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New York City

In New York city, mosque designs are often converged with Islamic cultural centers that can house many community events. Most of these designs do not include any extravagant exterior facades but some feature the traditional qubba architecture.

In 2011, the Muslim American Society's chapter for Brooklyn and Staten Island opened a mosque in the Dongan Hills neighborhood of Staten Island now called the "Muslim American Society Community Center." Previously, the same organization had attempted to open a former Roman Catholic convent as a mosque in the neighboring Midland Beach neighborhood but protesters prevented the opening. In order to diminish the likelihood of getting protesters against their mosque opening, the Muslim American Society had promised the neighborhood that other non-Muslim community members, like the Boy Scouts, could also use the space. The outside of the mosque resembles an ordinary white brick building like any non discernible community center and does not feature a qubba.

The Albanian Islamic Cultural Center of Staten Island, New York was established in 1991 and serves as a Mosque, school, library, and lecture hall. The design does not feature a qubba but features a minaret.

The mosque of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York was opened on September 25, 1991 on 96th street in Manhattan and was created with the intention that it become an Islamic landmark location. The accompanying building on 72nd street is used for multiple kinds of events. Both buildings feature minaret(s) and the 96th street mosque features a qubba. On their website, the ICCNY describe their extiror design as repesenting, "the rich and varied Muslim traditions in a contemporary context, relying on the use of geometric principles that formulate the basics of both Islamic and Modern architectural vocabularies."