New York Word Search Puzzles

New York Word Searches

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Title	Instructions / Description	Puzzle Words	Difficulty	Word Direction
Birds of Central New York	Find these Feathered Friends that are found in Central New York	AMERICAN COOT, AMERICAN CROW, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, AMERICAN ROBIN, BALD EAGLE, BARRED OWL, BELTED KINGFISHER, BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE, BLUE HEADED VIREO, BLUE JAY, CANADA GOOSE, CEDAR WAXWING, CHIPPING SPARROW, COMMON GRACKLE, COMMON RAVEN, COOPER S HAWK, DOWNY WOODPECKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, EASTERN WOOD PEWEE, EUROPEAN STARLING, GRAY CATBIRD, GREAT BLUE HERON, GREEN WINGED TEAL, HERRING GULL, HOODED MERGANSER, HOUSE FINCH, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, MOURNING DOVE, MUTE SWAN, NASHVILLE WARBLER, NORTHERN CARDINAL, NORTHERN FLICKER, NORTHERN PINTAIL, OLIVE SIDED FLYCATCHER, OSPREY, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, PILEATED WOODPECKER, PURPLE FINCH, RED BELLIED WOODPECKER, RED WINGED BLACKBIRD, SCARLET TANAGER, SONG SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, TURKEY VULTURE, WHITE BREASTED NUTHATCH, WILD TURKEY, WILSON S WARBLER, WOOD DUCK, YELLOW RUMPED WARLER	Hard	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Buffalo		ALBRIGHT KNOX ART GALLERY, ART DECO BUILDINGS, BILLS, BOTANICAL GAEENS, CANALSIDE, CARROUSEL FACTORY MESEUM, COCA COLA FIELD, DELAWARE PARK, ETERNAL FLAMES FALLS, FOREST LAWN, HISTORY MUSEUM, JAPANESE GARDENS, KEY BANK CENTER, KLEINHANS MUSIC HALLNIAWA, LAFAYETTE SQUARE, MCKINLEY MEMORIAL, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, NAVAL PARK, NEW ERA FIELD, NIAGARA WINE TRAIL, PIERCE ARROW MUSEUM, SABRES, SCAJAQUADA CREEK, UNITY ISLAND, USS THE SULLIVANS, WILKENSON POINTE, ZOO	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Coney Island Fun		AQUARIUM, ARCADE, ATLANTIC, ATTRACTION, BEACH, BRIGHTON, BROOKLYN, BUMPERCAR, CARNIVAL, CAROUSEL, CHILDREN, CITY, COMMUNITY, COTTONCANDY, CROWD, CYCLONE, DEVELOPMENT, DREAMLAND, ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, FAMILIES, FAMOUS, FERRISWHEEL, FOOD, FUN, GAMES, HISTORIC, HOTEL, ISLAND, KIDS, LANDMARK, MUSIC, NEWYORK, OCEAN, PARK, PEOPLE, RESORT, SAND, SEAGATE, SHORE, SUN, SWIMMER, TOURISTS, VACATION, WATER, WONDERWHEEL	Very Difficult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Ellis Island		ANNE MOORE, ATTRACTION, BIG APPLE, CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS, ELLIS ISLAND, EUROPE, FERRY, GREAT HALL, HOSPITAL, IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRATION CENTER, INSPECTION, MANIFEST, MUSEUM, NEW YORK CITY, SHIP, TOUR, TOURIST, TURN OF THE CENTURY	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Ellis Island	Good luck!	AMERICA, ANNIE, ARRIVING, CLASS, COMPANY, CROWDED, ELLIS, EUROPE, FEDERAL, GOVERNMENT, HAMBURG, HARBOR, HISTORY, HUMAN, IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRATION, INSPECTION, IRELAND, ISLAND, LEGAL, LIBERTY, LINE, MASS, MEDICAL, MIGRATION, MOORE, OFFICE, PASSENGER, PURCHASE, RELIGIOUS, REQUIRED, SICK, STATE, STATION, STEAMSHIP, STEERAGE, TICKET, UNITED, UNSANITARY, WHITE, WORLD	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Goat Island Niagara Falls		ACCESS, ACRE, ADJACENT, AREA, ARMY, BRIDGE, CAR, CAVE, CHANNEL, CITATION, CONNECTED, CONSTRUCTION, CORNER, CORP, COUNTY, CREATING, CUT, EASTERN, ELEVATOR, ESCARPMENT, EXTENDED, FALL, FILL, FOOT, FORMED, GEOLOGY, GOAT, HORSESHOE, INCLUDING, ISLAND, MIDDLE, NEEDED, NIAGARA, PAD, PARK, PART, POINT, PROVIDE, RETREAT, RIVER, SIDE, SMALL, SOUTHWEST, SPLIT, STATE, TERRAPIN, TOUR, TRAIN, UNITED	