| 100% | FDR | 3 | New York City highway, with "the" |
| 80% | KOCH | 4 | Former New York City mayor with the autobiography "Mayor" |
| 79% | MET | 3 | New York City museum, with "the" |
| 74% | MET | 3 | New York City cultural venue, with "the" |
| 74% | TRIBORO | 7 | New York City bridge, informally, with "the" |
| 73% | BIGAPPLE | 8 | New York City's nickname, with "The" (2 wds.) |
| 70% | MET | 3 | Part of New York City's Museum Mile, with "the" |
| 68% | RYE | 3 | New York city with a marina |
| 68% | ONEONTA | 7 | New York city on the Susquehanna |
| 68% | UTICA | 5 | New York city on the Mohawk |
| 68% | OLEAN | 5 | New York city on the Allegheny |
| 67% | GATES | 5 | 2005 Christo display in New York City, with "the" |
| 67% | OLEAN | 5 | New York city near the Pennsylvania border |
| 67% | UTICA | 5 | New York city in the Mohawk Valley |
| 67% | UTICA | 5 | New York city on the Mohawk River |
| 66% | UTICA | 5 | New York city with a name from antiquity |
| 66% | SARATOGASPRINGS | 15 | New York city with a historic race course |
| 65% | HUMID | 5 | Like New York City in the summer |
| 65% | NYACK | 5 | New York City suburb on the Hudson |
| 64% | BRONX | 5 | New York City borough that's home to the Yankees |
| 64% | PLAZAHOTEL | 10 | New York City setting of the "Eloise" books |
| 63% | BROOKLYN | 8 | New York City borough that is the birthplace of Vinny Testaverde |
| 63% | FIRST | 5 | New York City avenue past the U.N. Headquarters |
| 63% | HAAGENDAZS | 10 | New York City-born ice cream brand with a Danish-sounding name |
| 63% | WALLSTREET | 10 | New York City district that's home to the Fearless Girl statue |
| 62% | DTRAIN | 6 | New York City transport from the Bronx to Coney Island |
| 62% | WNBA | 4 | Org. with the New York Liberty |
| 62% | RYE | 3 | New York city with an amusement park that's a National Historic Landmark |
| 62% | MACYS | 5 | New York City store with 1.2+ million square feet of retail space |
| 61% | WNBA | 4 | Sports org. with the New York Liberty |