ILYAU ARONOV Corner (Queens)
Present name:None
Location:At the northwest corner of 172nd Street and 73rd Avenue
Honoree: Ilyau Aronov (1944-2007) was founder and President of the Fresh Meadows Bukharian Synagogue/Center, Vice-President of the Bukharian Jewish Congress, and a civil rights leader. After overseeing the completion of the Main Bukharian Center in Forest Hills in 2006, he went door to door enlisting support for establishment of a synagogue and a community center for the growing Bukharian Community of Fresh Meadows. He also supported events for World War II Jewish Bukharian Veterans, a Bukharian Jewish Museum, and the Bukharian Jewish Congress. (Lancman)
LL:2019/158