four were born in New York state, but only one in NYC. "Presidents born in New York: Martin Van Buren Millard Fillmore Theodore Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt" Source and further information: http://www.heptune.com/preslist.html "Martin Van Buren - US President, born in Kinderhook, New York Theodore Roosevelt - President of the United States Millard Fillmore - President of the United States, born in Summerhill, New York Franklin D. Roosevelt - President of the United States, born in Hyde Park, New York" Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_New_York_City "Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, in a four-story brownstone at 28 East 20th Street,[9] in the modern-day Gramercy section of New York City, the second of four children of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831–1877) and Mittie Bulloch (1835–1884)." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt#Childhood.2C_education_and_personal_life "Fillmore was born in a log cabin in Cayuga County in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, to Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe Millard, as the second of nine children and the eldest son." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore#Early_life_and_career "Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in the Hudson Valley town of Hyde Park, New York." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt#Personal_life "Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the eighth Vice President (1833-1837) and the 10th Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson. He was a key organizer of the Democratic Party, a dominant figure in the Second Party System, and the first president who was not of British (i.e. English, Welsh or Scottish) or Irish descent -- his ancestry was Dutch. He was the first president to be born an American citizen (his predecessors were born before the revolution); he is also the only president not to have spoken English as a first language, having grown up speaking Dutch." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren