This article reports the synthesis of a magnetic heterogeneous catalyst through the decoration of gold ions onto the cross-linked polymeric nanocomposite from 2,6-diaminopyridine. The activity of the resulting catalyst was then evaluated in the bromination of aromatic compounds. The nitrogen rich support showed a high affinity to gold ions, and the measured content of Au was 0.76 mmol g −1 . The structure of the catalyst was fully characterized by using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, atomic absorption spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscope, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, Brunauer− Emmett−Teller surface area analysis, a vibrating sample magnetometer, and X-ray diffraction techniques. Various substituted arenes were converted to the corresponding Br-containing aromatic compounds in a good to excellent yield using 300 mg of catalyst. It is worth mentioning, that the catalyst was simply collected from the solution and reused in eight cycles without significant loss of its activity.