emilywmason1904May 25, 20201 min read‘Little Pakistan’ designation sought to make Brooklyn community ‘stronger’As the smell of heavy spice wafts fromLahori Chilli Restaurant and Sweetsdown Coney Island Avenue, two men clasp hands and greet each other in Urdu while an older woman in a traditional full-length shalwar kameez and headscarf shops for fruit in the stand next door. Between them lies the basement office of the Pakistani American Youth Organization (PAYO).
As the smell of heavy spice wafts fromLahori Chilli Restaurant and Sweetsdown Coney Island Avenue, two men clasp hands and greet each other in Urdu while an older woman in a traditional full-length shalwar kameez and headscarf shops for fruit in the stand next door. Between them lies the basement office of the Pakistani American Youth Organization (PAYO).
