Photo by Leo Sano, 2022.
Benjamin Wheeler (2006 -2012) was born in New York City and lived in Sunnyside, Queens for the first year of his life before moving to Connecticut. He was just six years old when he was killed in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
Gil Tauber, "NYC Honorary Street Names," accessed June 15, 2022, http://www.nycstreets.info/
"Remembering Ben Wheeler," The Newtown Bee, October 13, 2017, https://www.newtownbee.com/10132017/remembering-ben-wheeler/
Christian Murray, "Street Co-Named After 6-Year-Old Benjamin Wheeler, As His Father Reflects on Gun Control," Sunnyside Post, September 9, 2013, https://sunnysidepost.com/street-co-named-after-6-year-old-benjamin-wheeler-as-his-father-reflects-on-gun-control
Josey Bartlett, "Sunnyside honors Sandy Hook victim," Queens Chronicle, September 5, 2013, https://www.qchron.com/editions/western/sunnyside-honors-sandy-hook-victim/article_79da2d90-c0cf-53a7-a163-d106e2e1c8ca.html