The Morningside Heights neighborhood has also been referred to as a "college town" within New York City, the "Academic Acropolis", the "Acropolis of New York", and "Bloomingdale Village".
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, New York 10025
Columbia University
116th Street and Broadway
New York, NY 10027
Notable residents
George Gershwin began composing his Rhapsody in Blue while living at 501 West 110th Street in Morningside Heights.
Film director Cecil B. De Mille lived on 114th Street.
F. Scott Fitzgerald lived at 200 Claremont Ave. while working in advertising and writing This Side of Paradise.
Comedian George Carlin grew up on 121st Street.