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Morningside Heights

Manhattan · Neighborhood Tabulation Area, as drawn by NYC City Planning (2020) — a statistical area, not an official neighborhood boundary.

Building grades

326 graded residential buildings. The local median is 5 penalty points per 10 units over three years (how grades work).

A252 B41 C15 D13 F5

The most distressed buildings in Morningside Heights

BuildingUnitsGradePenalty rate
503 West 122 Street 18 F 1,033
379 West 125 Street 3 F 919
351 West 125 Street 38 F 820
530 West 123 Street 11 D 797
524 West 123 Street 10 D 659
464 West 126 Street 19 D 611
192 Claremont Avenue 20 D 598
522 West 123 Street 10 D 569
1274 Amsterdam Avenue 10 D 536
505 West 122 Street 18 D 516

Sales and rents

Homes: no qualifying sales.
Apartments: 154 sales, median $865,000 (half of sales fell between $566,000 and $1,594,000).

Recorded sales, 2025-09-30 to 2026-09-30, NYC Department of Finance. Excludes transfers under $10,000 and suspected package sales (the same price on the same day for several properties on one block).

Median gross rent: $1,900 a month.

Approximate median monthly gross rent (rent plus utilities) among households paying cash rent, derived from 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (our calculation from the published rent ranges). Includes rent-stabilized and long-time tenants; asking rents for vacant apartments are usually higher.

Largest managing agents here

AgentBuildings here Units hereGrades here
Teachers College6842A6
Blue Woods Management Group6446A6
Concord Management Of NY LLC686C4 D2
Veritas Property Management LLC5218A4 B1
Firstservice Residential41,430A4
Rcr Management Group LLC4292A1 B3
Akam Associates, INC.4270A3 C1
Mark Ettinger435A4
Phipps Houses Services, INC3248A1 B2
Empire Mgmt America Corp3223A1 B2

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Getting around

100% of the 326 graded buildings in this neighborhood have a subway or Staten Island Railway station within about a 10-minute walk (straight-line estimate, transit data of 2026-09-24).

Nearest station (within a mile)Routes Buildings
116 St-Columbia University1120
125 St181
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)170
125 StA B C D49
116 StB C5

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes.

Restaurants in Morningside Heights

111 restaurants in Morningside Heights have a DOHMH inspection on record: A 91 · B 8 · C 3 · Grade Pending 4 · Not yet graded 5. 31 (28%) have inspector-recorded evidence of mice.

RestaurantCuisineGrade cardNotes
Bar 314ItalianC—
Community Food and JuiceAmericanC—
Qahwah HouseCoffee/TeaCMice evidence
DH NOODLES/WHALE TeaOtherGrade Pending—
NikkoAsian/Asian FusionGrade PendingMice evidence
Plowshares Coffee RoastersCoffee/TeaGrade PendingMice evidence
The CraftsmanAmericanGrade Pending—
El PortonMexicanBMice evidence
Junzi KitchenChineseB—
Koronet PizzaPizzaBMice evidence
Rich AromaChineseB—
SubconsciousSandwiches/Salads/Mixed BuffetB—
Tea MagicCoffee/TeaBMice evidence
The Heights Bar & GrillAmericanBMice evidence
Trufa PizzeriaPizzaBMice evidence
Arts & Crafts Beer ParlorVeganA—
Ban Ban ShopFusionA—
Barnard College - Diana's Center CafeAmericanA—
Barnard College - Liz's PlaceCoffee/TeaA—
Barnard College - Milstein Center Peets CoffeeCoffee/TeaA—

showing up to 20, worst first · 12 more establishments in Morningside Heights are registered but not yet inspected · the full list lives on the ZIP page: ZIP 10027, ZIP 10025

ZIP codes

Graded buildings in this neighborhood by ZIP code: 10027 (59%), 10025 (41%).

Nearby neighborhoods

Harlem (North), Harlem (South), Manhattanville-West Harlem, Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley.