Brooklyn Taxi Zones Ranked: Pickups, Drop-offs & Pay

Q: What is the busiest taxi zone in Brooklyn?

Crown Heights North, with 3,364,435 pickups from September 2025 to August 2026. East New York (3,006,883) and Bushwick South (2,889,592) were next. Counts include yellow, green and Uber/Lyft trips from TLC trip records.

Q: Where do yellow taxis pick up in Brooklyn?

Mostly near Manhattan: DUMBO/Vinegar Hill had the highest yellow share (5.8% of pickups), then Brooklyn Heights (4.8%) and Downtown Brooklyn/MetroTech (4.6%). Across the borough yellow cabs made 2.3% of pickups.

Q: When are Brooklyn zones busiest?

It depends on the neighborhood. In 24 of 61 zones the busiest hour is 8am on weekdays. In 13 zones it is 11pm on Saturday, and in Bushwick and Williamsburg zones it is after midnight early Sunday.

Q: Which Brooklyn zones have the highest app pay per trip?

Red Hook ($19.78 median driver pay per trip), Brooklyn Heights ($19.23) and DUMBO/Vinegar Hill ($18.69). South Williamsburg was lowest ($9.51). Medians exclude tips and tolls and are not hourly pay.

On this page (9)

The numbers at a glance
Map: Brooklyn by zone
All Brooklyn zones, ranked
Top and bottom zones, and what explains them
Where Brooklyn trips go
Data caveats
What the data can't tell you
FAQ
Sources

In short: Brooklyn's 61 taxi zones had 70,271,469 pickups from September 2025 to August 2026, more than any borough except Manhattan. Uber and Lyft made 97.6% of them, yellow taxis 2.3% and green cabs 0.1%. Crown Heights North was the busiest zone with 3,364,435 pickups. It is also the city's busiest non-airport zone for Uber/Lyft pickups. East New York and Bushwick South were next. 28 Brooklyn zones topped 1 million pickups.

All figures come from TLC Help's dataset trips-zone-index, built from TLC trip record files, unless another source is linked.

The numbers at a glance

Map: Brooklyn by zone

Pickups by Brooklyn taxi zone

All industries, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. The darkest band runs from Greenpoint and Williamsburg through Bushwick and Crown Heights to East New York. Click a zone to open its page.

Pickups (all sectors)
10K – <441K
441K – <761K
761K – <1.3M
1.3M – <2M
2M – 3.4M
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Show data table (61 zones)

Zone	Borough	Pickups (all sectors)

Source: NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · Data as of Oct 12, 2026. Aggregated by TLC Help from TLC trip records, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 (pickup date; TLC publishes trip files about two months after the month ends and may revise them). 'App' = high-volume for-hire services (Uber, Lyft). Taxi records with a negative fare (reversals) are excluded. Averages, medians and rates use 'clean' trips only: 1 minute to 4 hours, more than 0 and under 150 miles, fare above $0 and under $1,000. 'Fare' is the metered fare_amount for taxis and base_passenger_fare for app trips — before tolls, tips, taxes and surcharges — so it is not what the passenger paid in total. App driver_pay is TLC's 'total driver pay (not including tolls or tips and net of commission, surcharges, or taxes)'. Tips are separate. 'Per engaged hour' divides pay by passenger time only (pickup to drop-off). It leaves out time driving to pickups and waiting for requests, so real hourly earnings are lower; it is not the TLC minimum-pay formula. Medians/rates need ≥250 trips (else null). labels are LocationIDs as strings; zones[] has names, boroughs, service_zone (from taxi_zone_lookup.csv), suggested slugs and neighbouring zone ids (shared boundary, from taxi_zones.zip).

Zone boundaries: NYC TLC taxi zones (LocationID 1–263).

Median Uber/Lyft driver pay per trip, by Brooklyn zone

Median driver pay per trip for app trips starting in each zone, before tips and tolls. Zones near the East River tend to be higher; their median fares are higher too, a sign of longer trips.

App median driver pay per trip ($)
$9.5 – <$12
$12 – <$13
$13 – <$15
$15 – <$16
$16 – $20
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Show data table (61 zones)

Zone	Borough	App median driver pay per trip ($)

Zone boundaries: NYC TLC taxi zones (LocationID 1–263).

All Brooklyn zones, ranked

All Brooklyn taxi zones: pickups, drop-offs and pay (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)

Sorted by pickups. Click a column to re-sort, or type a neighborhood in the filter. App pay and fare are medians per trip for Uber and Lyft trips starting in the zone, before tips and tolls.

