| 100% | BRONX | 5 | The —, northernmost borough of New York City |
| 89% | BRONX | 5 | Northernmost borough of New York City |
| 87% | THEBRONX | 8 | Northernmost borough of New York City: 2 wds. |
| 79% | BRONX | 5 | The —, borough of New York City |
| 79% | QUEENS | 6 | Largest of the five boroughs of New York City |
| 78% | QUEENS | 6 | Largest of the five boroughs of New York City, US |
| 78% | BROOKLYN | 8 | The most populous borough of New York City |
| 76% | BROOKLYN | 8 | New York City borough that is the birthplace of Vinny Testaverde |
| 74% | STATENISLAND | 12 | Borough of New York City |
| 74% | BROOKLYN | 8 | New York City borough that produced all three of the rappers in this puzzle |
| 72% | BROOKLYN | 8 | Borough of New York City; Beckhams' eldest son |
| 71% | BROOKLYN | 8 | Borough of New York City; westernmost county on Long Island |
| 69% | BRONX | 5 | Northernmost of New York’s boroughs, with “The” |
| 67% | STATENISLANDER | 14 | Denizen of the least populous New York City borough |
| 67% | BRONX | 5 | New York City borough north of Manhattan |
| 66% | PLAZAHOTEL | 10 | New York City setting of the "Eloise" books |
| 65% | BRONX | 5 | New York City borough that's home to the Yankees |
| 64% | ELMIRA | 6 | Upstate New York city south of the Finger Lakes |
| 64% | THEBRONX | 8 | Borough of the Yankees in New York |
| 63% | MANHATTAN | 9 | Popular cocktail which is named after one of the boroughs of New York city |
| 62% | UPSTATE | 7 | Word referring to the northern part of New York |
| 62% | BRONX | 5 | Home borough of the New York Yankees |
| 61% | REAL | 4 | "The ___ Housewives of New York City" |
| 61% | FIRE | 4 | New York City ___ Department, rivals of the NYPD in the comedy series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" |
| 60% | KINGSTON | 8 | New York's first capital city... or the capital city of Jamaica |
| 60% | ERIC | 4 | Adams who is the current mayor of New York City |
| 60% | MET | 3 | Part of New York City's Museum Mile, with "the" |
| 60% | BROOKLYN | 8 | Borough of new york |
| 60% | QUEENS | 6 | Borough of new york |