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North Corona Taxi Zone 173: Late Nights & Taxi Stands

Zone 173 data: 1,932 pickups a day, 26% of Sunday pickups from midnight to 5 a.m., low 1.8% app tips, and two taxi stand sign locations on Roosevelt Avenue.

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TLC taxi zone

LocationID
173
Borough
Queens
Service zone
Boro Zone
Data sets
8 from TLC & NYC Open Data
On this page (8)
  1. North Corona at a glance
  2. Late weekend nights
  3. Month by month
  4. Where trips go
  5. Fares, pay and tips
  6. Taxi stands and pickup rules
  7. FAQ
  8. Sources

North Corona (TLC zone 173) starts about 1,932 rides a day, 25th of the 67 Queens zones outside the airports. It is a late-night weekend zone: Saturday stays busy until midnight and more than a quarter of Sunday pickups happen between midnight and 5 a.m. Trips are short; the top destinations are Jackson Heights, Corona and Elmhurst, and riders tip little. DOT sign records show two taxi stand locations on Roosevelt Avenue.

Trip figures are TLC Help totals from TLC trip records covering September 2025 through August 2026: yellow, green and high-volume app (Uber, Lyft) trips. Stand locations are from DOT's sign records.

All 263 taxi zones: trips and key facts (map-ready)

App tips as a share of the fare, by Queens zone, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. North Corona (173) is highlighted.

Highlighted: North Corona · 1.8%

  • App tip rate (% of fare)
  • 1.4% – <2.1%
  • 2.1% – <3.1%
  • 3.1% – <4%
  • 4% – <4.6%
  • 4.6% – 8.1%
  • No data
Show data table (69 zones)
ZoneBoroughApp tip rate (% of fare)

Source: NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · Data as of Oct 12, 2026. 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. Medians/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).

Zone boundaries: NYC TLC taxi zones (LocationID 1–263).

North Corona at a glance

On TLC's zone map, zone 173 touches six zones: Corona 56, Corona 57, East Elmhurst (70), Elmhurst (82), Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (93) and Jackson Heights (129). TLC's "Boro Zone" label is for data only, not a legal line.

  • 1,932Pickups a day (all sectors)25th of 67 non-airport Queens zones
  • 26.3%Sunday pickups from midnight to 5 a.m.Weekly share: 15.8%
  • 1.8%App tip rate (tips ÷ fare)59th of 67; Queens middle 3.3%
  • 2Taxi stand sign locationsRoosevelt Avenue, DOT sign data

Late weekend nights

Saturdays average about 2,455 pickups, Sundays 2,243 and weekdays 1,766. Saturday climbs all evening to 9 p.m. (about 143, the top hour of the week) and stays between about 134 and 143 an hour until midnight. Sunday's busiest hour is midnight (about 141), and the early hours stay strong: about 131 at 1 a.m. and 110 at 2 a.m. 26.3% of Sunday pickups start between midnight and 5 a.m.

Weekdays have a morning peak at 8 a.m. (about 114) and a long, flat evening. Drop-offs peak late: 10 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on Sundays.

North Corona: average pickups by hour

Average trips starting in zone 173 in each hour, on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Pickups per day

3am7am11am3pm7pm11pm
  • Weekdays
  • Saturday
  • Sunday
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LabelWeekdaysSaturdaySunday
12am57.9104.6140.5
1am44.890.6130.7
2am34.373.6109.8
3am37.469100.9
4am50.981.8107
5am60.971.481.5
6am78.477.581.8
7am100.982.475.4
8am114.394.877.6
9am97.294.786.1
10am75.192.292.7
11am67.298.589
12pm66.596.785.4
1pm71.898.691.6
2pm80.910493.4
3pm77.2101.788.8
4pm73101.886.5
5pm77.6106.289.1
6pm86.6121.886.3
7pm85.3133.586.8
8pm81.8141.785.5
9pm84.8142.990.5
10pm86.5139.496.5
11pm75.2135.289.6

Source: NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · Data as of Oct 12, 2026. 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. Average over all such days in the window, holidays included.

Month by month

Pickups rose from 47,788 in September 2025 to a high of 67,058 in December 2025, then settled between about 55,300 and 63,500 a month in 2026. August 2026 had 62,739.

North Corona: pickups per month by sector

Trips starting in zone 173 each month, by yellow taxi, green cab and app.

Trips

67KSep 2025Oct 2025Nov 2025Dec 2025Jan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026Aug 2026
  • Yellow taxi
  • Green cab
  • App (high-volume FHV)
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LabelYellow taxiGreen cabApp (high-volume FHV)
Sep 20256263747,125
Oct 20254493352,726
Nov 20254693655,446
Dec 20257254166,292
Jan 20266902660,194
Feb 20267071454,586
Mar 20266522459,035
Apr 20264862856,890
May 20265264462,951
Jun 20263404461,081
Jul 20263543759,855
Aug 20264295562,255

Source: NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · Data as of Oct 12, 2026. 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. Monthly cells with 1–9 trips are shown as blank (null).

