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Coney Island (TLC zone 55) mixes many short local trips with some of the longest taxi trips in Brooklyn. In the 12 months to August 2026, 760,642 trips started here, about 2,084 a day, and 25.4% stayed inside the zone. Yellow taxis picked up more riders here than in neighboring Brighton Beach and Gravesend combined, and their median fare of $39.93 is the highest in Brooklyn. Green cabs are active too.
All counts are 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. Black car and livery trips that are not high-volume are not included.
Coney Island at a glance
TLC's zone lookup files zone 55 as a Brooklyn "Boro Zone", a data label, not a legal line. On TLC's zone map it touches only two zones: Brighton Beach and Gravesend.
It ranks 37th of 61 Brooklyn zones by pickups. Apps carried 97.8% of them. Yellow taxis had 14,784 pickups (1.9%) and green cabs 1,706, 10th-most in Brooklyn.
When rides start
Weekdays (about 2,100 pickups) peak at 8 a.m. (about 182), with 7 a.m. (about 142) and 9 a.m. (about 137) next. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. it holds at about 97–120 an hour.
Saturday is the biggest day (about 2,248). It builds from late morning to 6 and 7 p.m. (about 136–138) and stays above 100 an hour until midnight. Sunday (about 1,840) is busiest from 2 to 6 p.m., about 104–107 an hour. The midnight hour that opens Sunday (about 89) is busier than any Sunday morning hour.
Month by month
Spring and summer 2026 were much busier than fall 2025. March 2026 was the top month (70,253 pickups), and every month from March to August 2026 had more than 64,000. September 2025 was the low (51,613), and September to November 2025 were all under 57,500. The data shows the rise but not the reason.
Yellow pickups climbed to 1,883 in May 2026, then fell to 283–334 a month from June to August, with no matching drop in app trips. The trip records do not explain that. Green cab pickups stayed between about 85 and 200 a month all year.
Where trips go
- Coney Island itself: 25.4%
- Brighton Beach: 8.9%
- Sheepshead Bay: 6.2%
- Gravesend: 5.8%
- Bensonhurst East: 4.3%
- Homecrest: 4.2%
- Bensonhurst West: 3.9%
Trips ending here mirror this: 24.7% start inside Coney Island, 8.3% in Brighton Beach.
Fares, trip length and driver pay
The median app trip is 2.53 miles and 12.7 minutes, with a $15.16 fare and $12.30 driver pay before tips and tolls (43rd in Brooklyn). Quick trips push pay per engaged hour to $64.44, 3rd in Brooklyn. It counts passenger time only, so real hourly pay is lower. App tips are low: 2.6% of fares, $0.60 on average.
Yellow taxi trips are long: a median of 10.3 miles, 45.6 minutes and $39.93. Green cab trips sit in between: 2.95 miles, 16 minutes and $11.40. Card tips on yellow trips are only 0.3% of fares (cash tips are not recorded). 1.5% of app pickups went to an airport and 3.4% were charged the Manhattan toll-zone fee.
Curb signs and pickup rules
DOT's sign data shows "TAXI/FHV PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ONLY" signs on the east side of Stillwell Avenue between Mermaid and Neptune Avenues (nfid-uabd, checked October 12, 2026). These signs name both taxis and FHVs, and their text limits the curb to pick-up and drop-off. Another "TAXI/FHV 8AM-10PM ALL DAYS PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ONLY" sign is on Ocean Parkway at the Belt Parkway, where Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Gravesend meet. DOT lists no taxi stand and no relief stand in zone 55 (vqu8-xef9); for break spots, see taxi relief stands.
Coney Island is in TLC's Hail Zone: yellow and green cabs may take street hails. App drivers may pick up only riders their base dispatched, even at a TAXI/FHV curb (80-19(c)(1)). Riders going into Manhattan at or below 60th Street pay $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.
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.
- Coney Island: trip facts by sector — Key trip facts for taxi zone 55 (Coney Island, 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.
- Coney Island: when trips start, by hour — Average pickups per day in each hour in zone 55, 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.
- Coney Island: pickups by month — Trips starting in taxi zone 55 (Coney Island, Brooklyn) each month, by sector.NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026
- Coney Island: where trips from here go — Top drop-off zones for trips starting in zone 55, 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 760,642 pickups. 'Outside NYC' = zone 265.
- Coney Island: where trips to here come from — Top pickup zones for trips ending in zone 55, 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 782,908 drop-offs.
- Coney Island: when trips arrive, by hour — Average drop-offs per day in each hour in zone 55, 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).
- Coney Island: drop-offs by month — Trips ending in taxi zone 55 (Coney Island, 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 app pickups are there in Coney Island?
About 2,039 a day. In the 12 months to August 2026, 760,642 trips started in zone 55: 744,152 by app, 14,784 by yellow taxi and 1,706 by green cab. It ranks 37th of 61 Brooklyn zones.
Is there a taxi pickup spot in Coney Island?
DOT's sign data (checked October 12, 2026) shows 'TAXI/FHV PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ONLY' signs on Stillwell Avenue between Mermaid and Neptune Avenues. DOT lists no taxi stand or relief stand in the zone.
Why do yellow taxi trips from Coney Island cost so much?
They are long. The median yellow trip from here is 10.3 miles and 45.6 minutes, for a $39.93 fare, the highest median yellow fare of any Brooklyn zone. App trips are much shorter: 2.53 miles and $15.16.
When is Coney Island busiest?
Weekdays at 8 a.m. (about 182 pickups). Saturday is the biggest day, about 2,248 pickups, with a 6–7 p.m. peak. March 2026 was the busiest month.
Where do Coney Island trips go?
A quarter (25.4%) stay inside Coney Island. Next are Brighton Beach (8.9%), Sheepshead Bay (6.2%) and Gravesend (5.8%).
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: Parking Regulation Locations and Signs (DOT, nfid-uabd) data.cityofnewyork.us
- NYC Open Data: Taxi and FHV Relief Stands (DOT, vqu8-xef9) 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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