Mott Haven/Port Morris Taxi Zone (168): Trips, Hours & Fares

Mott Haven/Port Morris (TLC zone 168) is the busiest taxi zone in the Bronx. In the 12 months to August 2026, 1,723,422 trips started here, about 4,722 a day, and slightly more ended here. It also has the most yellow taxi pickups in the borough, the strongest links to Harlem, the Bronx end of the RFK Bridge, and 20 taxi-only relief stand spaces on Park Avenue.

Of the 1,723,422 pickups, Uber and Lyft made 1,692,546, yellow taxis 30,117 and green cabs 759. TLC Help totaled these from TLC trip records, which do not include black car or livery trips booked outside the apps.

Mott Haven/Port Morris at a glance

Zone 168 is the southern tip of the Bronx. On TLC's map it touches East Concourse/Concourse Village (69), Hunts Point (126), Longwood (147), Melrose South (159) and West Concourse (247). By our check of the bridge location against TLC's shapefile, the RFK Bridge's Bronx span lands in this zone. TLC labels it a "Boro Zone", a data label only.

When rides start

Weekday mornings are huge: about 336 pickups at 7 a.m. and 346 at 8 a.m., the biggest 8 a.m. hour in the Bronx. Weekday afternoons peak at 5 p.m. (about 266). Saturday is the busiest day (about 5,355 pickups, against 4,646 on a weekday), with the most at 7 to 10 p.m. (about 288 to 298 an hour). On Sundays, midnight leads (267).

Month by month: yellow cabs held on

Pickups ran from 124,624 in September 2025 to 160,655 in March 2026. Yellow taxis stayed relatively strong. Yellow pickups peaked at 3,068 in February 2026 and were still about 1,900 to 2,050 a month in June–August, about a quarter below May (2,645). Across the whole Bronx, yellow pickups fell by more than half in the same months.

Where trips go: Harlem is next door

10.2% of trips stay in the zone, and Melrose South takes 6.9%. Then three Manhattan zones: Central Harlem North (4.6%), East Harlem North (4.4%) and Central Harlem (2.8%), 11.8% together. Trips coming in show the same link, with East Harlem South also in the top ten.

Fares, pay and the congestion fee

App trips here are worth more than in most of the Bronx. The median is 3.04 miles, 14.9 minutes and $16.84, and median driver pay is $14.89, 5th of 42 Bronx zones. 1.6% of app pickups went to an airport. The median yellow trip is only $24.96 (5 miles, 20.6 minutes).

6.2% of app pickups and 14.2% of yellow pickups paid the MTA Congestion Relief Zone fee. The app share is the 3rd-highest in the Bronx. As of 2026-10-12 the fee is $1.50 per app trip and $0.75 per taxi trip, paid by the passenger (MTA).

Relief stands, taxi stand and the RFK Bridge

DOT's data (checked October 2026) lists these inside zone 168:

• Park Avenue relief stands hold 20 of the 47 relief-stand spaces DOT lists in the Bronx. They are taxi only; drivers must follow the vehicle type and time limit on the sign (80-19(d)(7)). App drivers can use the 2-space taxi/FHV stand on Third Avenue in Melrose South, about 0.4 miles away. The relief stand guide explains how the one-hour limit works.
• East 138th Street taxi stand: yellow and green cabs may wait there; FHV drivers may not pick up at a taxi stand (80-19(d)(2)).
• RFK Bridge: as of 2026-10-12 (rates effective January 4, 2026), a car pays $7.46 with NY E-ZPass, $9.79 Mid-Tier or $12.03 by Tolls by Mail per crossing (MTA). More on the RFK Bridge page.
• Hail Zone: the zone is in TLC's Hail Zone (Chapter 51); green cabs may take hails here, but not once they cross into Manhattan below East 96th or West 110th Street. App drivers need a base dispatch (80-19(c)(1)).