{"id":28519,"date":"2023-03-31T17:57:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T17:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=28519"},"modified":"2023-03-31T17:57:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T17:57:14","slug":"jackson-heights-73rd-street-now-officially-called-as-bangladesh-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/28519","title":{"rendered":"Jackson Heights’ 73rd Street now officially called as Bangladesh Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York: The 73rd Street in Jackson Heights which is predominated by Bengalis has now been officially called as ‘Bangladesh Street’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The street houses a number of Bangladeshi businesses, including restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies, and newspaper offices, and this is the reason that the NYC authorities have declared the street as ‘Bangladesh Street’<\/p>\n

Once Known to be East Pakistan,\u00a0 Bangladesh came into being in 1971 after the episode of Dhaka Fall. Within 50 years of its independence, Bangladesh has phenomenally improved it’s socio-economic conditions.\u00a0 Today, this relatively small country is one of the fastest growing nations in South Asia.<\/p>\n

According to India Times, the street name was unveiled in a special ceremony onsite on Sunday, March 26, 2023, by NYC Council Member Shekar Krishnan District 25 of Elmhurst and Jackson Heights, who was instrumental in putting forth the proposal to the City Council Administration, in the presence of other local political leaders, members of Jackson Heights Bangladeshi Business Association (JBBA) and community leaders. Also present at the event were elected officials Congresswoman Grace Meng.<\/p>\n

Unveiling the street name, Council Member Shekar Krishnan, who is also the New York City Parks and Recreation Committee Chairperson, tweeted,\u00a0\u201cBangladesh Street\u201d is more than a name. It\u2019s the recognition of a community whose power is growing stronger each day.<\/p>\n

Today, on Bangladesh\u2019s 52nd Independence Day, a street in\u00a0Jackson Heights is forever changed. 73rd St will celebrate Bangladesh tomorrow & every day after.\u201d<\/p>\n

Krishnan went on to add, \u201cFrom our taxi workers to small businesses, to media and politics, our Bangladeshi community is a force. I stand on the shoulders of many uncles, aunties, siblings without whom I wouldn\u2019t be here. With this street naming, the voices of our Bangladeshi community echo across NYC.\u201d<\/p>\n

Congresswoman Grace Meng, who participated in the event, tweeted, \u201cCelebrating Bangladesh Independence Day in\u00a0#JacksonHeights\u00a0with a street co-naming in honor of our vibrant\u00a0#Bangladeshi\u00a0American community in Queens. 73rd Street and 37th Avenue will now also be known as Bangladesh Street. I thank\u00a0@CMShekarK\u00a0for working to make this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on the occasion, JBBA General Secretary Fahad Solaiman said, \u2018A street in New York City is named after Bangladesh, (and) it makes me proud.\u201d Shaheen said that the 73rd street between 37th\u00a0Avenue and Broadway renamed as Bangladesh Street was definitely a matter of pride for all Bangladeshis. \u201cBangladeshis are recognized as an important community, and that is not just a matter of pride, but is also a heartening fact,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The month long Bangladesh Heritage month has brought general awareness about the contributions of the Bangladeshi community in areas of retail, hospitality and transportation businesses, and their contribution to the local economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York: The 73rd Street in Jackson Heights which is predominated by Bengalis has now been officially called as ‘Bangladesh Street’. The street houses a number of Bangladeshi businesses, including restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies, and newspaper offices, and this is the reason that the NYC authorities have declared the street as ‘Bangladesh Street’ Once Known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28522,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28519\/revisions\/28522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}