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Crown Heights North	3,364,435	3,593,082	74,805	1,635	3,287,995	2.2%	$13.90	$16.43
East New York	3,006,883	3,002,022	51,040	1,236	2,954,607	1.7%	$11.49	$13.69
Bushwick South	2,889,592	2,930,808	71,143	681	2,817,768	2.5%	$15.05	$17.95
Greenpoint	2,597,393	2,622,625	70,916	1,093	2,525,384	2.7%	$17.17	$20.98
Williamsburg (North Side)	2,594,734	2,410,800	105,825	2,207	2,486,702	4.1%	$18.36	$22.63
Park Slope	2,457,598	2,567,769	50,228	2,125	2,405,245	2%	$15.41	$18.85
Williamsburg (South Side)	2,182,828	2,095,575	75,707	654	2,106,467	3.5%	$16.99	$20.95
Bedford	2,074,272	2,160,613	44,331	680	2,029,261	2.1%	$13.62	$16.21
Bushwick North	2,071,620	2,018,855	41,112	453	2,030,055	2%	$14.65	$17.73
Flatbush/Ditmas Park	2,070,896	2,144,578	40,600	798	2,029,498	2%	$14.33	$16.89
Stuyvesant Heights	2,043,086	2,161,187	50,172	832	1,992,082	2.5%	$14.62	$17.30
East Williamsburg	2,037,188	1,971,844	63,306	1,704	1,972,178	3.1%	$15.84	$19.23
Canarsie	1,966,477	1,896,204	33,283	1,341	1,931,853	1.7%	$11.38	$13.81
Prospect-Lefferts Gardens	1,963,226	2,067,952	43,613	988	1,918,625	2.2%	$14.05	$16.48
Fort Greene	1,789,064	1,661,678	63,031	15,707	1,710,326	3.5%	$16.45	$20.15
Brownsville	1,573,816	1,503,113	28,632	930	1,544,254	1.8%	$12.19	$14.33
Clinton Hill	1,562,488	1,606,903	42,000	796	1,519,692	2.7%	$15.31	$18.80
Boerum Hill	1,497,491	1,377,376	52,035	2,912	1,442,544	3.5%	$17.91	$21.94
Bay Ridge	1,463,358	1,533,545	18,033	336	1,444,989	1.2%	$12.51	$15.22
Sunset Park West	1,363,439	1,427,690	22,143	303	1,340,993	1.6%	$14.65	$17.71
East Flatbush/Remsen Village	1,306,739	1,278,461	25,951	803	1,279,985	2%	$11.98	$14.36
Borough Park	1,305,774	1,361,565	10,572	210	1,294,992	0.8%	$10.61	$13.43
Flatlands	1,289,076	1,210,676	23,065	779	1,265,232	1.8%	$12.40	$15.19
Downtown Brooklyn/MetroTech	1,256,848	1,138,924	57,901	16,124	1,182,823	4.6%	$18.38	$22.21
Brooklyn Heights	1,253,790	1,280,555	60,210	4,901	1,188,679	4.8%	$19.23	$24.65
Ocean Hill	1,130,403	1,105,646	27,697	545	1,102,161	2.5%	$13.44	$15.55
East Flatbush/Farragut	1,113,516	1,108,674	23,063	725	1,089,728	2.1%	$12.24	$14.77
DUMBO/Vinegar Hill	1,012,555	917,593	58,859	9,378	944,318	5.8%	$18.69	$24.16
Bensonhurst West	956,755	936,614	7,397	128	949,230	0.8%	$11.66	$14.29
Crown Heights South	943,467	956,166	21,245	450	921,772	2.3%	$13.95	$16.48
Prospect Heights	941,920	961,295	20,813	420	920,687	2.2%	$15.75	$19.01
Sheepshead Bay	877,163	869,045	9,591	1,833	865,739	1.1%	$10.69	$13.44
Cypress Hills	842,736	823,243	13,347	215	829,174	1.6%	$13.59	$15.78
Erasmus	835,516	835,845	16,343	286	818,887	2%	$13.91	$16.12
Midwood	806,326	790,898	10,274	245	795,807	1.3%	$12.55	$15.22
Homecrest	801,963	827,040	7,445	179	794,339	0.9%	$10.05	$12.67
Coney Island	760,642	782,908	14,784	1,706	744,152	1.9%	$12.30	$15.16
East New York/Pennsylvania Avenue	747,083	753,142	13,375	356	733,352	1.8%	$12.41	$14.47
Marine Park/Mill Basin	729,290	767,741	10,433	329	718,528	1.4%	$14.33	$17.04
Bensonhurst East	718,688	705,100	5,589	261	712,838	0.8%	$11.71	$14.30
Sunset Park East	669,672	718,216	7,582	124	661,966	1.1%	$12.29	$14.43
Madison	661,054	650,531	5,452	117	655,485	0.8%	$10.91	$13.48
Carroll Gardens	631,461	639,060	17,158	351	613,952	2.7%	$16.17	$20.32
Gowanus	599,604	568,680	12,665	175	586,764	2.1%	$15.27	$18.78
Brighton Beach	568,546	593,979	6,049	234	562,263	1.1%	$11.05	$13.53
Red Hook	525,584	553,643	16,731	2,165	506,688	3.2%	$19.78	$23.83
Dyker Heights	501,601	508,846	4,692	79	496,830	0.9%	$11.18	$13.65
Kensington	492,630	506,322	9,801	146	482,683	2%	$13.85	$16.35
South Williamsburg	441,378	470,116	8,006	137	433,235	1.8%	$9.51	$12.25
Cobble Hill	411,824	386,900	16,552	535	394,737	4%	$17.50	$21.97
Gravesend	399,543	398,659	5,003	136	394,404	1.3%	$10.87	$13.49
Windsor Terrace	398,614	442,606	6,517	95	392,002	1.6%	$14.86	$18.34
Starrett City	340,515	324,074	10,584	529	329,402	3.1%	$12.89	$15.24
Bath Beach	313,999	313,997	2,924	49	311,026	0.9%	$12.58	$15.20
Manhattan Beach	281,105	322,695	3,338	202	277,565	1.2%	$11.90	$15.17
Ocean Parkway South	266,909	256,690	2,641	38	264,230	1%	$10.72	$13.46
Brooklyn Navy Yard	229,126	253,155	8,508	606	220,012	3.7%	$17.56	$22.45
Columbia Street	153,426	156,080	4,558	102	148,766	3%	$16.69	$20.92
Prospect Park	151,954	206,021	3,642	118	148,194	2.4%	$15.84	$18.94
Marine Park/Floyd Bennett Field	22,307	32,279	599	14	21,694	2.7%	$18.22	$22.39
Green-Wood Cemetery	10,483	12,852	142	1	10,340	1.4%	$13.01	$16.71

