The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture is a local humanist religious organization, located in a beautiful neo-Jacobean building circa 1900 on Prospect Park West. The organization also hosts the Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor, a music venue in the Prospect Park West building featuring a variety of musical talent. Additionally, children's groups and adult workshops are offered.
The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture is a member of the American Ethical Union, a federation of Ethical Culture and Ethical Humanist societies.
The Newman Memorial United Methodist Church, founded in 1900, this year (2011) celebrates its 111th year of ministry in the Bedford-Stuyvesant Community. The Pastor is the Reverend Cedric R. Johnson. Newman Memorial runs a soup kitchen, food pantry and other services for the benefit of the least-served in the surrounding Bed-Stuy community.