Religious Groups
Midwood is a heavily Jewish neighborhood. There are several branches of Touro College there, and Midwood is also home to several large orthodox synagogues, including the Young Israel of Midwood, Agudas Yisroel Bais Binyomin of Avenue L, The minyan factory known as Landau's Shul, offering minyanim every 15 minutes on an average day, Rabbi Avraham Schorr's Synagogue on East 15th Street and Avenue L, The Bostoner Rebbe on Avenue J, Steinvertzles, The Young Israel of Avenue J, The Agudah of Midwood, plus several Syrian Orthodox synagogues. Synagogues based out of homes, called Shtiebelach, are also common.
In November 2009 the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, a beneficiary agency of the UJA-Federation of New York, partnered with Masbia in the opening of a kosher soup kitchen on Coney Island Avenue.
The East Midwood Jewish Center is a Renaissance revival building listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. The Kingsway Jewish Center was listed in 2010.
On November 12, 2011, four cars were torched, many KKK, Nazi Swastikas and other hate symbols were spraypainted on benches and other items. The following day, state Assemblyman Dov Hikind, state Sen. Eric Adams and civil rights attorney Normal Siegal joined a protest march the against the hate crime. A reward of $30,000 was raised for any information leading to those who committed this hate crime.
The area between Avenue I and Newkirk Avenue is heavily populated by Muslims. Most of the Muslims are from Azad Kashmir and Pakistan. This area also has the largest Mosque in Brooklyn, the Muslim Community Center of Brooklyn Inc.; (also known as Makki Masjid).
St. Brendan's Parish and Our Lady Help of Christians are two Roman Catholic Church congregations located in Midwood. The Church of 'The Three Hierachs' Greek Orthodox serves the Greek residents of the community. The Episcopal 'Church of the Epiphany' also serves the community.
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