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* ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' says outright that America is the current center of Western civilization, so all of the mythological sites that used to be in Greece or Rome are now in America. The Sea of Monsters, for example, isn't the Mediterranean anymore... it's the Bermuda Triangle. Where's Mount Olympus, one might ask? The 600th floor of the Empire State Building. Where else. And where does the main Egyptian Series hub at? Why, Brooklyn of course.

* In John Birmingham's ''After America'' Manhatten is the scene of a battle for control between the restored US government and a coalition of pirates, mostly from West Africa and jihadis [[spoiler: looking for a homeland after the Second Holocaust]]. A third group, funded and armed by TheMafiya sits the battle out.

At the very least, New York is where a great many writers live, or come from (the rest reside in ''[[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles LA]]''), which makes it [[CreatorProvincialism more interesting to the]] ''[[CreatorProvincialism writers]]'' than anything elsewhere. Not to mention "[[WriteWhatYouKnow writing what they know]]." Picture how these guys tend to portray [[DeepSouth the South]] and [[DownOnTheFarm Midwest...]] (Unless, of course, they become politicians, in which case it is of the utmost importance to appeal to those two groups!)

* NewAmsterdam

* In ''A Simple Wish'', the meeting place for the annual convention of the North American Fairy Godmothers Association is in Manhattan. In fact it's just down 82nd Street from the Metropolitan.

* ''{{Cloverfield}}'' featured a gigantic monster laying waste to the city.
* ''GangsOfNewYork'', obviously. Portrays New York as the 1860s equivalent of {{Gangsterland}}.

* In ''ComingToAmerica,'' Prince Akeem of Zamunda announces his determination to go to America to find a bride. His servant Semmi replies, "All right... New York or Los Angeles?"

* ''{{Hancock}}''. [[spoiler: If an ancient curse forces you to leave Los Angeles, where would you move? Exactly.]]

* New York is the favorite target of disaster movies. See ''{{Meteor}}'', ''{{Armageddon}}'', ''Film/IndependenceDay'', ''DeepImpact'', ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'', etc. Averted, however, in ''[[TwoThousandTwelve 2012]]'' (given [[RolandEmmerich the director]] made ''ID4'', ''Day After Tomorrow'' and ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'', that's enough of NYC in a career...).

* ''{{Hitch}}'' is about a New York love doctor.
* ''QTheWingedSerpent'' shows that when an ancient Mesoamerican serpent-god is resurrected by a resumption of prayer and human sacrifice in his name, where else would he return than New York City, not, for example, Mexico City!

* The gateway thing is played with in ''BeingJohnMalkovich'': Those who enter [[spoiler:the mind of John Malkovich]] find themselves teleported to the New Jersey Turnpike after ten minutes.

* The Coen brothers' ''TheHudsuckerProxy'', a period piece (1958-59) screwball comedy, takes place here.

* EltonJohn and his lyricist Bernie Taupin has written many songs about, set in or namechecking New York City, including "Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters" (and "Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters Part II" written in 1988), "Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (NYC)", "Ticking" ,"Levon", "You're So Static", and of course, "Empty Garden".

* New York is the favorite target of disaster movies. See ''{{Meteor}}'', ''{{Armageddon}}'', ''Film/IndependenceDay'', ''DeepImpact'', ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'', etc. Averted, however, in ''[[TwoThousandTwelve 2012]]'' (given [[RolandEmmerich the director]] made ''ID4'', ''Day After Tomorrow'' and ''[[Film/{{Godzilla}} Godzilla (1998)]]', that's enough of NYC in a career...).

* [[Music/VelvetUnderground Lou Reed]] has an album called "New York". He also sang about the city's gossip culture in "New York Telephone Conversation":

* [[Music/TheVelvetUnderground Lou Reed]] has an album called "New York". He also sang about the city's gossip culture in "New York Telephone Conversation":

->''There is only one city in America.\\
There is only one city in the world.''

NewYorkCity seems to get all the attention in American fiction.

* ''Film/MenInBlack''. The organization for monitoring and enforcing alien activity on Earth is based in New York and most of the undercover aliens live there. Also the lead character is a former NYPD cop.

