| Neighborhood Profiles |
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Morningside Heights
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| The Union Theological
Seminary with Teacher's College in the
background. (Photo courtesy of morningside-heights.net) |
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| Apartment
Prices
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TO
BUY |
2001 |
2003 |
| Studio/1BR |
$150K-$350K |
$180K-$425K |
| 2BR |
$300K-$600K |
$400K-$700K |
| Family Apt. |
$850K-$2.5M |
$880K-$2.5M |
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TO
RENT |
2001 |
2003 |
| Studio/1BR |
$1,200-$2,000 |
$900-$2,300 |
| 2BR |
$1,800-$2,500 |
$2,500-$3,200 |
| Family Apt. |
$1,900-$3,300 |
$3,500-$5,000 |
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| Real Estate
Listings |
Off-site listings
Coldwell
Banker Hunt Kennedy
Harlem
Homes
Harlem
Shops Directory |
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BASICS: “Many buyers are affiliated with
Columbia or St. Luke’s, or they’re families priced
out of the downtown market who need the space,”
says Barbara Good, Halstead Property senior
vice-president. The area is also popular with
first-time buyers, who come for the reasonably
priced one-bedrooms: “A lot of Columbia students
buy around here, or rather, their parents buy for
them,” says Ann Guttman of Coldwell Banker Hunt
Kennedy.
WHAT'S NEW: There are few recent
conversions in the area—not counting the
twelve-story faculty-housing-and-prep-school
complex Columbia is building on 110th Street and
the post-doc housing that’s springing up at 103rd
and Broadway. That said, you’ll find newly
renovated, high-end co-ops in the Manhasset, the
mansard-topped building that occupies an entire
block of Broadway between 108th and 109th Streets,
selling for top market prices.
BARGAIN HUNTING: To find the best deals,
head east of Broadway and west of Central Park
West. You can also score in the non-doorman
buildings from 121st to 123rd Streets.
HOT SPOTS: On Amsterdam Avenue,
Max
Soha serves up old-school Italian. For
French-Caribbean, head to A Café on Columbus
Avenue. Silver Moon Bakery is the local go-to for
tarts and other buttery treats. If you like your
music loud, the Ding
Dong Lounge on Columbus Avenue features live
punk.
PREDICTION: This area, newly colonized
by Upper West Siders escaping to the north, felt
last year’s drop-off. But one-bedrooms are selling
well, says Guttman. (Must be all those Columbia
grads.) Riverside Drive’s big prewar buildings
with views of the Hudson tend to hold their value
best. Columbia’s incentives for staff to move
toward Harlem may boost prices to the
east.
— Profile from the March
10, 2003 cover story of New York
Magazine |
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| In Our
Archive |
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• Best
of New York: Above 103rd (March 25, 2002)
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Real
Estate 2001: Upper Upper West Side (March 12,
2001) |
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| The Schools
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Offsite resources
Elementary and Middle Schools
Community School
District 5
Community
School District 6
High Schools
Wadleigh
Secondary School
Thurgood
Marshall Academy (in PDF format)
School Report Cards
District
5 School Report Cards
District
6 School Report Cards
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| Crime
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Offsite resources
Weekly Crime Stats (in PDF
format)
Precinct
26, (Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights,
West Harlem, and Manhattanville): 520 West 126th
Street, 212-678-1311 (Adobe Acrobat PDF file). |
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| The Scene |
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Restaurants
Max
SoHo: Old-school Italian.
More
Restaurants above 103rd
Nightlife
Ding
Dong Lounge: If you're looking for some
live punk.
Smoke
Jazz Club and Lounge: Feels more like a
living room than like a club, providing intimate
comfort and some of the finest acoustics you'll
find anywhere.
SoHa:
A dark, dusty lounge "South of Harlem" for casual
gatherings and cheap drinks.
More
Bars
Shops
Bank
Street Bookstore: A full-time,
completely knowledgeable staff run this children's
bookstore.
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| Neighborhood
Websites |
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Offsite
resources
General
Morningside-Heights.net:
A terrific resource with neighborhood news, links
to outside news coverage of the Heights, photos
and historical information, maps, listings of
retailers and restaurateurs, and an extensive set
of brokers'
sites.
Friends of Morningside
Park: Run by a group dedicated to
preserving the park, it's a pretty basic site with
photos and information on everything from dog runs
to the next volunteers meeting.
District Profile -
Official government site with census data for the
neighborhood.
GoCityKids - Morningside
Heights: A parent's guide to
restaurants, shops, services, and entertainment
with kids.
Local
Institutions
They are
often the center of community activity. Check
sites for events and neighborhood
information.
Columbia
University and Barnard
College
Riverside
Church
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Riverside
Park- A virtual tour of Riverside Park, with
maps, photos, and info about the sites. |
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