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Saturday: Celebrate Pakistan’s 70th Independence Day On Coney Island Avenue

Arts & Culture

Saturday: Celebrate Pakistan’s 70th Independence Day On Coney Island Avenue

(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Music and food will fill Coney Island Avenue, between Avenue H and Foster Avenue, this Saturday August 20, for the annual Brooklyn Mela [/blog/events/brooklyn-mela-draws-thousands-of-people-to-coney-island-avenue-for-festivities-celebrating-pakistans-independence-day/] , which celebrates Pakistan’s independence day. Sponsored by the Pakistani American Merchants Association, the festival will be held from

Pakistani Community Leader Shahid Khan Had A Long Road From Lahore To Brooklyn

Central Brooklyn

Pakistani Community Leader Shahid Khan Had A Long Road From Lahore To Brooklyn

Shahid Khan (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)Shahid Khan has become an important local community leader in the past few years. Earlier this year, he opened the BRICK Community Center [/blog/neighbors/breaking-barriers-new-community-center-aims-celebrate-pakistani-culture-connect-neighbors/] . He helps run the Startalk Urdu language program [/blog/education/65-students-graduated-from-summer-urdu-program-on-friday/] for local students, and

Central Brooklyn

Pakistani Community Leader Shahid Khan Had A Long Road From Lahore To Brooklyn

Shahid Khan (Photo by Shannon Geis/KensingtonBK)Shahid Khan has become an important local community leader in the past few years. Earlier this year, he opened the BRICK Community Center [/blog/neighbors/breaking-barriers-new-community-center-aims-celebrate-pakistani-culture-connect-neighbors/] . He helps run the Startalk Urdu language program [/blog/education/65-students-graduated-from-summer-urdu-program-on-friday/] for local students, and recently started

Thousands Of People Celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day At Brooklyn Mela On Coney Island Avenue

Brooklyn Mela

Thousands Of People Celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day At Brooklyn Mela On Coney Island Avenue

Photo by KensingtonBKThousands of people filled Coney Island Avenue Sunday, August 16, to celebrate Pakistan’s independence day with heaps of delicious food, music, dancing and more for the annual Brooklyn Mela [/blog/events/brooklyn-mela-will-be-celebrated-on-coney-island-avenue-this-sunday-watch-out-for-street-closures-and-bus-changes-2] . Held each year in New York City’s largest Pakistani community, the festivities centered around