Morningside Heights – Our Neighborhood

Traditionally collegiate. A college town in New York City, unlike any other in the world. Morningside Heights is a vibrant intellectual community, surrounded by three public parks and seven leading institutions of higher education. Students visit professors who live in nearby apartments for informal office hours, grab a bite to eat at 24-hour eateries, and feel the Bohemian buzz of the neighborhood that once brought together Allen Ginsburg, Jack Kerouac and Langston Hughes.

Acclaimed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted designed the parks that surround Morningside Heights.

New York City – Our City

Unmistakably urban. Welcome home to the world’s greatest city. The main gates of Columbia’s campus are always open and right on Broadway, the most famous street in America and possibly the world. Right next to campus, the 1 subway train takes Columbia students to hundreds of destinations all over New York City. Theaters. Museums. Sports arenas. Concert halls. Wall Street. Madison Avenue. The United Nations. Times Square. SoHo. Brooklyn. The Bronx. The world’s most diverse city. Students with an all-access pass to the ultimate urban college experience.