Mientras, otros se centran en distintos barrios ("Chelsea Morning", de Joni Mitchell; "No Sleep Till Brooklyn", de Beastie Boys; "Coney Island Baby", de Lou Reed; "Brooklyn Baby", de Lana Del Rey; "Brooklyn Nights", de Lady Gaga; "Harlem", de Duke Ellington; "Central Park West", de John Coltrane; "Tribeca", de Kenny G), o en algunas calles ("Seventh Avenue", de Rosanne Cash; "Positively 4th Street", de Bob Dylan; "Union Square", de Tom Waits; "Avenue B", de Iggy Pop), o ciertos elementos de la arquitectura neoyorquina ("Queensboro Bridge", de David Mead; "Times Square", de Marianne Faithfull; "Empire State Building", de Randy Newman; "Empire State of Mind" de Jay-z (rapero); "The 59th Street Bridge Song", de Paul Simon.