Brooklinks: Saturday Very Visual Mermaid Edition

dancing girls, originally uploaded by pixietart.

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn related information and, especially on weekend, images. The Mermaid Parade kicks off 2PM today in Coney Island. It runs down the Boardwalk and Surf Avenue.

Mermaids:

• Mermaid Day Set [pixietart/flickr]
• 15,980 Mermaid Parade Photos [flickr]
• Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2005 [Linus Gelber/flickr]
• 1983 Mermaid [Now Public]
• Mermaid Parade 2006 [GL's flickr set]
  

Not Mermaids:

• Brooklyn Jail Will Definitely Reopen [110 Livingston]
• Meet the New Two Trees Building Next to the Brooklyn Bridge [Brownstoner]
• Reactions to Bruce Ratner's Special, Customized 421-a Tax Breaks [AYR]
• Go Eat Some Food with the Red Hook Vendors [NYT]
• Weekly Dumbo Links Rundown [Dumbo NYC]
• Banners and Chairs for Thor's Water Slide [Kinetic Carnival]
• New Kid on the Block [Bed-Stuy Blog]
• Plan to be Stoopendous Today [OTBKB]
  
• Carroll Gardeners Want Protection from Development [McBrooklyn]
• The Blogger Behind the F Train Express Petition [Streets Blog]
• Construction Too Close for Comfort [Kensington Brooklyn]
• Bicyclist Crashes into Open Car Door & Is Killed in Williamsburg [NYP]