John Nelson Partridge (1838 – April 8, 1920) was the Police Commissioner for Brooklyn and Fire Commissioner for Brooklyn in the 1880s before the merger into New York City.
[3] From 1886 to 1887 he was president of the Brooklyn City and Newtown Railroad.
[3] He was the New York City Police Commissioner from 1902 to 1903.
[1] During his tenure he wanted to move the New York City police headquarters from Mulberry Street to Times Square.
He died on April 8, 1920, in Westport, Connecticut.