It lies four kilometres south-west of the city centre, close to Eden Park and Western Springs Reserve.

Morningside is a suburb on the western Auckland isthmus, located south of the Northwestern Motorway.

Morningside lies between the suburbs of Grey Lynn, Kingsland, Sandringham, St Lukes, Mount Albert and Point Chevalier.

[3][4] On 29 June 1841, the Mount Albert area was sold to the Crown by Ngāti Whātua, as a part of a 12,000 acre section.

[7] Allan Kerr Taylor, a major landowner in the Mount Albert area, auctioned off a section of his land in March 1865 to create a subdivision along the road.

[8] Kerr Taylor's original plan for the village included a church to be built on an island in the middle of New North Road.

[10] Morningside saw slower growth compared to Kingsland, located closer to the city.

Morningside was the setting of the animated TV show Bro'Town, and also the album title and hometown of Fazerdaze.

The residents of Albert-Eden elect a local board, and two councillors from the Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward to sit on the Auckland Council.