Source: TLC Help dataset trips-zone-index, from NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026

Brooklyn's 15 busiest pickup zones, by sector

Pickups Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 (TLC Help dataset trips-zone-index). Yellow and green slices are so small they are hard to see.

Trips

App (Uber/Lyft)
Yellow taxi
Green cab

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Label	App (Uber/Lyft)	Yellow taxi	Green cab
Crown Heights North	3,287,995	74,805	1,635
East New York	2,954,607	51,040	1,236
Bushwick South	2,817,768	71,143	681
Greenpoint	2,525,384	70,916	1,093
Williamsburg (North Side)	2,486,702	105,825	2,207
Park Slope	2,405,245	50,228	2,125
Williamsburg (South Side)	2,106,467	75,707	654
Bedford	2,029,261	44,331	680
Bushwick North	2,030,055	41,112	453
Flatbush/Ditmas Park	2,029,498	40,600	798
Stuyvesant Heights	1,992,082	50,172	832
East Williamsburg	1,972,178	63,306	1,704
Canarsie	1,931,853	33,283	1,341
Prospect-Lefferts Gardens	1,918,625	43,613	988
Fort Greene	1,710,326	63,031	15,707

Source: NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026

Top and bottom zones, and what explains them

Two kinds of busy. The top of the list mixes big residential zones that peak in the morning (East New York, Canarsie and Flatlands all peak at 8am on weekdays) with nightlife zones that peak late on weekends. Bushwick South and Bushwick North peak at 1am on Sunday, Williamsburg (North Side) and East Williamsburg at midnight on Sunday, and Crown Heights North, Greenpoint, Park Slope and 10 other zones at 11pm on Saturday. In total, 24 of 61 zones peak at 8am on weekdays and 13 at 11pm on Saturday.

Near Manhattan, yellow cabs and longer trips. Yellow taxis made 2.3% of Brooklyn pickups, but more in the zones closest to Manhattan: DUMBO/Vinegar Hill (5.8%), Brooklyn Heights (4.8%), Downtown Brooklyn/MetroTech (4.6%) and Williamsburg (North Side) (4.1%). The same zones have the highest share of app pickups charged the Manhattan congestion relief fee, led by DUMBO/Vinegar Hill (34.9%) and Brooklyn Heights (27.1%), and the highest share going to an airport, led by Downtown Brooklyn/MetroTech (7.6%).

