Garfield Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.

[8] The elevation of Garfield Heights is 831 feet (253 m) above sea level where it borders Cleveland, and its highest elevation is 972 feet (296 m) above sea level at the Garfield Heights Justice Center.

[citation needed] The ethnic groups of Garfield Heights include Poles, Slovenes, Italians, Irish, and African-Americans.

Marymount Hospital, part of the Cleveland Clinic system, is the city's largest employer.

[21] The Garfield Heights Chamber of Commerce was established in the 1960s and includes over 250 business members from the area.

Chart Industries, a gas tank manufacturer, has its world headquarters located in Garfield Heights.

Garfield Heights is the site of the City View Center, a planned regional power center built upon a former landfill in the mid-2000s that was soon mostly emptied due to soil liquefaction causing foundation and wall damage and fears about unvented methane gas build-up; the buildings have since been reinforced and the land has been converted and intended for industrial use, though most of the development remains empty outside a Giant Eagle store and several other tenants.

If the mayor's seat is vacated, the council president would assume the duties, according to the city charter.

The Dan Kostel Recreation Center is located on Turney Road at the Civic Center complex and includes an outdoor swimming pool open during summer season only and an indoor ice skating rink.

In 2001, Garfield Heights voters approved a levy to build a new high school.

In 2006, ground was broken for the construction of the high school arts and drama complex, a $5 million building.

Construction of the 750-seat Garfield Heights Matousek Center for the Performing Arts started in November 2006.

Garfield Heights is served by the Cleveland television stations and numerous cable and satellite providers.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer, and the Neighborhood News-Garfield Heights Tribune (published each Wednesday) are the main newspapers.