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# ICYMI: Presidential Candidates Visit, Voorhies Tower To Rise, Cops Busted
- URL: https://bklyner.com/icymi-presidential-candidates-visit-voorhies-tower-to-rise-cops-busted-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2016-04-10T14:35:08.000Z
- Updated: 2016-04-09T01:36:08.000Z
- Author: Alex Ellefson
- Tags: News, Nonsponsored, Sheepshead Bay, Southern Brooklyn, 1501 voorhies ave, Bernie Sanders, fbi, fdny, household income, icymi, lotus cafe, nypd, Ted Cruz, #wp

![Senator Ted Cruz shaking hands outside the Chabad Neshama Center in Brighton Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/DSC_0459-702x465.jpg)

Senator Ted Cruz shaking hands outside the Chabad Neshama Center in Brighton Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)

**[In Case You Missed It (ICYMI):](/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/)** 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 ](http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites?ref=bklyner.com)and [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sheepshead-Bites/125215944173471), and sign up for [our daily newsletter](http://eepurl.com/Zv0W9?ref=bklyner.com). If you have any news tips, story ideas, questions or anything else, email us at [editor@sheepsheadbites.com](mailto:editor@sheepsheadbites.com).

- The 28-story tower next to the Sheepshead Bay subway station will [climb out of the ground soon](/voorhies-avenue-tower-expected-to-go-up-soon/).
- Presidential candidate Ted Cruz [visited Brighton Beach](/cruz-courts-orthodox-jewish-voters-during-visit-to-brighton-beach/) to court Orthodox Jewish voters.
- Democratic candidate for president Bernie Sanders [held a rally in Midwood](/bernie-sanders-will-speak-at-james-madison-high-today/).
- High-ranking officers in southern Brooklyn are being [investigated by the FBI](/southern-brooklyn-top-cops-snared-in-fbi-corruption-probe/).
- A [teenage girl died](/teenage-girl-beaten-death-coney-island/) after being attacked in Coney Island.
- Curious how your income compares to your neighbor’s a block away? Check out this [interactive map](/interactive-map-breaks-down-household-incomes-block-by-block/) to find out.
- Lotus Cafe has spiced up their menu with [Mediterranean cuisine](/lotus-cafe-spices-up-their-menu-with-mediterranean-cuisine/).
- A developer has submitted plans to [build a five-story residential building](/plans-filed-five-story-building-ocean-view-avenue/) on Ocean View Avenue.
- Get your copy of a [free resource book](/free-resource-book-tell-you-everything-you-need-to-know-about-brighton-beach/) about Brighton Beach.
- Sheepshead Bay has one of the [highest concentration of people who drive to work](/how-many-of-your-neighbors-actually-drive-to-work/) out of any Brooklyn neighborhood.
- A [fire broke out](/happening-now-fdny-responds-to-fire-in-apartment-on-ocean-avenue/) at an apartment building on Ocean Avenue.
- The NYPD vs. FDNY [Fun City Bowl](/nypd-vs-fdny-fun-city-bowl-coming-to-mcu-park/) is coming to MCU Park.