| 100% | TRIBORO | 7 | ___ Bridge (former name of New York's R.F.K. Bridge) |
| 53% | SHEA | 4 | ___ Stadium, old name of New York's Citi Field |
| 51% | ASTORIA | 7 | One end of New York's Triborough Bridge |
| 50% | MARIOCUOMO | 10 | Former governor with a New York City bridge named in his honor: 2 wds. |
| 50% | CUOMO | 5 | Former governor of New York |
| 49% | GRACIE | 6 | Name on the mansion of New York City's mayor |
| 49% | FTLEE | 5 | One side of New York/ New Jersey's G.W. Bridge |
| 47% | BMT | 3 | An Italian ___, a kind of Subway sandwich named after New York's subway: Abbr |
| 46% | BEAME | 5 | Abraham ___, former Mayor of New York City (1974-1977) |
| 46% | BUSH | 4 | Last name of former First Daughters Jenna and Barbara, who now live four blocks apart in New York City |
| 44% | GUMMO | 5 | & 18D Stage name of New York City-born entertainer and agent Milton Marx |
| 44% | SHEA | 4 | Former home of the New York Mets |
| 43% | NAOMI | 5 | ___ Smalls, named last year as one of New York magazine's top 100 Most Powerful Drag Queens in America |
| 43% | TRIBORO | 7 | New York's ___ Bridge |
| 42% | STATEN | 6 | Part of a New York borough name |
| 42% | OOMPAUL | 7 | Name by which former president of the Transvaal S J P Kruger was known |
| 42% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a Great Lake and a New York canal |
| 42% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a Pennsylvania city and a New York canal |
| 42% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a New York canal, lake, county, and people |
| 42% | LIBBY | 5 | Wife of former New York Governor George Pataki |
| 42% | DELANO | 6 | Family name of F.D.R.'s mother |
| 42% | SONICS | 6 | Former name of the NBA's Thunder, informally |
| 42% | COP | 3 | One of New York's Finest |
| 42% | EDO | 3 | Former name of Japan's capital |
| 42% | ULANBATOR | 9 | Former name of Mongolia's capital* |
| 42% | ASTANA | 6 | Former name of Kazakhstan's capital |
| 42% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of Kinshasa's country |
| 42% | CEYLON | 6 | Former name of Colombo's country |
| 41% | GEBUILDING | 10 | Former name of 30 Rock’s Art Deco home |