Hard	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Long Island		BAY, BEACH COMBING, BEAUTIFUL, BIRDS, BOATS, BONFIRE, CHAMPLAIN, COAST GUARD, COVES, DIGBY, DRIFTWOOD, EBB, EXPLORER, FAUNA, FERRY, FISHING, FOUNDED, FREEPORT, FUNDY, GRAND, HADDOCK, HARBOUR, HIKING, HISTORY, HOME, ICE, ICS, INDUSTRY, ISLAND, LOBSTER, LOCATED, LONG, LOYALISTS, MI KMAG, NOVA SCOTIA, PASSAGE, PETIT, ROCK, ROSES, SHOP, SHORELINE, TIDAL, TIDES, TRAILS, VILLAGE, WATER, WEATHER, WHALE, WINTER, WORKING	Very Difficult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
LONG ISLAND TOWNS		BAYPORT, BRENTWOOD, COMMACK, CORAM, EAST HAMPTON, HOLBROOK, ISLIP, LAKE RONKONKOMA, MANORVILLE, MASTIC BEACH, MEDFORD, MONTAUK, PATCHOGUE, RIVERHEAD, SAYVILLE, WEST SAYVILLE	Adult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Medgar Evers		ACCUSED, APPLICATION, CIVIL RIGHTS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, EVIDENCE, INSURANCE, INTEGRATE, JURY, MISSISSIPPI DELTA, NAACP, PETITION, PROTEST, REGISTER, SCHOLARSHIP, SEGREGATED, SEGREGATION, SHARECROPPERS, SUPREME COURT, TEAR GAS, TRIAL	Hard	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
New York		BATTERY, BIG APPLE, BROADWAY, BRONX, BROOKLYN, CARNEGIE, CENTRAL PARK, CHELSEA, CHINATOWN, EMPIRE, GREENWICH, HUDSON, LIBERTY, MANHATTAN, MOMA, QUEENS, ROCKEFELLER, SHOPPING, SOHO, ST PATRICK, SUBWAY, TAXI, TIMES SQUARE, TRIBECA, TRINITY	Adult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
New York		ALBANY, APPLE, BEAVER, BIG APPLE, BLUEBIRD, BROADWAY PLAY, CENTRAL PARK, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, JENNIFER LOPEZ, LADYBUG, MICHAEL JORDAN, NIAGARA FALLS, ROSE, STOCK MARKET, SUGAR MAPLE, TIMES SQUARE	Teenage	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
New York City	try this!	APARTMENT, BRONX, BROOKLYN, CENTRAL PARK, CENTRAL PARK WEST, CHRYSLER BUILDING, CRUISE TERMANAL, ELEVATOR, EMPIRE STATE, GEOFFORY GANNON, HAPPY, HELLS KITCHEN, HOTELS, JACK GANNON, KINGS COUNTY, LITTLE ITALY, MANHATTEN, NEW YORK, PARK SLOPE, PEPSI SIGN, PIZZA, PROJECTS, QUEENS, STATEN ISLAND, STATUE OF LIBERTY, SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE, TAXI, TH AVENUE, TIMES SQUARE, WORLD TRADE CENTER	Hard	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
New York City	Find these words that are places or things located in New York City	BROADWAY, CENTRAL PARK, ELLIS ISLAND, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, FASHION, FIFTH AVENUE, GALLERIES, HOMELESS PEOPLE, JAZZ, MOMA, NEW YEAR S EVE, PORTS, RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, ROCKEFELLER CENTER, SOHO, STATUE OF LIBERTY, TAXIS, TIMES SQUARE, TWIN TOWERS, WALL STREET	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
New York City		BIG APPLE, BROADWAY, BRONX, BRONX ZOO, BROOKLYN, CARNEGIE, CENTRAL PARK ZOO, CHINATOWN, CHRYSLER BUILDING, CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS, ELLIS ISLAND, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, FAO SCHWARTZ TOY STORE, FIFTH AVENUE, GIANTS, GRAND CENTRAL STATION, GREENWICH VILLAGE, GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, HELLS KITCHEN, ISLANDERS, JETS, LITTLE ITALY, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, QUEENS, RANGERS, ROCKERFELLER CENTER, SOHO, STATEN ISLAND FERRY, STATUE OF LIBERTY, STOCK PARKET, TIFFANYS, TIMES SQUARE, TRIBECA, WORLD EXCHANGE PLAZA, YANKEES	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
