| 100% | BUDPOWELL | 9 | New York-born jazz pianist whose compositions include Tempus Fugue-it |
| 46% | GILEVANS | 8 | Toronto-born jazz pianist and composer whose albums include 1958’s New Bottle Old Wine |
| 39% | FEININGER | 9 | Lyonel —, New York-born artist whose works include 1920 oil Hopfgarten |
| 38% | EPSTEIN | 7 | Jacob —, New York-born sculptor whose works include a 1911 Oscar Wilde Memorial |
| 38% | CORNELL | 7 | Joseph —, New York-born artist whose works include 1943 assemblage Medici Slot Machine |
| 37% | RUTHDRAPER | 10 | New York City-born monologist whose repertoire included The Italian Lesson and Opening a Bazaar |
| 37% | FATSWALLER | 10 | US jazz pianist-singer whose compositions include Honeysuckle Rose and Ain't Misbehavin' |
| 36% | EPSTEIN | 7 | Jacob —, New York-born sculptor whose works include Oscar Wilde's tomb in Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France |
| 36% | DRAPER | 6 | Ruth —, New York City-born monologist whose repertoire included The Italian Lesson and Opening a Bazaar |
| 34% | EVANS | 5 | Bill —, US jazz pianist whose Grammy Award-winning albums include 1963’s Conversations with Myself |
| 34% | ISLANDERS | 9 | New York ___, NHL team whose former members include Mike Bossy and Bryan Trottier |
| 34% | RANGERS | 7 | New York ___, NHL team whose former members include Mark Messier and Adam Graves |
| 34% | GIANTS | 6 | New York ___, NFL team whose former members include Eli Manning and Lawrence Taylor |
| 34% | JETS | 4 | New York ___, NFL team whose former players include Joe Namath and Don Maynard |
| 34% | YANKEES | 7 | New York ___, MLB team whose former members include Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio |
| 34% | METS | 4 | New York ___, MLB team whose former members include Darryl Strawberry and Tom Seaver |
| 34% | KNICKS | 6 | New York ___, NBA team whose former members include Patrick Ewing and Walt Frazier |
| 33% | NETS | 4 | Brooklyn ___, NBA team from New York City, whose former members include Jason Kidd |
| 32% | BRUBECK | 7 | Dave —, California-born modern jazz pianist and composer whose albums include 1994's Just You, Just Me |
| 32% | ALLISON | 7 | Mose —, US jazz pianist and singer-songwriter whose works include Benediction and Parchman Farm |
| 32% | ALLISON | 7 | Mose —, late US jazz pianist and singer-songwriter whose works included Benediction and Parchman Farm |
| 31% | METS | 4 | Team whose logo includes the New York City skyline |
| 31% | TAKETHEATRAIN | 13 | Jazz standard whose title refers to a New York City subway line (4 wds.) |
| 30% | BOROUGHS | 8 | New York City composition |
| 29% | DAVEBRUBECK | 11 | Jazz pianist born in 1920 |
| 29% | EASTCOAST | 9 | New York is on it |
| 29% | MTN | 3 | New York's Bear ___: Abbr. |
| 29% | MTN | 3 | New York's Bear ____: Abbr. |
| 29% | ERIE | 4 | New York county that includes Buffalo |
| 29% | UTICA | 5 | New York city or its college |