Morningside Heights

Morningside Heights is certainly known for its numerous scholarly institutions.

Welcome to Morningside Heights

Overview

A cross between the Upper West Side and Harlem, Morningside Heights boasts some of the city’s most impressive architecture: Turn-of-the-century apartment buildings (many with marble lobbies grand enough to house a presidential reception) and row houses dominate. The expansive pre-war co-ops located on Riverside Drive in Morningside Heights offer amazing views of the Hudson River. However, there are also great condos in the Morningside Heights area with flowing layouts, graciously proportioned rooms, and high ceilings.
 
 
Once referred to as the Academic Acropolis of Manhattan, Morningside Heights is certainly known for its numerous scholarly institutions – Columbia University, Barnard College, Teachers College, Manhattan School of Music, and St. John the Divine, the world’s largest gothic Cathedral, to name a few. Yet, there are apartments for sale as well as apartments for rent, because Morningside Heights is more than just a “college town.”
 
 
Morningside Heights, though, is not all limestone, granite, and Gothic spires. Broadway, filled with bookstores, cafés, specialty stores, and restaurants galore, is the main thoroughfare of Morningside Heights. Morningside Park (named for the east-facing slope that catches the morning sun) is a 30-acre oasis of rugged hills. Deemed too difficult to develop apartments on, it was designed as a cultivated wilderness by the famed architects of Central Park. Fifty-foot high rock precipices, playgrounds, renovated ball fields and picnic areas are perfect for an adventure or an afternoon of luxurious relaxing. And nine months out of the year, the Park hosts a weekly farmers market. Also, not to be missed 267-acre Riverside Park features a bird sanctuary and a skate park, as well as a fine set of clay tennis courts just to the south.
 

Boundaries

Runs from Riverside Drive to Morningside Park, from 110th to 125th Streets
 

Subway Stations

1 to 110th St. | B,C to 110th St. | 2,3 to 110th St.-Central Park North | 1 to 116th St.-Columbia University | B,C to 116th St. | 1 to 125th St. | A,B,C,D to 125th St. | B,C to 135th St. | 1 to 137th St.-City College | 1 to 145th St. | A,B,C,D to 145th St. | C to 155th St.
 

Schools

  • Future Leaders Institute Charter School
  • New York French-American Charter School
  • P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche
  • P.S. 129 John H Finley
  • P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman
  • Academy For Social Action-A College Board School
  • Columbia Secondary School
  • Future Leaders Institute Charter School
  • I.S. 195 Roberto Clemente
  • I.S. 223 Mott Hall
  • I.S. 286 Renaissance Leadership Academy
  • Kipp Infinity Charter School
  • Kipp S.T.A.R. Charter School
  • New Design Middle School
  • P.S. 161 Pedro Albizu Campos
  • P.S. 180 Hugo Newman
  • Urban Assembly For The Performing Arts
  • Great Tomorrows USA School
  • Mt Pleasant Christian Academy
  • Riverside Church Week Day School
  • Annunciation School
  • Corpus Christi
  • St. Aloysius School
  • St. Benedict Day Nursery
 

Attractions

  • Morningside Park
  • The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
  • Columbia University
 

Overview for Morningside Heights, NY

92,162 people live in Morningside Heights, where the median age is 40.6 and the average individual income is $79,978. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

92,162

Total Population

40.6 years

Median Age

High

Population Density Population Density This is the number of people per square mile in a neighborhood.

$79,978

Average individual Income

Demographics and Employment Data for Morningside Heights, NY

Morningside Heights has 40,188 households, with an average household size of 2.16. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Here’s what the people living in Morningside Heights do for work — and how long it takes them to get there. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. 92,162 people call Morningside Heights home. The population density is 122,615.23 and the largest age group is Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

92,162

Total Population

High

Population Density Population Density This is the number of people per square mile in a neighborhood.

40.6

Median Age

45.91 / 54.09%

Men vs Women

Population by Age Group

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25-64 Years

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65-74 Years

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75+ Years

Education Level

  • Less Than 9th Grade
  • High School Degree
  • Associate Degree
  • Bachelor Degree
  • Graduate Degree
40,188

Total Households

2.16

Average Household Size

$79,978

Average individual Income

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Commute Time

0 to 14 Minutes
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Schools in Morningside Heights, NY

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The following schools are within or nearby Morningside Heights. The rating and statistics can serve as a starting point to make baseline comparisons on the right schools for your family. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Type
Name
Category
Grades
School rating
Ps 36 Margaret Douglas
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
1/5
Bank Street School For Children
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
The School At Columbia University
PRIVATE
K - 8th
No rating available
Edward A Reynolds West Side High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
No rating available
Ps 75 Emily Dickinson
PUBLIC
K - 5th
3/5
Ps 84 Lillian Weber
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
5/5
Middle School 250 West Side Collaborative Middle School
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
1/5
Lafayette Academy
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
4/5
Ps 333 Manhattan School For Children
PUBLIC
K - 8th
5/5
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
4/5
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
2/5
Aichhorn School (The)
PRIVATE
9th - 12th
No rating available
Junior High School 54 Booker T Washington
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
5/5
Alexander Robertson School
PRIVATE
PreK - 5th
No rating available
Solomon Schechter School Of Manhattan
PRIVATE
K - 7th
No rating available
Ps 165 Robert E Simon
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
3/5
Community Action School-Middle School 258
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
2/5
The Studio School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Twin Parks Montessori School - Central Park
PRIVATE
PreK - PreK
No rating available
Ps 145 Bloomingdale School (The)
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
No rating available
Ps 163 Alfred E Smith
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
4/5
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
West Side Montessori School
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
Manhattan Children's Center (The)
PRIVATE
Undergrad - Undergrad
No rating available
Basis Independent Manhattan
PRIVATE
K - 6th
No rating available
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