ICYMI: Woman Sues McDonald’s, Overcrowded Schools, Illegal Home Conversions

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In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our daily newsletter. If you have any news tips, story ideas, questions or anything else, e-mail us at editor [at]bensonhurstbean[dot]com.

  • A woman is suing after her husband died in the restroom of McDonald’s on 86th Street.
  • Brooklynite James Lane is nominated as a Green Party candidate in 11th District race.
  • District 20 schools are the most overcrowded in the borough and it’s only going to get worse.
  • A walk through Bensonhurst with the new Google Translate app.
  • Two seniors, Alexander Magerovskiy and Zachery Merritt, went missing from the same Coney Island nursing home.
  • Bensonhurst Park and Gravesend Park have way to0 many playground injury lawsuits.
  • Anger and frustration erupt at town hall on illegal home conversions.
  • A historic event: Bensonhurst’s first-ever Lunar New Year parade.
  • A homeless man was found dead in a box trailer in Coney Island.