Lenox Hill West Taxi Zone (141): Trips, Hours & Fares

Lenox Hill West (TLC zone 141) is a balanced Upper East Side zone where Saturday is the busiest day. In TLC trip records for September 2025 to August 2026, 2,530,542 trips started here (about 6,933 a day) and 2,435,161 ended here. Uber and Lyft had 60% of pickups and yellow taxis 40%. On weekdays the morning and evening peaks are almost the same size. The Manhattan ramps of the Queensboro Bridge run through this zone and its neighbour, Lenox Hill East.

Lenox Hill West at a glance

On TLC's map, zone 141 touches seven zones: Lenox Hill East (140), Upper East Side South (237), Upper East Side North (236), Midtown East (162), Sutton Place/Turtle Bay North (229), Yorkville West (263) and Yorkville East (262). It reaches from about 59th Street to the high 70s. In TLC's lookup table it is tagged "Yellow Zone", a data category, while the rules that matter here come from the TLC rule book and the MTA.

When rides start: two weekday peaks and a big Saturday

On weekdays the zone has two peaks of almost equal size: 8 a.m. (about 474 pickups) and 6 p.m. (about 490). The 7–9 a.m. hours average about 1,272 pickups and the 4–6 p.m. hours about 1,280. That balance is less common in Midtown, where evenings dominate.

Saturday is different. It has the most pickups of any day, peaking at 7 p.m. (about 583), with 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. close behind. Saturday drop-offs peak even later, at 10–11 p.m. Sunday pickups peak at 12–1 p.m., but Sunday nights are lively too: about 13.7% of Sunday pickups happen between midnight and 5 a.m. (the Saturday-night tail).

Month by month

Pickups ranged from 231,170 in December 2025 (the busiest month) to 184,284 in August 2026 (the quietest), a 20% gap. That swing is smaller than in Upper East Side South next door, where it was about 32%.

Where trips go

Most trips stay on the East Side. The top destinations are Upper East Side North (6.6% of pickups), Upper East Side South (6.0%) and Yorkville West (4.2%). Midtown East and Midtown Center follow. LaGuardia Airport is the 9th most common destination, with 3.0% of all pickups. Across all airports, 8.3% of app pickups and 1.2% of yellow pickups go to one. LaGuardia is also the 9th most common origin for trips ending here (3.0% of drop-offs).

Fares and pay

Yellow trips here are short and cheap: median 1.41 miles, 10.8 minutes and $12.10 on the meter, with a 23.9% card tip rate. App trips are about twice as long (median 2.92 miles) and cost $22.97 before fees. The median app driver pay is $17.76 per trip, with an average tip of $1.71. TLC's app pay figure does not include tips or tolls. "Pay per engaged hour" in the table counts only time with a rider, so it is higher than real hourly earnings.

Bridge ramps, the 60th Street line and hail rules

• Queensboro Bridge: the city's street centerline data places the bridge's Manhattan ramps and exits in zones 141 and 140. On congestion pricing, the MTA FAQ says trips from Queens to the Upper East Side on the Upper Level are not tolled, "because that ramp exits onto 62 Street". Trips between the FDR Drive and the bridge are tolled. For which East River crossings are free, see free East River bridges.
• MTA Congestion Relief Zone: the MTA zone ends at 60th Street (Manhattan south of and including 60th Street. By our check, about 95% of zone 141 is north of 60th Street, so the zone is only partly inside. As of 2026-10-12 the per-trip charge is $1.50 on app trips and $0.75 on taxi trips, for trips to, from, within or through the zone. 58.4% of app pickups and 50.7% of yellow pickups here were charged.
• NYS congestion surcharge: the zone is entirely south of 96th Street. As of 2026-10-12 the surcharge is $2.50 per medallion taxi trip and $2.75 per FHV trip, for trips that begin and end in New York State.
• Hail Exclusionary Zone: Lenox Hill West is in Manhattan below East 96th Street (Chapter 51), so green cabs may not take hails; 218 green pickups were recorded in a year. FHV drivers who pick up without a pre-arranged trip face the enhanced penalties in 80-19(c)(2).

Relief stand

DOT's relief-stand dataset (updated October 1, 2026) lists one stand in the zone, for taxis only. Current DOT sign records show no taxi stand in zone 141.

A relief stand is not a taxi stand. You may leave the car there for up to one hour, but you must follow the posted vehicle types and time limits (80-19(d)(7)). Can app drivers use them? See relief stands for Uber and Lyft drivers.