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Hammels/Arverne, TLC taxi zone 117, is the middle of the Rockaway Peninsula, and most of its trips stay there. It had 443,216 pickups in the 12 months to August 2026, about 1,214 a day (44th of Queens' 69 zones). 62% ended in this zone, Far Rockaway or Rockaway Park. Pickups grew about 18% over the year, and the zone has the only taxi/FHV relief stand on the peninsula in DOT's data.
Hammels/Arverne at a glance (zone 117)
TLC's lookup table gives zone 117 the "Boro Zone" label, which is for sorting trip data and is not a legal line. On the TLC map it touches only two zones: Far Rockaway to the east and Rockaway Park to the west. 403,328 trips ended here, about 40,000 fewer than started.
When rides start here
Weekdays peak at 8 a.m. (about 93 pickups), and 20.2% of weekday pickups start between 7 and 10 a.m. Saturday is the busiest day, about 1,338 pickups against 1,215 on a weekday, and both weekend days peak at 3 p.m. Drop-offs peak at 5 p.m. on weekdays and at 10 p.m. on Saturday.
Pickups rose through the year, from 30,505 in September 2025 to 42,792 in March 2026 and 40,468 in July 2026. Summer 2026 had 18% more pickups than fall 2025, more than most southeast Queens zones, though less than the summer jumps farther west in Rockaway Park and Breezy Point; a single year is not enough to say it will continue.
Where trips go
29.7% stay inside Hammels/Arverne. Far Rockaway (22.6%) and Rockaway Park (9.9%) come next, then places outside New York City (7.3%) and JFK (2.5%). East New York, Howard Beach and Jamaica each take 1–1.5%. Trips that end here mirror this: 32.6% start in the zone and 24.1% in Far Rockaway. Only 2.8% of app pickups went to an airport, 61st in Queens.
Sectors and pay
Apps made 433,526 pickups (97.8%), yellow taxis 9,674 and green cabs only 16. Most rides stay on the peninsula, and app trips are short: 2.41 miles and 12.1 minutes at the median, a $15.05 fare and $12.49 in driver pay before tips. Riders tipped 2% ($0.50 on average). Yellow trips are long, a median of 12.53 miles and 59.2 minutes ($43.77), and yellow pickups fell from 745–1,235 a month to 138–160 a month from June 2026.
The relief stand on Rockaway Beach Boulevard
DOT's relief-stand data (vqu8-xef9, checked 2026-10-12) lists one stand in zone 117:
- Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Beach 92nd to Beach 91st Street, south side: Taxi/FHV, 3 spaces, sign "Taxi/FHV Relief Stand 1 Hour Limit".
In DOT's words, relief stands "allow drivers to park and leave their vehicles for up to one hour", and they "are not taxi stands" (NYC DOT). TLC rule §80-19(d)(7) says you may take any open spot but must obey the posted vehicle types and time limit (Chapter 80). DOT says its map may not show every current sign, so read the sign. It is the only relief stand on the Rockaway Peninsula in DOT's data. More: relief stands and the relief stand finder.
Pickups here follow Hail Zone rules (Chapter 51); app drivers need a base booking (80-19(c)(1)). On trips off the peninsula over the Cross Bay or Marine Parkway bridges the passenger pays no toll; onto it, two times the toll (§58-26(f)(1)).
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.
- Hammels/Arverne: trip facts by sector — Key trip facts for taxi zone 117 (Hammels/Arverne, Queens) 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.
- Hammels/Arverne: when trips start, by hour — Average pickups per day in each hour in zone 117, 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.
- Hammels/Arverne: pickups by month — Trips starting in taxi zone 117 (Hammels/Arverne, Queens) each month, by sector.NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026
- Hammels/Arverne: where trips from here go — Top drop-off zones for trips starting in zone 117, 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 443,216 pickups. 'Outside NYC' = zone 265.
- Hammels/Arverne: where trips to here come from — Top pickup zones for trips ending in zone 117, 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 403,328 drop-offs.
- Hammels/Arverne: when trips arrive, by hour — Average drop-offs per day in each hour in zone 117, 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).
- Hammels/Arverne: drop-offs by month — Trips ending in taxi zone 117 (Hammels/Arverne, Queens) 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 Hammels/Arverne?
TLC trip records show 443,216 pickups in zone 117 from September 2025 to August 2026, about 1,214 a day, 44th of Queens' 69 zones.
Is there a taxi or FHV relief stand in Arverne?
Yes. DOT's relief-stand data lists a Taxi/FHV relief stand on Rockaway Beach Boulevard between Beach 92nd and Beach 91st Streets (south side), with 3 spaces and a 1-hour limit (checked 2026-10-12). It is the only one in DOT's data on the Rockaway Peninsula. Follow the posted sign.
Where do Hammels/Arverne trips go?
Mostly around the peninsula: 29.7% stay in the zone, 22.6% go to Far Rockaway and 9.9% to Rockaway Park. 7.3% end outside New York City and 2.5% at JFK.
Can app drivers use the relief stand?
This one is signed 'Taxi/FHV', so for-hire vehicles may use it as well as taxis, within the posted time limit. TLC rule 80-19(d)(7) says drivers must follow the posted vehicle types and time limits at relief stands.
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 DOT: Taxi and FHV Relief Stands nyc.gov
- TLC Rules, Chapter 80 (Drivers) nyc.gov
- TLC Rules, Chapter 58 (Taxicab Owners), §58-26 nyc.gov
- TLC Rules, Chapter 51 (Definitions) nyc.gov
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