Friday, April 10, 2026

About the Mayor

Brooklyn politicians Clara Cressingham and Shirley Chisholm

Brooklyn has raised some of the country's most prominent female innovators, ranging from music stars like Barbara Streisand and Carole King to entertainment industry...

How prosecutors put an end to the bloody reign of hired assassins in Brooklyn

This was the most ruthless group of bloodthirsty characters ever to emerge from organized crime in America and Brooklyn in particular. The inception and...

Frederick A. Schroeder – Mayor of Brooklyn whose leadership marked the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge

When his term in the Senate was over, he left politics forever. The Republican Party attempted to nominate him for the positions of Mayor...

Frederick W. Wurster – the last mayor of Brooklyn. What is his administration remembered for?

At the time when Brooklyn was an independent city, it had a mayoral institition. The last mayor of the township was Frederick W. Wurster....

George Hall – Brooklyn’s first mayor since the city’s independence

The explosive expansion of settlements in Kings County made the state grant a charter to the city of Brooklyn in 1834. Thus, the county...
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