The suburb is around the junction of the (North-South) Harrogate Road A61 road and the Leeds Outer Ring Road (A6120) (West-East), at that point called the Moortown Ring Road, and overlooked by a Water Tower. Scott Hall Road (A61) and Harrogate Road lead southwards to Leeds city centre. However, the council ward boundary is the Ring Road, with properties to the North now being in the Alwoodley ward.  It includes substantial estates of private housing around the junction of King Lane and the Moortown Ring Road.

Moortown Corner is the junction between Street Lane and Harrogate Road, a local shopping area and geographical reference. Nearby is a large Marks and Spencer Simply Food supermarket which serves the surrounding area. Branches of Leeds Building Society, Yorkshire Bank and Halifax can also be found at Moortown Corner.

Moor Allerton District Centre is adjacent to the Black Moor estate, north of the Ring Road and west of the junction with King Lane, which opened in 1982. It includes a public library which is the busiest in Leeds, apart from the Central Library. However it is mainly a shopping centre, with a large Sainsbury's, a Homebase a Comet, a newsagent, cobbler's and several other small shops. It includes a public house, the Penny Fun.