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Hunts Point (TLC zone 126) is where the Bronx's pre-dawn arrivals show up in the data. On weekdays, drop-offs start rising at 3 a.m., while most zones are at their quietest, and 9.1% of weekday drop-offs land between 3 and 6 a.m., the highest share in the Bronx. Overall, 811,815 trips started here (about 2,224 a day) in the 12 months to August 2026, right in the middle of the 43 Bronx zones, and 917,811 ended here, 13% more.
Pickups were 804,142 app trips, 7,510 yellow taxi trips and 163 green cab trips, as totaled by TLC Help from TLC trip records. Black car and livery trips not sent through a high-volume app are missing from those files.
Hunts Point at a glance
The zone has six neighbors on TLC's map: Crotona Park East (60), Longwood (147), Morrisania/Melrose (167), Mott Haven/Port Morris (168), Soundview/Bruckner (212) and Soundview/Castle Hill (213). Our map check puts the Hunts Point Cooperative Market inside the zone. TLC labels zone 126 a "Boro Zone"; that is a data label only.
Early arrivals, evening departures
The drop-off chart is the one to read. On an average weekday, drop-offs fall to about 43 at 2 a.m., then rise to 56 at 3 a.m., 71 at 4 a.m. and 111 at 5 a.m., and peak at 8 a.m. (about 220). In the 6–10 a.m. window, 27% of weekday drop-offs arrive.
Pickups run the other way. The weekday pickup peak is 8 a.m. (about 155), but 5 p.m. is close (146), and 4–8 p.m. holds 23.1% of weekday pickups. Weekends are quieter: a Sunday averages about 1,813 pickups, 21% fewer than a weekday (2,283), one of the biggest weekday-to-Sunday drops in the Bronx.
Month by month
Pickups were lowest in September 2025 (56,759) and highest in March 2026 (76,312). Drop-offs followed: 85,008 in March. In summer 2026 pickups held at about 67,000 a month. Yellow taxis made 7,510 pickups in the year, but only about 290 to 340 a month from June to August.
Where trips go
Soundview/Castle Hill takes 8.7% of pickups, then trips inside Hunts Point (8.0%), Mott Haven/Port Morris (5.2%), Melrose South (5.0%) and Morrisania/Melrose (4.5%). Every top-ten destination is a Bronx zone. On the way in, Soundview/Castle Hill again leads (10.1% of drop-offs).
Fares and pay
The median app trip is 2.84 miles, 14.3 minutes and $15.87. Median driver pay is $14.11 per trip, above the Bronx middle ($13.50) and 9th of 42 Bronx zones. Pay per engaged hour is $60.53, a little below the Bronx middle; it counts passenger time only. Riders tip 1.4% of the fare. Only 0.7% of app pickups went to an airport. The median yellow trip is 5.49 miles and $27.50.
Pickup rules
- Hunts Point is in TLC's Hail Zone (Chapter 51). Yellow taxis and green cabs may take street hails.
- App drivers may take only base-dispatched trips. A street pickup is a violation of 80-19(c)(1).
- We found no official TLC or city source for special pickup rules at the market, so this page lists none. Follow posted signs.
- Breaks: DOT lists no relief stand in zone 126 (checked October 2026). The closest is the 2-space taxi/FHV stand on Third Avenue, East 157th to 158th Streets, about 0.9 miles away. Read more about taxi and FHV 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.
- Hunts Point: trip facts by sector — Key trip facts for taxi zone 126 (Hunts Point, Bronx) 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.
- Hunts Point: when trips start, by hour — Average pickups per day in each hour in zone 126, 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.
- Hunts Point: pickups by month — Trips starting in taxi zone 126 (Hunts Point, Bronx) each month, by sector.NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026
- Hunts Point: where trips from here go — Top drop-off zones for trips starting in zone 126, 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 811,815 pickups. 'Outside NYC' = zone 265.
- Hunts Point: where trips to here come from — Top pickup zones for trips ending in zone 126, 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 917,811 drop-offs.
- Hunts Point: when trips arrive, by hour — Average drop-offs per day in each hour in zone 126, 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).
- Hunts Point: drop-offs by month — Trips ending in taxi zone 126 (Hunts Point, Bronx) 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
When do trips arrive in Hunts Point?
Early. On an average weekday, drop-offs climb from about 56 at 3 a.m. to 111 at 5 a.m. and peak at 8 a.m. (about 220). 9.1% of weekday drop-offs happen between 3 and 6 a.m., the highest share of any Bronx zone.
How many trips start in Hunts Point?
811,815 from September 2025 to August 2026, about 2,224 a day. That is the middle of the 43 Bronx zones (22nd). More trips end here than start here: 917,811 drop-offs.
Where do trips from Hunts Point go?
Soundview/Castle Hill is first (8.7% of pickups), then trips inside Hunts Point (8.0%), Mott Haven/Port Morris (5.2%), Melrose South (5.0%) and Morrisania/Melrose (4.5%). Soundview/Castle Hill is also the top origin of trips ending here (10.1%).
Is there a relief stand in Hunts Point?
Not according to NYC DOT's relief-stand data, checked in October 2026. The closest is a 2-space taxi/FHV stand on Third Avenue in Melrose South, about 0.9 miles from the zone's edge in a straight line.
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
- TLC Rules Chapter 51: Definitions (PDF) nyc.gov
- TLC Rules Chapter 80: Rules Applicable to All Drivers (PDF) nyc.gov
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