
Columbia University buildings across Morningside Drive, seen from a scenic overlook within
Morningside Park
'Morningside Drive' is a roughly north-south bi-directional street in the
Morningside Heights neighborhood of the
New York City borough of
Manhattan. It runs from
110th Street in the south, where it forms the continuation of
Columbus Avenue, to
122nd Street-Seminary Row in the north, which Morningside Drive becomes after turning to the west and crossing over
Amsterdam Avenue.
Along the way, Morningside Drive passes the backside of the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine as well as several buildings owned by
Columbia University, including the President's House and the
East Campus dormitory. The eastern side of Morningside Drive is entirely occupied by
Morningside Park, which drops off so steeply from the eastern edge of the drive that no streets can rise from
Harlem on the other side of the park to intersect the street. Morningside Drive, then, forms the effective edge of Morningside Heights. The non-institutional buildings on the other side of the street are primarily apartment houses.
External links
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Columbia University wiki article about Morningside Drive