Mermaids Beat Thor Out of Coney Building, and More

- In two weeks, the nonprofit that runs the Mermaid Parade, the Coney Island Museum, and the Circus Sideshow will close a deal to buy the building it now leases. Coney Island USA founder Dick Zigun says that with the city’s backing, it will purchase the 1917 structure at a price of $3.6 million — beating out Thor for the deal. New York Magazine Daily Intelligencer

- Craigslist is holding a "boot camp" for non-profits and social entrepreneurs at BAM.

- The Kensington blog is compiling a list of trees blown away by the tornado. Respond before the city moves on to the next crisis.

- Closings are moving quickly and new residents have moved in to the J Condo. DumboNYC

- How to help out the Bay Ridge tornado victims. OTBKB