
Morningside Heights Commerce & Culture
While dense like you’d expect for a Manhattan neighborhood, there’s a unique tranquility to Morningside Heights that’s largely owed to the fact it’s bookended by parks: Morningside Park forms the neighborhood’s east edge, while Riverside Park hugs the west side along the Hudson. The area retains several architecturally notable apartment houses dating to its first wave of vertical development, most of which are found along Riverside Drive. Local cuisine ranges from fast-casual options, catering to the Columbia crowd, to a slew of international fare — and of course established, longtime favorites like Tom’s, immortalized by Seinfeld and its own catchy Suzanne Vega song.