Brooklinks: Friday Edition

Brooklinks is a selective and semi-random listing of Brooklyn-related news stories and blog items:
The Pier [Brooklyn Record]
A Champion to Stop Bruce Ratner: Bill Batson [onNYTurf]
Hungry Cabbie at Waterfalls Cafe [Gothamist]
Mermaid Parade Takes Over Coney Island [AM New York]
NYC 2030 [AM New York]
Bright idea in Coney [NYDN]
Ratner's Shadow Looms [Bklyn Papers]
Lines Being Drawn on Plan for Piers [B61 Productions]

The photo above is another one of Gowanus Lounge's Googly Eye Cru sticker photos shot in Williamsburg.