NYC Taxi Stands by Borough: DOT Sign Data

In short: NYC DOT's sign records show taxi-stand signs on about 186 block faces: 142 in Manhattan, 17 in Queens, 13 in the Bronx, 13 in Brooklyn and 1 on Staten Island (at the ferry terminal). Most are all-day stands. Nine are evening or night-only, including five 10PM–4AM stands on 10th and 11th Avenues in West Chelsea. DOT also posts about 22 "TAXI/FHV pick-up/drop-off only" curbs, mostly in Brooklyn and Queens. These are our counts from DOT's sign database (October 2026); DOT does not publish a stand total, and airport and terminal stands are not in it.

The numbers at a glance

How we counted: signs to stands

DOT's Parking Regulation Locations and Signs dataset lists every parking sign, with its text, street, block and side of the street. We took the current records (not historical ones) whose text includes "TAXI STAND", "TAXI / FHV STAND", "PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ONLY" or "FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY". Relief-stand signs were left out; they are covered in the relief stand gap. One stand usually has two or more signs (an arrow at each end), so we grouped signs by block face: the same borough, street, cross streets and side. One block face counts as one stand location, even if a stand runs around a corner onto a second block face. The numbers are a close estimate, not an official count.

Taxi stands by borough

Manhattan has 76% of the stand locations and 87% of yellow taxi pickups. Inside Manhattan, the stands sit mostly in Midtown: by the taxi zone that holds each stand, Times Sq/Theatre District has 14, Midtown East 10, Midtown North and West Chelsea/Hudson Yards 8 each, and Clinton East 7. In the other boroughs, the zone with the most was Jamaica in Queens (4). Staten Island's single location is listed as the ferry terminal, Ramp F, with five signs.

Night-only stands

The 11th Avenue stand between 26th and 27th Streets has signs on both sides of the avenue, so it counts as two block faces; that is how the table's eight rows make nine. Outside the posted hours, the other signs on that block apply. Another 16 block faces have daytime or weekday hours, such as 12th Avenue between West 47th and 52nd Streets (Monday–Friday, 6 a.m.–5 p.m.) and two blocks of York Avenue (Monday–Friday, 7–10 a.m.).

TAXI/FHV pick-up/drop-off only curbs

DOT also posts curbs signed "TAXI/FHV PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ONLY" (some with hours, such as 8AM–10PM) and "FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY PICK-UP / DROP-OFF ONLY". We count about 22 such block faces: 10 in Brooklyn (for example Flatbush Avenue at Atlantic Avenue, Eastern Parkway between Utica and Rochester Avenues, and Stillwell Avenue at Mermaid Avenue), 7 in Queens (including three around 31st Street and Broadway in Astoria), 3 in Manhattan and 2 in the Bronx (one on River Avenue at East 151st–153rd Streets). These are for stopping to load and unload, not for waiting.

A separate group of about 25 block faces carries "FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY" signs, usually with evening hours, mostly in Midtown and the Financial District (18 in Manhattan, 6 in Brooklyn, 1 in Queens). The signs name the vehicles and hours; read the full sign on the street for what is allowed.

Who may use a taxi stand

From TLC Chapter 80:

• Yellow taxis may take any vacant position at a stand (§80-19(d)(1)), must join at the back (§80-19(d)(4)) and must not cruise for passengers within 100 feet of a stand (§80-19(a)(4)(ii)).
• Green cabs may use stands only in the Hail Zone, never in the Hail Exclusionary Zone: Manhattan south of East 96th and West 110th Streets, and the airports (§80-19(d)(1)(i)).
• FHV drivers must not pick up at any taxi stand (§80-19(d)(2)): $350, then $500, then revocation. Three locations in this data are signed "TAXI / FHV STAND". The TLC rule text does not mention such stands, so if you drive an FHV, check with TLC before relying on one.

Details are in taxi stand rules, can green cabs use taxi stands and can Uber drivers pick up at a taxi stand. How often these rules are enforced is in taxi stand and cruising summonses.

What the data can't tell you

• Airport, rail and bus terminal stands. Those are run by the terminal operator, not posted by DOT, so they are not in this dataset.
• How busy a stand is, or whether there are passengers there.
• Missing or new signs. The records follow DOT work orders; a sign can be missing on the street or newer than the data. 20 stand locations have no coordinates.
• Official totals. DOT does not publish a count of stands. Ours groups signs by block face.

More: relief stand statistics, NYC taxi and Uber trip statistics, TLC summons statistics, the taxi stand definition and the places hub.