Bounded on the north and west by I-44, on the east by Hampton Ave., and on the south by Arsenal St., Clifton Heights is in the 4th ward of the City of St. Louis, currently represented by Alderman Bret Narayan.

[2] Its adjacent neighborhoods are Ellendale to the north and west, the Hill and Southwest Garden to the east, and Lindenwood Park to the south.

The neighborhood is mostly residential, with houses of varying architectural styles, including some Victorian and numerous Arts and Crafts homes.

The curving streets surrounding the park and the hills that slope downward toward I-44 are somewhat unusual for St. Louis City, and give the neighborhood a distinctive feeling.

[3][4] The streets were platted by the Prussian-born surveyor and city planner Julius Pitzman, whose work influenced the development of many other St. Louis neighborhoods.