Towns & cities
Morningside Heights
neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States
United States · 40.8097, -73.9603
Morningside Heights is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“Parts of the film were filmed in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, at Columbia University, at Ellis Island, in the Fulton Fish Market, at the Wall Street Bull and the North Cove Marina.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Morningside Heights as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Hitch 2005
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The Americans
2014–2018
“Other shooting locations included: Prospect Park, Astoria, Washington Heights, Mamaroneck, Coney Island Avenue, Kew Gardens, Morningside Heights, Farmingdale, and Staten Island.” Wikipedia
- Up the Sandbox 1972
Named here by Morningside Heights’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Morningside Heights, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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Seinfeld 1989–
“Later, exterior shots were used on the television sitcom Seinfeld as a stand-in for the diner hangout of the show's principal characters.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Havemeyer Hall
United States·under 1 km
building in Manhattan, New York, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Low Memorial Library
United States·under 1 km
building on the Columbia University campus
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Landmarks & buildings
Columbia University
United States·under 1 km
private university in New York City, New York, US
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Landmarks & buildings
Union Theological Seminary
United States·under 1 km
independent, ecumenical, Christian seminary in New York City
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Landmarks & buildings
The Paterno
United States·under 1 km
residential in Manhattan, New York City
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Landscapes & nature
Grant's Tomb
United States·under 1 km
National Memorial to Ulysses Grant
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Morningside Heights?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in Morningside Heights, including Hitch (2005), The Americans (2014–2018) and Up the Sandbox (1972). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Morningside Heights?
Hitch (2005), covered by 48 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Morningside Heights?
Morningside Heights is in the United States. Its coordinates are 40.8097, -73.9603.
What other filming locations are near Morningside Heights?
Havemeyer Hall (under 1 km), Low Memorial Library (under 1 km), Columbia University (under 1 km), Union Theological Seminary (under 1 km) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Petri Krohn, CC BY-SA 3.0.