Afternoon Links: Have You Noticed Brooklyn's Tiki-Culture Craze?

In the News
Bushwick Open Studios Moving to Fall, Artists Hope to Cool Off Frat-Party Reputation [BK Paper]
Tiki Culture Has Taken Over Brooklyn [BK Mag]
DOT: Pulaski Bridge Bikeway Will Open by End of April [Streetsblog]
Apple Began iPhone Encryption Fight Last Fall, in Brooklyn [ABC]
Bay Ridge to Compete for Park Improvements [Hey Ridge]
Neighbors: What’s Under the Ground at BAM Park? [Eagle]

New details have emerged about the possible future Brooklyn-Queens streetcar. One reader shares how it could revolutionize transportation for folks living in the Columbia Street Waterfront District, below.

Comment of the Day

It’s less about connecting Queens and Brooklyn and more about getting around the waterfront in general. I live in the Columbia Street Waterfront, just above Red Hook, and transportation is a problem. There is a lot of development, both business and residential, going on all over the Brooklyn waterfront, and it is only accelerating. This is a good plan for the future. Soon, many people will be living AND working along the waterfront, without ever having to go into Manhattan.

— designerbiker in Streetcar Could Bring Us Two New Bridges, Less Car Parking, More Ped and Bike Paths

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