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NYC's Angriest Commuter; Billyburg Bar Burns; Citi Bikes Have Lasers Now! Patch PM

Also: Inside the major heroin and Xanax drug bust in Bushwick this morning, and the Grand Theft Auto-style car chase in Bed-Stuy last night.

NEW YORK, NY — Turns out there's more going on in this city than some crazed orange man spouting about golden showers on Fifth Avenue. Here are the day's top 10 local news stories — pulled from our 28 neighborhood Patch sites across NYC — worth talking about at dinnertime.

Subway Rider Threatens To Shoot MTA Worker Over Train Delays

Widespread commuter rage over delays on multiple lines Monday got especially real on a C train heading through Brooklyn, cops say.

Bushwick Drug Bust: Housing Project Ring Sold Heroin, Crack, Xanax, Weed, Officials Say

At least 20 suspects were arrested at the Hope Gardens housing complex Wednesday — the climax of a yearlong, undercover NYPD investigation.

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Hundreds Of Citi Bikes Will Be Fitted With Laser Projection System

Citi Bike plans to outfit 250 of its bikes with a system that projects a green laser beacon onto the street to increase safety at night. If it works, the rest of the fleet could get lasers, too.

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Upper East Side Burglar Hits 5 Homes: $900 Parka, $520 Boots Missing

The suspect has been entering fancy apartments through unlocked windows, police say. He's still on the loose.

Manhattan Resident Gets Stuck Inside Wall Of Own Apartment Building

"I thought he was playing a joke," a neighbor says.

3 Brooklyn Subway Casualties Within 24 Hours

Three men have been hit by MTA trains since Tuesday afternoon. Two died, and the third is in critical condition.

Bed-Stuy Car Chase: 'Bat Out Of Hell' Driver Rams Into Cop Car, Hits Old Lady, Flees Scene

A crazy driver tearing through Bed-Stuy Tuesday evening left a trail of chaos in his wake, witnesses say.

Elderly Man Killed In Brooklyn Crosswalk — Latest In String Of Local Traffic Deaths

Feliks Dadiomov, 88, was inside a designated crosswalk but walking against the light when he was hit, police say.

Anti-Rikers Activists Crash De Blasio Fundraiser At Park Slope Brownstone

Protesters confronted fundraiser attendees as they entered the party, and asked them to bring up Rikers — aka, "torture island" — to the mayor once inside.

The Commodore, Popular Williamsburg Bar, Closed Indefinitely After Fire

Patch asked one staff member outside the Williamsburg bar when it will be back in business. "That's what we'd like to know, too," he said.

Without Swift Federal Action, NYC Could Lose One Of Its Last Affordable Housing Options

“Without Penn South’s affordable housing options, the stitches that bind this community could begin to unravel," Sen. Chuck Schumer says.

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