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East Harlem North (TLC zone 74) is the green cab capital of New York City. In the 12 months to August 2026, 137,458 green cab trips started here, more than in any of TLC's 263 zones and about a quarter of all green cab pickups citywide. With Uber, Lyft and yellow taxis included, the zone had 2,074,436 pickups, about 5,683 a day.
Every number below comes from TLC trip records for yellow, green and Uber/Lyft trips, aggregated by TLC Help. The zone totals do not separate green cab street hails from base dispatches.
East Harlem North at a glance
The zone borders East Harlem South (75), Central Harlem (41), Central Harlem North (42) and Randalls Island (194). In the city's street centerline file, part of the RFK Bridge and a Harlem River Drive ramp to the Third Avenue Bridge fall in this zone. As of October 12, 2026 the RFK costs a car $7.46 with a New York E-ZPass, $9.79 Mid-Tier and $12.03 by mail (RFK page). TLC labels the zone "Boro Zone", a data category, not a legal line.
Why green cabs matter here
Green cabs (street hail liveries) may not take hails in Manhattan south of East 96th and West 110th Streets (Chapter 51). By our check of TLC's zone map against the city's East 96th Street centerline, all of East Harlem North is north of that line, so hails are legal here. Green cabs had 6.6% of pickups in this zone, against well under 1% in most of Manhattan.
The flow is one-way. Green cabs picked up 137,458 riders here but dropped off only 24,116. Green trips are short (median 2.02 miles, $14.20 on the meter), only 1.9% were charged the Congestion Relief Zone fee, and card-paying green riders tipped 22.3%. See the green cab permit guide and green cab pickups by zone.
When rides start and end
On weekdays pickups peak at 8 a.m. (about 395) and 7 a.m. (about 359). Saturdays are the busiest days (about 6,518 pickups) and peak at 6 p.m.; Sundays peak in the late afternoon. On weekdays, drop-offs peak at 5 p.m.
Through the year
February 2026 was the quietest month (158,124 pickups) and March 2026 the busiest (182,168). August 2026 was about 13% above September 2025, while Manhattan overall fell about 9%.
Where trips go
The most common trips stay in Harlem. East Harlem South (8.6%) is the top destination, then trips inside the zone (7.4%), Central Harlem North (7.0%) and Central Harlem (6.7%). Mott Haven/Port Morris in the Bronx takes 3.9%. Only 10.3% of app pickups were charged the congestion fee and 2.6% went to an airport.
Fares and pay
The median app trip is 2.77 miles and $16.17 before tips, tolls and fees, and median driver pay is $14.45 (tips and tolls excluded). App tips are 3.1% of fares. Yellow taxis (9.1% of pickups) run a median 3.2 miles for $19.47, with a 10.6% card tip rate.
Stands and curb signs
Because this zone is in the Hail Zone, green cabs may take a position at these taxi stands (Chapter 80, §80-19(d)(1)). For-hire drivers may not pick up at a taxi stand (80-19(d)(2)), and green cabs must not cruise for hails within 100 feet of one (§80-19(b)(2)(ii)). See taxi stand rules.
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.
- East Harlem North: trip facts by sector — Key trip facts for taxi zone 74 (East Harlem North, Manhattan) 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.
- East Harlem North: when trips start, by hour — Average pickups per day in each hour in zone 74, 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.
- East Harlem North: pickups by month — Trips starting in taxi zone 74 (East Harlem North, Manhattan) each month, by sector.NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026
- East Harlem North: where trips from here go — Top drop-off zones for trips starting in zone 74, 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 2,074,436 pickups. 'Outside NYC' = zone 265.
- East Harlem North: where trips to here come from — Top pickup zones for trips ending in zone 74, 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 2,036,036 drop-offs.
- East Harlem North: when trips arrive, by hour — Average drop-offs per day in each hour in zone 74, 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).
- East Harlem North: drop-offs by month — Trips ending in taxi zone 74 (East Harlem North, Manhattan) 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
Which NYC zone has the most green cab pickups?
East Harlem North (zone 74). It had 137,458 green cab pickups from September 2025 to August 2026, the most of TLC's 263 zones. That is about 26% of all green cab pickups in the city and 44% of those in Manhattan.
Can green cabs take street hails in East Harlem North?
Yes. On the east side, the Hail Exclusionary Zone ends at East 96th Street. By our check of TLC's zone map, all of East Harlem North is north of that line, so it is in the Hail Zone.
Are there taxi stands in East Harlem North?
DOT's sign data lists taxi stand signs on East 125th Street, between Madison and Park Avenues (south side) and between Park and Lexington Avenues (north side). DOT also lists a 1-space taxi and FHV relief stand on East 116th Street between Second and Third Avenues.
How much does an app trip from East Harlem North pay?
The median app driver pay is $14.45 per trip, before tips and tolls. The median trip is 2.77 miles and 14.5 minutes. Tips average $0.63.
Sources
Last reviewed against the official sources on .
- NYC TLC Trip Record Data nyc.gov
- TLC Taxi Zone Lookup Table d37ci6vzurychx.cloudfront.net
- TLC Rules Chapter 51: Definitions (PDF) nyc.gov
- TLC Rules Chapter 80: Rules Applicable to All Drivers (PDF) nyc.gov
- MTA Bridges & Tunnels: Tolls by vehicle type mta.info
- NYC DOT: Taxi and For-Hire Vehicle Relief Stands nyc.gov
- 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
- NYC Open Data: Street Centerline (CSCL, inkn-q76z) data.cityofnewyork.us
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