* So far all of ''{{V-2009}}'' takes place in New York City. Even though alien ships have supposedly landed in major cities all over the world, they're only ever seen in the periphery flashes as the main characters all have their dealings in (or above) New York.
* ''ILoveLucy'' (until season 6)
* ''TheHoneymooners''
* ''AllInTheFamily''. An ever-changing setting of a working class neighborhood in Queens during TheSeventies was the perfect backdrop for [[NobleBigot Archie Bunker]] would have to contend with [[MonsterOfTheWeek Minority Of The Week]]. It's hard to imagine the show taking place anywhere else.

* The NBA and NFL drafts are held each year in New York.
* The New York area has ''twelve'' professional sports teams: [[{{Baseball}} the Yankees, the Mets]], [[{{Basketball}} the Knicks, the Nets, the Liberty]], [[NationalHockeyLeague the Rangers, the Islanders, the Devils]], [[AmericanFootball the Giants, the Jets]], [[MajorLeagueSoccer Red Bulls]], and the Lizards (Lacrosse). Together, they make up America's largest sports market.

* During the "Golden Age" of Baseball, New York City boasted three teams the Giants, playing in uptown Manhattan, the Yankees in the Bronx, and the Brooklyn Dodgers. These teams accounted for over half of the pennants and World Series titles from 1940 till the Dodgers and Giants moved west in 1958. They also boasted some of the most storied players Mays, Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Robinson, Mantle, etc.

*** A flavor of this occured in the modern era when the Yankees and the New York Mets played in the 2000 World Series.

* In the InDeath series, both the text and some of the characters treat New York City with a reverence bordering on religion. In one book Roarke feels the need to point out to Eve that New York isn't the center of the universe, to which Eve replies that it should be. The fact that New York state exists beyond New York City is generally ignored.

* Most of the non-action scenes in ''AtlasShrugged'' take place in NYC. Darn near lampshaded in the final scene, when the banker is noting the location of his investments, and all of them are totally or partially in New York.
* The events of Caleb Carr's TheAlienist are set primarily in New Your City in 1896.

* The Literature/KikiStrike books focus on a secret underground city in the middle of New York. The book is spliced with facts about the real life New York City and it's history as well.
* Pete Hamill's ''Literature/{{Forever}}'' was about a man granted immortality who witnessed four centuries of the city's history.

* The KikiStrike books focus on a secret underground city in the middle of New York. The book is spliced with facts about the real life New York City and it's history as well.
* Pete Hamill's ''{{Forever}}'' was about a man granted immortality who witnessed four centuries of the city's history.

* NYPD officer Aya Brea encounters the first wave of a neo-mitochondrial epidemic in ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'', which takes the player through the subways, Central Park Zoo, the Museum of Natural History, and the Statue of Liberty, all while fending off BodyHorror at every turn. Why New York? Because it's fun to see it get trashed.
** Even the game's BonusDungeon takes place in one of the city's famous landmarks, the Chrysler Building.

* They should change the name ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' to ''The Penguins Of New York''!

* ItsAllAboutMe: It shouldn't be "I HEART NEW YORK" on the tee-shirt it should be, "Tell me how great my city is! Tell me where I am matters! MAKE ME FEEL SIGNIFICANT IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD"

** Until recently, there was a giant, crowded, vibrant, multicultural ghetto of Mutants in lower Manhattan, known as Mutant Town, occupying roughly the space of our world's Alphabet City. Given that this overpopulated ghetto full of superpowered, alienated freaks was barely even mentioned outside its own book, District X (swiftly cancelled), it might perhaps have made more sense to set it down in a city that wasn't already swarming with superheroes, and the subject of 99% of Marvel's comics output. But, hey, New York is just -- that -- special.

* ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' says outright that America is the current center of Western civilization, so all of the mythological sites that used to be in Greece or Rome are now in America. The Sea of Monsters, for example, isn't the Mediterranean anymore... it's the Bermuda Triangle. Where's Mount Olympus, one might ask? The 600th floor of the Empire State Building. Where else.
** And where does the main Egyptian Series hub at? Why, Brookyln of course. 5 dollars says that the Norse have a base in the Bronx.