Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Columbia University, Barnard College, the Manhattan School of Music, Bank Street College of Education, the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, the Riverside Church, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Interchurch Center and St. Luke's Hospital. Some residents consider Morningside Heights to be part of the Upper West Side.

However, many sources call it part of "Greater Harlem". Many sources have the Upper West Side going no farther north than 110th street. Morningside Heights is bounded by Morningside Park to the east, Harlem to the north, and Riverside Park to the west.

The streets that form its boundaries are 110th Street on the south, Riverside Drive on the west, 125th Street on the north, and Morningside Drive to the east. The main thoroughfare is Broadway. With the recent gentrification of Bloomingdale, the neighborhood immediately to the south of Morningside Heights, the southern boundary of this region is sometimes stretched to 106th Street and at times even 96th Street.

The 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". Non-academic landmarks in Morningside Heights include the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, Grant's Tomb, Riverside Church, Interchurch Center, Corpus Christi Church (New York), where Thomas Merton was baptized, International House, and St. Luke's Hospital.

The real Tom's Restaurant also appeared in Seinfeld.Arguably the most famous restaurant in Morningside Heights (and one of the most famous diners in the world) is Tom's Restaurant on Broadway at W. 112th St. It was featured in a 1990s song, "Tom's Diner", by Suzanne Vega (an alumna of Barnard College).

Later, exterior shots were used on the television sitcom Seinfeld as a stand-in for the daily hangout of the show's principal characters. .

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