Possible Clues:

• Local
• Ben and Ray, terribly close
• Hill to the west in Manhattan, say, within reach
• Just down the road
• Bear running loose in New York right behind you!
• Close Scottish bank set up in US financial centre
• Drink coming up with Spooner in the vicinity
• Located a short distance away
• Similar times? That's handy
• Presbyterian ignores priest a stone's throw away