Morningside Heights is a neighborhood on the West Side of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Morningside Drive to the east, 125th Street to the north, 110th Street to the south, and Riverside Drive to the west. Morningside Heights borders Central Harlem and Morningside Park to the east, Manhattanville to the north, the Manhattan Valley section of the Upper West Side to the south, and Riverside Park to the west. Broadway is the neighborhood's main thoroughfare, running north–south.
Residential buildings on West 116th Street opposite Columbia University
Bloomingdale Insane Asylum circa 1831
Until 1903, the Ninth Avenue elevated bypassed Morningside Heights (depicted in background)
Morningside Park, which was the neighborhood's namesake
125th Street, co-named Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, is a two-way street that runs east–west in the New York City borough of Manhattan, from First Avenue on the east to Marginal Street, a service road for the Henry Hudson Parkway along the Hudson River in the west. It is often considered to be the "Main Street" of Harlem.
West 125th Street near Broadway, looking west toward the Hudson River. The 125th Street subway station of the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line can be seen overhead.
The world-famous Apollo Theater
The Studio Museum in Harlem (144 West 125th St.)
Harlem Savings Bank, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (123 East 125th St.)
