| 100% | AVENUEB | 7 | 1999 Iggy Pop album written while he lived in New York's Alphabet City |
| 37% | RENT | 4 | 1996 musical set in New York's Alphabet City |
| 35% | EWER | 4 | Some people suspect there are crocodiles living in the New York City s___s |
| 33% | OSCARANDFELIX | 13 | Roommates living in New York City on "The Odd Couple": 3 wds. |
| 31% | ELOISE | 6 | Kid-lit girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel |
| 30% | MENUHIN | 7 | Yehudi —, New York City-born violinist who died in 1999 |
| 30% | UTICA | 5 | City in New York's Mohawk Valley |
| 29% | DEBLASIO | 8 | Tallest mayor in New York City's history |
| 29% | MULBERRYSTREET | 14 | Thoroughfare in New York City's Little Italy |
| 29% | ART | 3 | The "A" in New York City's "MoMA" |
| 29% | STONEWALL | 9 | ___ National Monument, landmark in New York City's West Village |
| 29% | ARLO | 4 | 1968 folk album recorded in New York City |
| 28% | USSMAINE | 8 | Ship with a memorial in New York City's Central Park |
| 28% | DELI | 4 | Katz's in New York City, for one |
| 28% | NNE | 3 | Uptown's dir. in New York City |
| 28% | GEMS | 4 | "Uncut ___" (Adam Sandler film set in New York City's Diamond District) |
| 28% | CANALSTREET | 11 | New York City thoroughfare mentioned in Van Morrison's song "Bulbs" |
| 28% | NEIL | 4 | With 44-Down, only playwright to have a New York City theater named after him while still alive |
| 27% | PARK | 4 | Place in New York City? |
| 27% | BALTO | 5 | 1920s sled dog honored with a statue in New York City's Central Park |
| 27% | THEDOLLHOUSE | 12 | Novel by 39-Across set in New York City's Barbizon Hotel (2 wds.) |
| 27% | BROADWAYCLOSING | 15 | *Lights out in New York City |
| 27% | BIGAPPLECIRCUITS | 16 | Electrical paths in New York City? |
| 27% | AIRSPACE | 8 | Valuable commodity in New York City |
| 27% | MET | 3 | Yankee rival in New York City |
| 27% | SOHO | 4 | Chinatown neighbor in New York City |
| 27% | UTICA | 5 | City in new york |
| 27% | OLEAN | 5 | City in New York |
| 27% | WEB | 3 | Spider-Man's slinging transport in New York City? |
| 27% | RUDY | 4 | First name in New York City politics |