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How walkable is Morningside Heights?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Morningside Heights has a walkability score of 97 out of 100 across the 600 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in The Bronx, which scores 90 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,772 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Morningside Heights. The nearest grocery is Appletree Market, about 6 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Morton Williams Supermarkets6 min
- Winstead Caterers7 min
- Mica's Milanesas3 min
- Olive Tree Deli and Grill3 min
- Hartley Pharmacy5 min
- Vino Fino Wine Shop6 min
- Pret A Manger2 min
- Joe Coffee Company: Dodge Hall4 min
- Morningside Gardens Closed 9/7 for Holiday9 min
- Citibank9 min
- Sakura Park5 min
- Riverside Park7 min
- Tompkins Hall Nursery School3 min
- Mobile Playtime4 min
- The Barnard Store1 min
- Science and Engineering Library - Columbia University1 min
- Zamir Choral Foundation3 min
- Music Before 18004 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Morningside Heights at 40.8100, -73.9625. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 62 street intersections per km², and blocks average 112 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Morningside Heights
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 600 m around the centre of Morningside Heights. Rings mark 300 m and 600 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in The Bronx
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Heights | 1.9 km | 96 |
| East Harlem | 2.4 km | 95 |
| Washington Heights | 3.9 km | 94 |
| Marble Hill | 8.6 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the The Bronx page.
Questions about walking in Morningside Heights
Is Morningside Heights walkable?
Yes. Morningside Heights in The Bronx has a walkability score of 97 out of 100 across the 600 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Morningside Heights more walkable than the rest of The Bronx?
Morningside Heights is more walkable than The Bronx as a whole: it scores 97, against 90 for the 5 km around The Bronx's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 The Bronx neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in The Bronx?
Of the 5 The Bronx neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Morningside Heights (97), Hamilton Heights (96) and East Harlem (95).
How is the walkability score of Morningside Heights calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Morningside Heights it is the average of 51 points spread evenly across the 600 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.