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Here are the must-read Patch NYC stories for Wednesday, July 21.

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Here are the must-read Patch NYC stories for Wednesday, July 21.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has directed the state police's Hate Crimes Task Force to help investigate the attack on the Bed-Stuy border.
The People's Ball, which invites everyday New Yorkers to walk a catwalk in the Central Library, returns for its second year in September.
The borough had more fatalities the first half of 2021 than the start of any year Mayor Bill de Blasio's been in office, a study found.
The Quincy Street building, found on the Bed-Stuy and Clinton Hill border, has 13 apartments up for grabs, records show.
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The archway above a brownstone's front door collapsed onto its stoop on Tuesday on Carlton Street, according to officials.
Yeisser Ramirez, who grew up in Cuba and moved to Brooklyn at 21, will represent the United States in the Tokyo Olympics.
The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music will host a concert series from their Seventh Avenue stoop, starting this week.
One of the shows coming to the Brooklyn Academy of Music this fall will use 25 tons of sand to transform the theater into a bustling beach.
The stretch of Rockaway Avenue is one of the nation's worst streets for walkers, according to a study.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has been trying to pass the anti-gun trafficking bill since 2015. She announced its reintroduction in Brooklyn.
Get ready for a concert in Prospect Park honoring the life of the Brooklyn rapper in August by grabbing this Biggie Smalls-themed beer can.
Developers of the 80 Flatbush Ave. project announced that they secured $240 million in financing to start the first round of construction.
The organization, which started a food pantry during the pandemic, was one of 14 that got a grant from Brooklyn Communities Collaborative.
The man is wanted for two incidents just hours apart on Saturday near Fifth Street and Prospect Park West, police said.
Emergency responders found two men in a car engulfed in flames on Atlantic Avenue on Saturday, police said.
Cops have released video of the shooting, which unfolded on Nostrand Avenue last week.
The group were in a dispute with someone on a street corner last week when one of them took out a gun. Three people were shot, cops said.
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