Hudson Sq Taxi Zone (125): Trips, Hours & Fares

Hudson Sq (TLC zone 125) runs on a workday clock. Weekday drop-offs peak at 9 a.m., weekday pickups peak at 6 p.m., and Saturday is barely busier than a weekday. The zone had 1,076,584 pickups from September 2025 to August 2026 (about 2,950 a day, 50th of 69 in Manhattan). It is also a zone for long trips out: "Outside NYC" is the top destination, and 10% of app pickups went to an airport.

Hudson Sq at a glance (zone 125)

Zone 125 has the TLC service-zone label "Yellow Zone", which groups data and has no legal effect. It borders TriBeCa/Civic Center, SoHo, Greenwich Village South, West Village and Meatpacking/West Village West. The city's street centerline map puts two big roads in it: West Street (Route 9A) on the river side, and the Holland Tunnel entrance roads (the exit roads are just south, in TriBeCa/Civic Center).

When rides start and end here

The weekday drop-off line has a sharp morning peak: about 248 trips end here in the 9 a.m. hour and 236 at 8 a.m. Pickups build through the afternoon to 6 p.m. (233) and 5 p.m. (224); 22.1% of weekday pickups start between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Weekends don't add much. An average Saturday had 3,145 pickups, only 5% more than a weekday (3,003), and Sunday was the quietest day (2,488). Sunday's top hour is midnight, then noon.

The busiest month was October 2025 (98,826 pickups); the quietest were August 2026 (81,531) and February 2026 (82,307).

Where trips from here go

The top destination code is "Outside NYC" (5.2% of pickups). TriBeCa/Civic Center (4.6%), West Village (3.8%) and West Chelsea/Hudson Yards (3.6%) follow. Two airports make the top ten: Newark Airport (3.1%) and LaGuardia (3.0%). LaGuardia is also a top-ten source of riders arriving here (3.2% of drop-offs).

Yellow, green and app

App: 853,866 pickups (79.3%). Yellow: 222,678 (20.7%), lower than in about three-quarters of Manhattan's Yellow Zone zones. Green: 40 pickups and 327 drop-offs. Green cabs cannot start trips here (who can pick up where).

Fares and driver pay

App trips from Hudson Sq pay above the Manhattan norm: median fare $27.22 and median driver pay $18.67, with tips averaging $2.09 (5.7% of the fare). Yellow trips: median 1.85 miles, $14.90 on the meter, 22.8% card tips.

Tolls, the congestion zone and other lines

• Congestion Relief Zone. The zone is south of 60th Street, so pickups here are inside the MTA Congestion Relief Zone: the fee was on 99.5% of app and 98.0% of yellow pickups. The MTA zone excludes West Street/Route 9A, which runs along this zone. As of 2026-10-12, riders pay $1.50 per app trip and $0.75 per taxi trip.
• Holland Tunnel. The tunnel's Manhattan entrance roads are in this zone; its exit roads are in TriBeCa/Civic Center. Tolls, E-ZPass rates and who pays are on the Holland Tunnel page; the toll calculator works out a full route.
• Canal Street runs along the zone's southern edge. NYC DOT announced a 20 mph Regional Slow Zone for Manhattan south of Canal Street in October 2024, so the slow zone starts just south of this zone. Follow the posted speed signs.

Stands and practical notes

DOT's data (checked 2026-10-12) shows no relief stand and no taxi-stand sign in zone 125. By our map check, the nearest relief stand in DOT's list is just over the line in SoHo, on Thompson Street between Grand Street and Avenue of the Americas, but it is taxi-only. The nearest one open to FHVs is on Church Street between Franklin and White Streets in TriBeCa. Use the relief stand finder for the full list.