G Train Derails in Brooklyn; Bushwick Rental Prices Cool

About 150 people were evacuated from a G train after it derailed in Brooklyn late Thursday. There were no injuries. [WSJ] Good news if you want to live in Bushwick: with the number of new apartments quadrupling, average rents dropped 16 percent over the past year — the largest drop of any neighborhood in Brooklyn. [DNAinfo] Despite a lawsuit from a partner that claims to have been cut out of the deal, Brookhill Properties has purchased 16 East Village buildings for $97 million. [The Real Deal]
Artist Kristen Copham unloaded a two-story building at 154 Stanton Street, between Suffolk and Clinton Streets, for nearly $4.8 million. [Commercial Observer] Here’s your chance to live in a “a well maintained pre-war building previously occupied by LADY GAGA!” [Naked Apartments] On the LES, Sam’s Spring Rolls serves “a spring roll in its lustrous armor, hiding the soft heart of an Indian samosa.” [NY Times] See who’s repping at the Renegade Craft Fair, coming to Greenpoint this weekend. [Renegade Craft] Also in Greenpoint, Refinery 29 is throwing a party that promises to be a “wild, interactive funhouse highlighting style and culture through installations, one-of-a-kind performances, virtual-reality experiences, music, and more.” [Refinery 29] Maison Premiere, Rye and St. Mazie are among the best restaurants in Williamsburg. [Telegraph]