City profile · Small City
Brookline, Massachusetts
Reviewed Oct 17, 2026Who leads Brookline, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- David Pearlman
- Role
- Mayor (Ceremonial)
- Town Administrator
- Charles Carey
- Appointed to run day-to-day operations
- Form of government
- Select board
- Party
- Nonpartisan
- Population
- 57,107
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 17, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 17, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcebrooklinema.gov/343/Select-Board ↗
- Official leadership pagebrooklinema.gov/343/Select-Board ↗
- City websitebrooklinema.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- David Pearlman CurrentMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 17, 2026
- Charles Carey Current · AdministratorTown Administrator · added Oct 17, 2026 · verified Oct 17, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 57,107
- Land area
- 6.76 sq mi
- Population density
- 8,447.8 per sq mi
- County
- Norfolk County
- Metro area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$200M
- City hall phone
- (617) 730-2000
- Official website
- brooklinema.gov ↗
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