New York City		AREA, ART, BOROUGH, BRONX, BROOKLYN, CAPITAL, CENTER, CITY, COMBINED, COMMERCE, COUNTY, COVERING, CREATED, CULTURAL, DISAMBIGUATE, EDUCATION, ENTITY, ESTABLISHED, FINANCIAL, GLOBAL, GOVERNMENT, HOME, IMPORTANT, INTERNATIONAL, INVESTOR, ISLAND, LARGEST, LOCAL, MANHATTAN, METROPOLITAN, NATION, NATURAL, PEOPLE, POPULATED, POPULATION, POPULOUS, PREMIER, QUEEN, RESPECTIVE, SIGNIFICANT, SINGLE, SQUARE, STATE, SURFACE, TECHNOLOGY, UNITED, URBAN, WATER, WORLD, YORK	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
New York City Landmarks		BUILDING, CARNEGIE, CEMETERY, CENTER, CENTRAL, CHAMBER, CHARITIES, CHRYSLER, CHURCH, CITY, CLUB, COMMERCE, COTTON, COUNTY, COURTHOUSE, DISTRICT, EMPIRE, EXCHANGE, GRAND, HALL, HISTORIC, HOMESTEAD, HOTEL, LANDMARKS, NATIONAL, NEW, PARK, PLAYERS, PLAZA, ROCKEFELLER, SOHO, SQUARE, STATE, STONEWALL, TERMINAL, TIFFANYS, TIMES, TOWN, TRINITY, UNION, UNITED, WYCKOFF, YACHT, YORK	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
New York History		AARON BURR, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, BROOKLYN, CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, DEATH BY BURNING, DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER, GOTHAM, IMMIGRANT, JOHN JACOB ASTER, LORD CORNBURY, MANHATTAN, NEW AMSTERDAM, QUEENS, STAMP ACT, STATEN ISLAND, STOCK EXCHANGE, THE BRONX, THE DUTCH, WALL STREET, WASHINGTON DC	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
New York, New York	Find as many words associated with the presentation as you can	AMSTERDAM, BOROUGH, BREUKELEN, BRIDGE, BRONX, BROOKLYN, CITY, COUNTY, DIVIDED, DUTCH, ENGLISH, EQUIVALENT, FERRY, GOVERNMENT, INDEPENDENT, INDIAN, ISLAND, KING, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, PART, QUEENS, RICHMOND, SKYLINE, STADIUM, STATE, TERM, TWIN TOWERS, UNISPHERE, YANKEE	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
New York, New York		BOTANICAL, BRONX, BROOKLYN, CHINATOWN, DEKALB, EMPIRE, FLUSHING, FORDHAM, GUNHILL, HUDSON, HUNTSPOINT, JEROME, JETS, KENNEDY, LAGUARDIA, MANHATTAN, METS, MOSHULU, QUEENS, ROCKEFELLER, STATEN ISLAND, SUBWAY, TIMESSQUARE, WESTCHESTER, WOODLAWN, YANKEES, YONKERS, ZOO	Big	Forward and Backward
Niagara Falls		AMERICA, BORDER, BRIDAL, BUFFALO, CANADA, CANADIAN, CARVED, CITY, COUNTRY, CREST, DRAIN, DROP, END, ERIE, ESCARPMENT, FALL, FLOW, FORMED, GLACIATION, GLACIER, GREAT, GROUP, HIGHEST, HORSESHOE, HOUR, ICE, ISLAND, LAKE, LIE, MEASURED, MINUTE, NIAGARA, NORTH, ONTARIO, PART, PEAK, POWER, PROVINCE, RATE, RIVER, SITUATED, SMALLER, SOURCE, SOUTH, STATE, TORONTO, UNITED, VEIL, WATER, YORK	Hard	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Niagara Falls		AMERICA, BORDER, BRIDAL, BUFFALO, CANADA, CANADIAN, CARVED, CITY, COUNTRY, CREST, DRAIN, DROP, END, ERIE, ESCARPMENT, FALL, FLOW, FORMED, GLACIATION, GLACIER, GREAT, GROUP, HIGHEST, HORSESHOE, HOUR, ICE, ISLAND, LAKE, LIE, MEASURED, MINUTE, NIAGARA, NORTH, ONTARIO, PATH, PEAK, POWER, PROVINCE, RATE, RIVER, ROUTE, SITUATED, SMALLER, SOURCE, SOUTH, STATE, TORONTO, UNITED, WATER, YORK	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
The Brooklyn Bridge		BRIDGE, CONNECTS, EXTRA, FAMOUS, HANG, ROPES, STEEL, STONE, TOWERS, WEB	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
The State of New York	Circle words to describe New York State	ALBANY, BRONX, CONNECTICUT, DOWNSTATE, DUKE OF YORK, ELLIS ISLAND, HUDSON RIVER, IMMIGRATION, LONG ISLAND, MANHATTAN, MASSACHUSETTS, MID ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK STATE, NIAGARA FALLS, NORTHEASTERN, ONTARIO, PENNSYLVANIA, QUEBEC, RHODE ISLAND, STATUE OF LIBERTY, STOCK EXCHANGE, SUBWAY, TOURISM, UPSTATE, VERMONT	Adult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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