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Bath Beach (TLC zone 11) is a small zone with the most morning-heavy weekdays in Brooklyn. In the 12 months to August 2026, 313,999 trips started here, about 860 a day. On weekdays, 28.5% of pickups happen between 6 and 10 a.m., the highest share of all 61 Brooklyn zones. Most riders head to Bensonhurst West or Bay Ridge.
Numbers come from TLC trip records for yellow taxis, green cabs and high-volume app services (Uber, Lyft), September 2025 to August 2026, added up by TLC Help. They leave out black car and livery trips that are not high-volume.
Bath Beach at a glance
TLC's zone lookup puts zone 11 in Brooklyn with the "Boro Zone" label, which is a data category, not a legal line. On TLC's zone map it touches only three zones: Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst West and Dyker Heights.
It is 54th of 61 Brooklyn zones by pickups. Pickups and drop-offs are almost exactly equal: 313,999 against 313,997. Apps carried 99.1% of pickups.
When rides start and end
Weekdays average about 867 pickups. The morning rush is sharp: about 70 at 7 a.m., 79 at 8 a.m. and 64 at 9 a.m. By 10 a.m. it falls to about 44, and the afternoon stays near 38–49 an hour. Drop-offs are the mirror image, peaking from 4 to 7 p.m. (about 55–59 an hour).
Saturday is the busiest day (about 922 pickups), spread evenly from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at about 46–56 an hour. Sunday (about 766) is the quietest. On Sunday the top drop-off hour is the midnight hour (about 49).
Month by month
February 2026 was the top month (29,120 pickups), with January and March close (about 28,700–28,800). September 2025 was the low (21,693). From December to August, every month had at least 25,000.
Yellow pickups were about 220 to 350 a month through May 2026, then 59–83 a month from June to August. App trips did not fall the same way, and the records don't explain it.
Where trips go
Bath Beach riders mostly leave the zone:
- Bensonhurst West: 16.6%
- Bay Ridge: 12.7%
- Bensonhurst East: 7.7%
- Bath Beach itself: 6.4%
- Dyker Heights: 5.0%
- Sunset Park West: 4.0%
- Coney Island: 3.7%
Riders arriving here come from the same zones: Bensonhurst West (17.0% of drop-offs) and Bay Ridge (11.8%) lead.
Fares, trip length and driver pay
The median app trip is 2.65 miles and 12.8 minutes, with a $15.20 fare and $12.58 driver pay before tips and tolls. Trips move fast, so pay per engaged hour is $62.78, 9th in Brooklyn. That counts only time with a passenger; your real hourly pay is lower once you add driving to pickups and waiting. Tips are 3.9% of fares, $0.79 on average.
1.7% of app pickups went to an airport and 3.7% were charged the Manhattan toll-zone fee. Yellow taxi trips run long, with a $31.22 median fare (8th in Brooklyn) over 6.86 miles.
Pickup rules and stands
Bath Beach lies in TLC's Hail Zone. Yellow and green cabs may take street hails here. App drivers may pick up only riders dispatched by their base (80-19(c)(1)). A rider going into Manhattan at or below 60th Street pays a Congestion Relief Zone charge of $1.50 per app trip or $0.75 per taxi trip as of 2026-10-12 (MTA). See who can pick up where. This is general information, not legal advice.
DOT's open data lists no relief stand and no taxi-stand sign in zone 11 (checked October 12, 2026; vqu8-xef9, nfid-uabd). The nearest TAXI STAND signs are about a mile away, on Bay Parkway at West 7th–8th Streets and on 86th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues in Bay Ridge. For break spots, see taxi relief stands.
Nearby zones
Data on this page
Aggregates of public data. They describe trips and vehicles, never individual people.
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. Monthly cells with 1–9 trips are shown as blank (null). Pairs with fewer than 10 trips are not listed.
- Bath Beach: trip facts by sector — Key trip facts for taxi zone 11 (Bath Beach, Brooklyn) by sector, 12 months.NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026Taxi tips: tip_amount records credit-card tips only (cash tips are not recorded), so taxi tip rates use credit-card trips (payment_type 1). App tips are the tips field on every trip. Tip rate = tips ÷ fare. Medians and rates need at least 250 trips in the cell (else blank); counts of 1–9 are blank. Pickup-side stats (fare, pay, tips) describe trips that START here.
- Bath Beach: when trips start, by hour — Average pickups per day in each hour in zone 11, on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays (all sectors).NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026Average over all such days in the window, holidays included.
- Bath Beach: pickups by month — Trips starting in taxi zone 11 (Bath Beach, Brooklyn) each month, by sector.NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026
- Bath Beach: where trips from here go — Top drop-off zones for trips starting in zone 11, as a share of all its pickups (12 months, all sectors).NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026Out of 313,999 pickups. 'Outside NYC' = zone 265.
- Bath Beach: where trips to here come from — Top pickup zones for trips ending in zone 11, as a share of all its drop-offs (12 months, all sectors).NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026Out of 313,997 drop-offs.
- Bath Beach: when trips arrive, by hour — Average drop-offs per day in each hour in zone 11, on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays (all sectors; hour of pickup).NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026Hour is the trip's pickup hour (TLC records both, but a trip is binned by when it started).
- Bath Beach: drop-offs by month — Trips ending in taxi zone 11 (Bath Beach, Brooklyn) each month, by sector.NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026
- All 263 taxi zones: trips and key facts (map-ready) — One row per TLC taxi zone (LocationID 1–263) with pickups, drop-offs, sector mix, app driver pay, fares and tip rates — the source for zone maps, hubs and the zone explorer.NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026Medians/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).
Frequently asked questions
How many rides start in Bath Beach?
About 860 a day. In the 12 months to August 2026, 313,999 trips started in zone 11 and 313,997 ended there. Apps did 311,026 of the pickups, yellow taxis 2,924 and green cabs 49.
When should I expect Bath Beach pickups?
Weekday mornings. 28.5% of weekday pickups happen between 6 and 10 a.m., the highest share of any Brooklyn zone. The 8 a.m. hour averages about 79 pickups.
Where do Bath Beach riders go?
Bensonhurst West takes 16.6% of pickups and Bay Ridge 12.7%. Only 6.4% of trips stay inside Bath Beach.
Is there a taxi stand in Bath Beach?
DOT's open data shows none in zone 11 (checked October 12, 2026). The nearest TAXI STAND signs are on Bay Parkway at West 7th–8th Streets and on 86th Street in Bay Ridge, each about a mile from the zone.
Sources
Last reviewed against the official sources on .
- NYC TLC Trip Record Data nyc.gov
- TLC Taxi Zone Lookup Table d37ci6vzurychx.cloudfront.net
- NYC Open Data: Taxi and FHV Relief Stands (DOT, vqu8-xef9) data.cityofnewyork.us
- NYC Open Data: Parking Regulation Locations and Signs (DOT, nfid-uabd) data.cityofnewyork.us
- TLC Rules Chapter 80: Rules Applicable to All Drivers (PDF) nyc.gov
- MTA: Congestion Relief Zone taxi and FHV tolls mta.info
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