Editing Brook Park, Ohio (section)

==History==
Brook Park became a city in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/brook-park/index.ssf/2014/07/brook_parks_100_years_a_timeli.html|title=Brook Park's 100 years: a timeline|date=July 2, 2014 |access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref>
The city attracted national attention when 21 [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] of the 3rd battalion, 25th Marines Regiment, 4th Marine division headquartered in the city were killed in combat in [[Iraq]] on August 1 and August 3, 2005. The unit lost 48 Marines during the course of the deployment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/05/brook_park_marine_battalion_re.html|title=Brook Park Marine battalion returns to Middle East|access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref> On August 5, the city government printed and distributed American flags for every household in the city to display on their windows. On August 8, thousands of citizens from throughout [[Northeast Ohio]] attended a memorial service to show their support for the fallen Marines. National, state and local politicians also voiced their mutual support for the families affected and for the ongoing support needed for all of the service members still involved in their mission overseas.

Thomas J. Coyne Jr. was re-elected mayor on November 5, 2013, after 12 years out of the office, which had been held by Mark J. Elliot. Coyne had been the Mayor of Brook Park from 1981 to 2002. Coyne is most known for the 2001 [[Cleveland Hopkins International Airport]] runway extension deal with then [[Mayor of Cleveland]] [[Michael R. White (politician)|Michael R. White]], which ceded Brook Park land including homes and the [[International Exposition Center]] (IX Center) to [[Cleveland]] in exchange for [[NASA Glenn Research Center]] and ten years of tax revenues from the IX Center. Coyne had originally come to Brook Park with his family at the age of nine from Cleveland around the time of the city's incorporation in 1960. He is an alumnus of St. Edwards in nearby [[Lakewood, Ohio|Lakewood]].