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* ''Film/InTheHeights'' is set in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood, and was shot on location.

* ''Series/{{Rhoda}}'' is set in Manhattan and the Bronx. This Main/SpinOff of ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' centers on Rhoda Morgenstern, a Bronx native who moves from Minneapolis to New York in the pilot episode. As she says in the Main/OpeningNarration: "New York, this is your last chance!"

* ''Series/{{Rhoda}}'' is set in Manhattan and the Bronx. This Main/Spinoff of ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' centers on Rhoda Morgenstern, a Bronx native who moves from Minneapolis to New York in the pilot episode. As she says in the Main/OpeningNarration: "New York, this is your last chance!"

* ''Series/WelcomeBackKotter'' is set in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bensonhurst.

* ''Series/CarolineInThe City'' takes place in Manhattan.

* ''Series/JustShootMe'' is a Main/WorkCOm set at a Manhattan fashion magazine.

* ''Series/NightCourt''

* There are plenty of examples of WWE Superstars who fit this trope: the Full-Blooded Italians, Enzio Amore and Big Cass, the Dudley Boyz, pretty much the entire ECW contingent (Philadelphia rather than New York, but still pretty close). Even quite a few wrestlers who are non-New York will be baptized thus, often to establish a [[BrooklynRage "tough-guy"/"streetwise"]] persona. Black wrestlers, for example, are likely to be billed from Harlem, partly in tribute to the [=McMahon=] family's roots and partly because, well, [[SmallReferencePools where else do Black people come from]]? D'Angelo Dinero, Wrestling/BookerT, and Ezekiel Jackson were all introduced to the world as Harlemites, despite actually being from Florida, Texas, and ''the South American country of Guyana'', respectively. The most bizarre case is probably Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield, who, during the second half of his in-ring career, was billed as a Wall Street investor (which he ''was'' in actuality) despite wearing a cowboy hat and quite obviously being a Texan.

* 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.
** The third game, ''The 3rd Birthday'', deals with a mutant outbreak that manifests in New York City.

* The original ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' was set in small town America but the sequel, ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'' takes place in New York (and features a stand-in for Donald Trump).

* The animals from ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' live in Central Park Zoo, and a lot of local humor is sprinkled in the script, mostly thanks to one of the writers having worked on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''. The first act is basically a festival of New York gags, and features landmarks like Times Square, the Essex House, 7th Avenue, Grand Central Station, and the Rockefeller ice rink. Lincoln Center, the Knicks, Metro North railroad, and Lexington Avenue being mentioned.
** The sequel, which takes place in the African Savannah, features several tour groups who ''all'' happen to be from New York City, just so the old lady (from the first film) can give a rousing speech about their survival skills that culminates with "If we can make it there, we can make it anywhere" as she poses like the Statue of Liberty. [[spoiler:It also sets up why they all recognize Alex later on.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' takes place in New York and was described by the creators as a "love letter" to the city. It's really more of a [[TakeThatUs roast]] in practice, as for every lovely shot of the Manhattan skyline set to Gershwin-esque music, there are at least two [[TheBigRottenApple jokes depicting NYC as a filthy, crime-ridden hellhole packed with rude, hostile jackasses]].

* In an OVA of ''LightNovel/GJBu'', the club visits New York City, except that they rebuilt an exact replica of the club room and spend the entire time there.

* The ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'' series has an interesting history with New York:

* The world of ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Marvel's Spider-Man]]'' and its spin-off ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales Miles Morales]]'' is an Open Sandbox-type game environment covering Manhattan in as realistic a look as possible.[[note]]A lot of the map has been compressed to help with in-game travel.[[/note]] RealLife landscapes and building exteriors are part of the gameplay.

* Both ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' have a level there (then again, see the Marvel example in Comics, above). In the first, it's the very first mission, where ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} rescue viewpoint character Magma. In the sequel, Apocalypse attacks New York because, as he sums up, "Now I've razed their mightiest city".
* This is where all the fun happens in ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance''. Various landmarks both fictional and real are even specifically featured, including Stark Tower, the Chrysler Building, Times Square, and St. Patrick's Cathedral.

* ''Series/TheGildedAge'' is set in New York high society in [[UsefulNotes/TheGildedAge the 1880s]]. The two main families, the Russells and van Rhijns, live across the street from each other at 61st and 5th.

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