Masjid Hamza is located on Stewart Avenue in Valley Stream.   The masjid was recently rebuilt in 2006 due to a growing Muslim community.  Surrounding the masjid are several rows of beautiful flowers that really makes the place look lively and fresh.  The front of the masjid had two big wooden doors.  These two doors are usually closed and only opened on Fridays for Jummah Prayers.  The front is all white bricks with a line of green bricks. The masjid from the front looks beautiful with a small garden full of flowers.  The front is also surrounded by a metal gate which makes the building look grand.  The building is three stories high and has three green lines going across.  The back is where everyone usually enters for daily prayers.  

 There is a parking lot in the back that fits about twenty cars.  The back is surrounded by a white fence.  There are two different entrances, one for woman and one for men.  The masjid is located in a residential area.  Before it was rebuilt, the masjid was just an ordinary house.  It’s surrounded by several houses and sticks out like sore thumb.   

I went for Maghrib prayers, and saw several kids in the back parking lot playing basketball and just running around.   There were several people entering the masjid for night prayers.  Inside the masjid you are required to take off your shoes.  The second you enter you can smell a nice scent throughout the place.  The main hall is pretty large with carpet all around.  The carpet is in rows so that people can line up in prayer easily.  The colors of the carpet are blue and green and the whole masjid inside is white.  Around the first floor there are several book shelves fool of Qurans in Arabic and English.  There are also several books on hadith and the life of the prophet.  Also around the first floor there were a lot of Islamic calligraphy posters.  They have Arabic writings all across the entrance and where the imam leads prayer.   

There is also several class rooms located on the first floor.  The masjid has programs for all ages for learning how to read the Quran to learning the life of the prophet Muhammad.  These classrooms all have more Arabic writings on the wall from students from Hamza School.  When you first walk in from the entrance there is a huge bulletin board with all special programs going on during the month.  You can check out the prayer timings and other forms of information such as educational classes.   

Scattered throughout the masjid there are a lot of donation boxes.  There are donation boxes for a masjid construction and sadaqah.  After the night prayer there were a lot of people who donated towards sadaqah and masjid construction.  There were posters of new construction updates around the first floor.  The masjid has plans to expand the 2^nd floor so they are looking for donations.   

After Maghrib prayer someone came up and made announcements about construction and classes going on during the weekend.  Downstairs there is a library and computer lab.  All the books in the library were behind casing so I wasn’t able to take out the books.  The computer lab was closed when I went to I wasn’t able to see that either. 

The bathrooms were really large downstairs. They had special areas to make ablution.  They had 5 or 6 sinks dedicated for wudu.  Before the prayer, they called the adhan to notify people that the salah is about to begin.   

Outside above the masjid, there is a big green dome, with a pointy surface sticking out.  At night the Dome has windows with green lights shining from the inside.  From the outside the masjid looks really nice at night.  The community is really important in the function of this masjid.