The Lay Of The Land
Morningside Heights sits on high ground above the Hudson, and its layout follows the institutions that built it: Columbia, Barnard, Teachers College and the Manhattan School of Music occupy most of the blocks between Broadway and Amsterdam, and Riverside Park and Morningside Park frame the neighborhood on either side. Grant's Tomb stands at 122nd Street, and Riverside Drive curves along the park with the George Washington Bridge in the distance.
The apartment stock is prewar and substantial. Riverside Drive and Claremont Avenue are lined with elevator buildings from the 1900s through the 1920s, with large rooms, high ceilings, formal foyers and river views from the upper floors. Broadway and Amsterdam have six-story walk-ups and smaller elevator buildings above the storefronts. A significant share of the housing is university-owned and rented to faculty and staff, which keeps turnover in the open market lower than in neighborhoods to the south.
Broadway is the commercial spine: bookstores, diners, bagel shops and cafes that keep student hours, with the Columbia gates at 116th Street as the crossroads. Restaurants and bars line Amsterdam Avenue, and the campus lawns and library steps are open to the public most days.
The 1 train stops at 110th Street, 116th Street and 125th Street on Broadway, and the B and C stop at 110th and 116th on the east side of Morningside Park. Riverside Park's paths run south to 72nd Street and north to the bridge, and Central Park's northwest corner is at 110th and Central Park West.
Market Pulse
What renting in Morningside Heights looks like right now, from listings active on Sidewalk.
- Studio$4,820/mo
- 1 BR$5,980/mo
- 2 BR$7,754/mo
- 3+ BR$7,500/mo
- Hollow: fewer than 5 listings that month
Asking rents among listings active on Sidewalk, updated November 15.
Nearby restaurants
A taste of where to eat around Morningside Heights.
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Buildings In Morningside Heights
19 total- Avalon Morningside Park1 Morningside Drive
- Cathedral Parkway Apartments535 West 110th Street
- Claremont Hall100 Claremont Avenue
- Enclave at the Cathedral400 West 113th Street
- Morningside Gardens501 West 123rd Street
- Morningside Gardens80 La Salle Street
- New York City30 Morningside Drive
- The Amherst-Cortland510 West 110th Street
- The Central Park View415 Central Park West
- The Greenwich446 Central Park West
- The Hendrik Hudson380 Riverside Drive
- The Paterno440 Riverside Drive
- The Rockfall545 West 111th Street
- 501 West 110th Street66 units · Built 1910
- 425 Riverside Drive178 units · Built 1924
- 444 Central Park West120 units · Built 1929
- 375 Riverside Drive101 units · Built 1922
- 414 West 121st Street55 units · Built 1912
- 521 West 122nd Street32 units · Built 1907
