avenue corridor — with its Middle Eastern restaurants, Arabic bookstores, and import shops — has served as a cultural anchor for Arab Brooklyn since the early 20th century, when Lebanese and Syrian immigrants first settled there.

Brooklyn's Bangladeshi Muslim community has transformed the Kensington neighborhood — earning it the informal name 'Little Bangladesh' — and has a strong presence in neighboring Flatbush and Midwood. Bangladeshi immigration to Brooklyn accelerated through the 1980s and 1990s, as Bengali-speaking Muslims established restaurants, grocery stores, travel agencies, and mosques along Church Avenue and Coney Island Avenue in Kensington. Today the neighborhood hosts halal butchers, Bengali sweet shops serving mishti doi and rasgolla, sari and fabric stores, Bangladeshi community organizations, and mosques offering Friday khutbahs in Bengali. The Bangladesh Society of New York and other cultural organizations maintain strong community bonds. Brooklyn's Bangladeshi Muslims celebrate Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul-Adha with large community gatherings, often filling local mosques and nearby parks. The community maintains strong transnational ties, with frequent travel to Dhaka and Chittagong and robust Ramadan community celebrations.

From Brooklyn, the Qibla points approximately 58–59° from true north — northeast. The great-circle route from Brooklyn crosses the North Atlantic Ocean, passes over the United Kingdom, France, and the Mediterranean Sea, then descends through Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula to Makkah al-Mukarramah. Brooklyn mosques orient their prayer halls to the northeast. The exact bearing varies slightly by neighborhood: Bay Ridge (southwestern Brooklyn) is approximately 58.5°, while Williamsburg (northern Brooklyn) is approximately 58.8°. Use our GPS Qibla compass at prayertimesnearme.com/qibla for a precise bearing from your exact location.