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    <documentType>4</documentType><periodOfReport>2003-12-18</periodOfReport>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001060021</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BLACKROCK INC /NY</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BLK</issuerTradingSymbol></issuer><reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001059227</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SCHLOSSTEIN RALPH</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>40 EAST 52ND STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
<isDirector>1</isDirector><isOfficer>1</isOfficer><isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner><isOther>0</isOther><officerTitle>President</officerTitle></reportingOwnerRelationship></reportingOwner><nonDerivativeTable><nonDerivativeTransaction><securityTitle><value>Shares of Class A Common Stock (par value $0.01 per share)</value><footnoteId id="F1"/></securityTitle><transactionDate><value>2003-12-18</value></transactionDate><deemedExecutionDate><value>2003-12-15</value></deemedExecutionDate><transactionCoding><transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType><transactionCode>A</transactionCode><equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved></transactionCoding><transactionAmounts><transactionShares><value>28201</value></transactionShares><transactionPricePerShare><footnoteId id="F1"/></transactionPricePerShare><transactionAcquiredDisposedCode><value>A</value></transactionAcquiredDisposedCode></transactionAmounts><postTransactionAmounts><sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction><value>330644</value><footnoteId id="F2"/></sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>D</value></directOrIndirectOwnership><natureOfOwnership><value/></natureOfOwnership></ownershipNature></nonDerivativeTransaction></nonDerivativeTable><footnotes><footnote id="F1">Restricted stock granted pursuant to an award made under the BlackRock 1999 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, as amended. The shares become unrestricted in four equal annual installments beginning on December 15, 2004.</footnote><footnote id="F2">Includes 234 shares of Class A Common Stock acquired under the BlackRock, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &quot;ESPP&quot;) on July 31, 2003. Also includes 807 shares of Class A Common Stock acquired by the reporting person through November 30, 2003 under the PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan (the &quot;ISP&quot;). The information on this report with respect to the ISP is based on a plan statement dated as of November 30, 2003.</footnote></footnotes><remarks/><ownerSignature><signatureName>Salvatore Rappa</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-12-19</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