Green cabs cluster downtown. Downtown Brooklyn/MetroTech (16,124 green pickups) and Fort Greene (15,707) are in the citywide top 10 for green cabs; DUMBO/Vinegar Hill has 9,378. See where green cabs get hails.

The bottom of the list is parks and open land. Green-Wood Cemetery (10,483 pickups), Marine Park/Floyd Bennett Field (22,307), Prospect Park (151,954), Columbia Street (153,426) and Brooklyn Navy Yard (229,126) have the fewest. Prospect Park received 206,021 drop-offs, a third more than its pickups.

Pay per trip ranges from $9.51 to $19.78. South Williamsburg ($9.51), Homecrest ($10.05) and Borough Park ($10.61) have the lowest median app pay per trip; Red Hook ($19.78), Brooklyn Heights ($19.23) and DUMBO/Vinegar Hill ($18.69) the highest. The middle Brooklyn zone is $13.90. The low-pay zones also have some of the lowest median fares, a sign of shorter trips. Pay per engaged hour falls in a narrow band, $55.74 to $64.95.

Where Brooklyn trips go

In TLC Help's borough-to-borough count for the same period, 76.3% of Brooklyn pickups ended in Brooklyn, 10.9% in Manhattan and 7.2% in Queens. Brooklyn is a slight net destination: 70.5 million drop-offs against 70.3 million pickups. App pickups in Brooklyn were 7.9% higher in January–August 2026 than in the same months of 2025 (c5iv-bn4s). More: borough-to-borough trip flows, Uber/Lyft trips by borough.

Pickups by borough and industry, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026

Brooklyn is second only to Manhattan, and its total is almost all app trips.

Trips

Yellow taxi
Green cab
App (high-volume FHV)

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Label	Yellow taxi	Green cab	App (high-volume FHV)
Manhattan	39,511,619	309,402	90,172,757
Brooklyn	1,633,053	83,237	68,555,179
Queens	4,101,162	122,544	55,620,318
Bronx	357,585	12,055	33,419,216
Staten Island	4,401	71	4,076,632
Newark Airport	6,376	11	17

Data caveats

Period: pickups that started September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2026, the latest 12 months published on October 12, 2026. TLC releases trip files about two months after each month ends and may revise them.
Coverage: yellow taxis, green cabs and high-volume FHVs (Uber, Lyft) only. Brooklyn car-service and black car trips that don't go through Uber or Lyft are not in these numbers.
Suppressed cells: medians and shares need at least 250 trips; counts of 1–9 are hidden.
Pay: TLC's driver_pay field is net of commission and excludes tips and tolls. "Per engaged hour" counts only passenger time, so it is not what a driver earns per hour and not TLC's minimum-pay formula.

What the data can't tell you

How many drivers were competing for trips in each zone.
Exact streets, or whether stopping there is allowed.
Why a zone peaks when it does; the hours above are facts from the data, not explanations.

Other boroughs: Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island. Citywide: NYC taxi zone data and busiest drop-off zones. Rules for picking up in the borough: Brooklyn location page. More on the places hub.

Frequently asked questions

What is the busiest taxi zone in Brooklyn?

Crown Heights North, with 3,364,435 pickups from September 2025 to August 2026. East New York (3,006,883) and Bushwick South (2,889,592) were next. Counts include yellow, green and Uber/Lyft trips from TLC trip records.

Where do yellow taxis pick up in Brooklyn?

Mostly near Manhattan: DUMBO/Vinegar Hill had the highest yellow share (5.8% of pickups), then Brooklyn Heights (4.8%) and Downtown Brooklyn/MetroTech (4.6%). Across the borough yellow cabs made 2.3% of pickups.

When are Brooklyn zones busiest?

It depends on the neighborhood. In 24 of 61 zones the busiest hour is 8am on weekdays. In 13 zones it is 11pm on Saturday, and in Bushwick and Williamsburg zones it is after midnight early Sunday.

Which Brooklyn zones have the highest app pay per trip?

Red Hook ($19.78 median driver pay per trip), Brooklyn Heights ($19.23) and DUMBO/Vinegar Hill ($18.69). South Williamsburg was lowest ($9.51). Medians exclude tips and tolls and are not hourly pay.

Sources

Last reviewed against the official sources on Oct 12, 2026.

NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 nyc.gov
TLC Taxi Zone Lookup Table d37ci6vzurychx.cloudfront.net
NYC Open Data: Pickups and Drop-offs by Taxi Zone and Industry (c5iv-bn4s) data.cityofnewyork.us

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