Howard Beamon Brookins Jr. (born October 21, 1963) is the Alderman of the 21st Ward of the City of Chicago.

Brookins serves on the Board of Directors for Community Media Workshop and he is active with the 9100 South Union Block Club.

In 2008, Brookins unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination in the Cook County State's Attorney election.

[4] On February 28, 2014, Brookins' chief of staff, Curtis V. Thompson Jr. was charged with accepting a $7,500 bribe as part of an undercover corruption probe,[5] and sentenced to 15 months in prison by U.S. district Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan.

[6] The Chicago Sun reports that "Thompson helped a federal informant land Brookins' essential support for a liquor license in the 21st Ward in 2013.

In exchange, the informant handed Thompson 75 $100 bills stuffed into a Christmas card during a party at Brookins' office, court records show.

But three days later, on December 7, 2017, Brookins announced his intent to "leave public service" by circulating petitions to fill a vacancy on the Circuit Court of Cook County when the Illinois Courts Commission forced former-judge Valarie Turner into retirement.