To find the tailor of 37th Avenue, you have to allow yourself to get lost.
You can start by meandering down the avenue in Jackson Heights, past the discount stores and street vendors hawking samosas, nuts and the Holy Koran. Then you Cross Kalpana Chalwa Way, named after the Indian-American astronaut who perished in the 2003 Columbia explosion and come to JMD, where rows of saris glimmer in the window. Walk down the staircase to the underground mall, past the beauty salon specializing in herbal waxes and a tiny store selling Bollywood videos.
This is where you will find Abdul Majid, hunched over a Juki sewing machine set directly into the table in front of him.
