Business Survivability in Morris Heights, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Morris Heights is a Cafe with a 74.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.
Quick Summary
- Survivability Score: the projected chance a business type lasts two or more years at a specific address
- Best business: a Cafe in Morris Heights (74.5% Typical, 85.4% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #146 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 57.4% two-year survival across the business types ranked here
- Coverage: This ranking carries one row per business type and neighborhood. Its score is the projected chance of lasting two or more years, averaged across the price points StreetSpring scores separately in the tool (most types have 5). The 10 business types here are base types; the tool offers 500+ business types, counting each type at each of its price points.
- Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data
- Detailed methodology
Last reviewed: November 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
In this article:
- Summary
- Is Morris Heights a good place to start a business?
- How to find the best location
- Best businesses to open
- How much money could a business make?
- What businesses should open next?
- Frequently Asked Questions
Summary
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Morris Heights is a Cafe with a 74.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 85.4% Best; next is a Bar with 81.4% Best, followed by a Convenience Store with 80.2% Best.
Is Morris Heights a good place to start a business?
Morris Heights holds the #146 position of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City for new business survivability, with an average score of 57.4% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 85.4% Best is 10.9 points above 74.5% Typical in Morris Heights.
- Yet the same categories that score highest in Morris Heights can underperform significantly at the wrong address. Location precision within the neighborhood matters as much as choosing the neighborhood itself.
- Housing vacancy in Morris Heights sits at 3.3%, a Census figure that StreetSpring's model reads for every business type it scores here.
Employment and housing vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
How can you find the best location to open a business in Morris Heights?
StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address, showing which blocks in Morris Heights produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. The location below represents the address in Morris Heights with the highest projected survivability for a Cafe:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Cafe in Morris Heights. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. The model evaluates hundreds of factors, from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, site accessibility, and local market share potential.
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What are the best businesses to open in Morris Heights?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cafe | 85.4% | 74.5% | 67.0% |
| 2 | Bar | 81.4% | 71.1% | 62.2% |
| 3 | Convenience Store | 80.2% | 70.4% | 61.2% |
| 4 | Chiropractor Office | 77.8% | 70.3% | 62.7% |
| 5 | Eye Care Center | 72.4% | 66.9% | 61.4% |
| 6 | Clothing Store | 71.4% | 63.9% | 56.4% |
| 7 | Dermatology Clinic | 70.4% | 65.1% | 59.9% |
| 8 | Mental Health Clinic | 70.2% | 65.0% | 59.8% |
| 24 | Dance Club | 63.9% | 58.7% | 53.5% |
| 25 | Smoke Shop | 63.8% | 58.5% | 53.3% |
Best and Worst are the average results for the better and the worse of two addresses picked at random in the place: a weighted average of every scored location in which the best locations count the most for Best and the weakest count the most for Worst. Typical is the average address. Best is shown for a smaller space (half the standard size) and Worst for a larger one (half again as large), at the metro's median asking rent, using the same rent rule as our tool; Typical is at the market rent.
The rank column is the published file's rank within this place; a skipped number is a business type the file ranks here that this list leaves out to keep any one business family from filling it.
Highest Survivability in Morris Heights
- #1 Cafe is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Morris Heights: 74.5% Typical, 85.4% Best, 67.0% Worst.
- #2 Bar: 71.1% Typical across Morris Heights; Best 81.4%, Worst 62.2%.
- #3 Opening a Convenience Store in Morris Heights shows 70.4% Typical survivability, 80.2% Best and 61.2% Worst.
- #4 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #4): 70.3% Typical in Morris Heights. Best: 77.8%. Worst: 62.7%.
- #5 Eye Care Center is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Morris Heights: 66.9% Typical, 72.4% Best, 61.4% Worst.
Strong Performers in Morris Heights
- #6 Clothing Store: 63.9% Typical across Morris Heights; Best 71.4%, Worst 56.4%.
- #7 Opening a Dermatology Clinic in Morris Heights shows 65.1% Typical survivability, 70.4% Best and 59.9% Worst.
- #8 Mental Health Clinic (Ranked #8): 65.0% Typical in Morris Heights. Best: 70.2%. Worst: 59.8%.
- #24 Dance Club is ranked #24 for top businesses to open in Morris Heights: 58.7% Typical, 63.9% Best, 53.5% Worst.
- #25 Smoke Shop: 58.5% Typical across Morris Heights; Best 63.8%, Worst 53.3%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Cafe: See how this compares to other cities →
- Bar: See how this compares to other cities →
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Morris Heights make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in Morris Heights starts with the Revenue Capture Score, the most important factor in choosing a location: StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
How StreetSpring calculates location value
- Location fit is business-type-specific: a spot that's ideal for a coffee shop may underperform for a nail salon at the same address.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- When the question is money, the Revenue Capture Score comes first: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.
What businesses should open next in Morris Heights?
The top businesses to open next in Morris Heights:
- Cafes: 74.5% Typical, 85.4% Best
- Bars: 71.1% Typical, 81.4% Best
- Convenience Stores: 70.4% Typical, 80.2% Best
Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. StreetSpring measures competition through a 30-factor framework layered on top of proprietary consumer spending forecasts and mobility models. StreetSpring scores 500+ business types: 153 base business types, most of them at 5 price points, which is 569 type-and-price combinations you can choose in the tool. StreetSpring's model accounts for Morris Heights's 86.1% employment rate when projecting survivability: businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. The data behind these rankings is updated regularly, so the best available storefront in Morris Heights today may score differently than it did last month: check StreetSpring's live tool for the current picture.
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- See the New York City Business Survivability Rankings
- See the New York City Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Cafe survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Morris Heights.
What type of business should you rent your Morris Heights storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Morris Heights are Cafes, Bars, and Convenience Stores.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success. With StreetSpring, you can rank every potential tenant type by survivability score at your property address before committing to a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Morris Heights storefront to a Cafe?
Yes, StreetSpring's analysis finds that a Cafe would be the best type of business to rent your storefront to in Morris Heights, with 85.4% Best and 67.0% Worst for the chance of lasting two or more years.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.
What should I consider when opening a business in Morris Heights?
Location decisions in Morris Heights should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- StreetSpring's proprietary Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when choosing where to open.
- These predictions are generated by StreetSpring's proprietary machine learning system, validated against hundreds of thousands of real business outcomes.
- StreetSpring's live survivability scores start with a free 10-minute trial: check your specific address now.
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StreetSpring analyzes millions of data points with AI to forecast business survivability. Aggregated survivability rankings for New York City are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for New York City: /resources/data/new-york-city-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.