Maurice A. FitzGerald

Maurice A. FitzGerald (January 9, 1897 – August 25, 1951) was a Democratic politician from Queens, New York City.

He was elected sheriff of Queens County in 1937, then named the Borough Public Works Commissioner in 1942.

He did not live to the end of his first term, dying of a heart attack while vacationing in Star Lake, New York in 1951.

Maurice A. FitzGerald Playground in South Ozone Park, and Public School No.

199 (Maurice A. FitzGerald School) in Sunnyside, Queens, commemorate the former borough president.