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- "Safe in New York City" by AC/DC
- "Sarajevo,New York,Roma" by Emir & Frozen Camels
- "A Salute to Harlem" by Boots Douglas (covered by Girls from Mars)
- "Saturday in the Park" by Chicago
- "Savoy" by Lucky Millinder
- "Savoy Blues" by Louis Armstrong
- "Savoy Strut" by Duke Ellington
- "Sax Fifth Avenue" by Johnny Beecher
- "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" by Billy Joel
- "Sci-Fi Wasabi" by Cibo Matto
- "Screamin George" by The Arkhams
- "Second Avenue" by Art Garfunkel
- "Second Avenue Square Dance" by Abe Ellstein Orchestra
- "The Secret To New York" by We The Kings
- "Self Evident" by Ani Difranco
- "Seven One Eight" by FannyPack
- "Seventh Avenue" by Rosanne Cash
- "Shattered" by The Rolling Stones
- "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" by Ramones
- "The Sheik Of Avenue B" by Frank Crumit
- "Sherry Darling" by Bruce Springsteen
- "Shy" by Ani Difranco
- "Sidewalks Of Manhattan" by Kai Winding Trombones
- "Sidewalks of New York" by James W. Blake and Charles B. Lawlor (1890, used as a presidential campaign tune in the 1920s), performed by Duke Ellington, Cannonball Adderley, and others
- "Silence of the City" by Danny Jones from McFLY
- "Silver Bells" a famous Christmas song by Bing Crosby
- "Singin' in Central Park" by David Ippolito
- "Six" by Darlington
- "Six Queens" by Larrikin love
- "Six-Thirty, Sunday Morning" by Peter Allen
- "Sixth Avenue Express" by Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons
- "Sixth Avenue Heartache" by The Wallflowers
- "Skating in Central Park" by Francis Lai
- "Skylines and Turnstiles" by My Chemical Romance
- "Slapshot (The Rangers Goal Song), by Bad Apple
- "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" by Richard Rodgers performed by Mick Ronson and others
- "Slum Goddess" by The Fugs
- "Slumming on Park Avenue" composed by Irving Berlin, performed by Jimmie Lunceford, Fletcher Henderson, Mildred Bailey, and others
- "Small Talk at 125th and Lenox" by Gil Scott-Heron
- "Snowin' in Brooklyn" by Ferron
- "So Far Around the Bend" by The National ("Now there's no leaving New York")
- "So Long Astoria" by The Ataris
- "Soft Smoke" by The Pink Spiders
- "Somewhere Between Old And New York" by Steve Warriner
- "Somewhere In Brooklyn" by Bruno Mars
- "Son Of A New York Gun" by Gino Vanelli
- "Song for Myla Goldberg" by The Decemberists
- "Song for Sharon" by Joni Mitchell
- "Sound Of New York" by (Instrumental on Sound Of New York Records)
- "Sound of the City" by David London
- "South 2nd" by CocoRosie
- "South Bronx" by Boogie Down Productions
- "Spanish Harlem" by Jerry Leiber & Phil Spector, recorded and performed by Ben E. King (covered by Aretha Franklin and The Mamas & the Papas)
- "Spanish Harlem" by Andy McCoy
- "Spanish Harlem Incident" by Bob Dylan
- "Spring In Manhattan" by Tony Bennett
- "Spring Street" by Dar Williams
- "Spring Street" by Vanessa Carlton
- "Spring in NYC" by Eddie Chevy
- "Springtime in New York" by Jonathan Richman
- "St. Marks Square"by the Kennedys
- "Stand up NY" by Madball
- "Standing On Broadway (Watching The Girls)" by Roy Brown
- "The Start Of Your Ending (41st Side)" by Mobb Deep
- "Staten Island" by Johnny McEvoy
- "Staten Island Baby" by Black 47
- "Statue of Liberty" by Laurie Anderson
- "Statue of Liberty" by XTC
- "Stayin' Alive" by Bee Gees
- "Stickman Crossing The Brooklyn Bridge" by Brooklyn Funk Essentials
- "Stock Exchange" by Miss Kittin & The Hacker
- "Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd" by Dave Matthews Band
- "Stompin' at the Savoy" composed by Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, and Chick Webb
- "The Stoop" by Little Jackie
- "Stop That Train" by Beastie Boys
- "Strange Apparatus (An Englishman In New York)" by Godley and Creme
- "Strange Powers" by The Magnetic Fields
- "Street Dance" by Break Machine
- "Street In New York" by Shabby Tiger
- "Streets of New York" by Alicia Keys
- "Streets of New York" by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
- "Streets of New York" by The Wolfe Tones
- "Streets of New York" by Willie Nile
- "Streets of NY" by Terror Squad
- "Strong Island" by JVC Force
- Struttin' Down Jane Street" by Ronnie O'Dell and his Orchestra
- "Subrosa Subway" by Klaatu
- "Subway Train" by the New York Dolls
- "Suffragette City" by David Bowie
- "Suicide (A Better Way)" by Choking Victim
- "Sullivan Street" by Counting Crows
- "Summer in the City" by The Lovin' Spoonful
- "Sunday at the Savoy" by Count Basie
- "Sunday Morning New York Blue" by Rob Thomas
- "Sunday in New York" by Carroll Coates and Peter Nero, performed by Ernestine Anderson, Bobby Darin, Mel Tormé, and others
- "The Sun Will Rise in Queens" by The Exit
- "Sunkeneyed Girl" by Mike Doughty
- "Sunshine Partytime" by Rockers Revenge
- "Super Subway Comedian" by Suicide
- "Swear to God" by Emilyn Brodsky
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