Where trips go

The top destinations are all nearby. Jackson Heights (11.4%), Corona 56 (9.6%) and Elmhurst (9.5%) lead, then trips inside North Corona (7.2%), East Elmhurst (6.2%) and Flushing (5.1%). Only 2.6% of app pickups head to an airport (61st of 67), and only 2.8% paid the Manhattan congestion fee. Riders arriving come from the same zones: Elmhurst (12.1% of drop-offs), Corona 56 (11.7%) and Jackson Heights (11.2%).

Where trips from North Corona end

Top 10 drop-off zones as a share of all 705,308 pickups in zone 173.

  1. Jackson Heights11.4
  2. Corona (zone 56)9.6
  3. Elmhurst9.5
  4. North Corona (same zone)7.2
  5. East Elmhurst6.2
  6. Flushing5.1
  7. Forest Hills2.6
  8. Astoria2.3
  9. College Point2
  10. LaGuardia Airport1.9
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LabelShare of pickups (% of pickups)
Jackson Heights11.4
Corona (zone 56)9.6
Elmhurst9.5
North Corona (same zone)7.2
East Elmhurst6.2
Flushing5.1
Forest Hills2.6
Astoria2.3
College Point2
LaGuardia Airport1.9

Source: NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · Data as of Oct 12, 2026. 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. Out of 705,308 pickups. Pairs with fewer than 10 trips are not listed. 'Outside NYC' = zone 265.

Fares, pay and tips

The median app trip is 2.35 miles and 13.3 minutes, with a $15.02 fare and $12.43 driver pay (54th of 67). Pay per engaged hour is $60.25 (57th). Engaged hours leave out waiting and driving to pickups, so they are not hourly earnings. App riders tipped 1.8% of the fare, about $0.34 a trip.

Yellow taxis made 6,453 pickups (0.9%) and green cabs 419. Yellow trips from here are short for Queens, with a $24.37 median fare.

North Corona: trip facts by sector

12 months to August 2026. Blank = under 250 trips (no median or rate), 1–9 trips (hidden), or not applicable.

Yellow taxi6,45313,02217.724.374.8193.30.55.7–––
Green cab4191,1811.117.883.4719.3–0.74.3–––
App (high-volume FHV)698,436645,5841,913.515.022.3513.31.82.62.812.4360.250.34

Source: NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · Data as of Oct 12, 2026. 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. Taxi 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. Mixed units: render as a table.

Taxi stands and pickup rules

  • Taxi stands: DOT's current sign records show "Taxi Hailing – Taxi Stand" signs on Roosevelt Avenue between Junction Boulevard and 97th Street and on Roosevelt Avenue between 103rd and 104th Streets (both north side). Signs are not the same as a count of stands, so check the street. Under Chapter 80 §80-19(d), yellow taxis may take any open spot, green cabs may use stands in the Hail Zone, and FHV drivers must not pick up at any taxi stand ($350 for a first violation). See taxi stand rules.
  • North Corona is in TLC's Hail Zone (Chapter 51). For app drivers, only trips sent by the base are allowed (80-19(c)(1); who can pick up where).
  • No relief stand is listed inside zone 173. The taxi-only stand on Broadway at 72nd–73rd Streets in Jackson Heights is about 1.2 miles from the zone's edge; for FHV drivers the nearest is on 64th Street in Woodside (about 1.4 miles).

Nearby zones

Zone 57Corona Taxi Zone 57 (Not 56): Trips, Hours & GrowthQueens · Boro ZoneZone 70East Elmhurst Taxi Zone 70: Queens' Top Yellow Taxi ShareQueens · Boro ZoneZone 56Corona Taxi Zone 56: Trips, Hours & App PayQueens · Boro ZoneZone 253Willets Point Taxi Zone 253: Few Trips, Long FaresQueens · Boro ZoneZone 82Elmhurst Taxi Zone (82): Trips, Green Cabs & PayQueens · Boro ZoneZone 93Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (Zone 93): Trip DataQueens · Boro Zone

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.

Frequently asked questions

How busy is North Corona?

TLC trip records show 705,308 pickups in zone 173 from September 2025 to August 2026, about 1,932 a day. That ranks 25th of the 67 Queens zones outside the airports.

Is North Corona busy late at night?

Yes, on weekends. Saturday stays near its peak from 8 to 11 p.m. (about 134–143 pickups an hour), Sunday's busiest hour is midnight, and 26.3% of Sunday pickups start between midnight and 5 a.m.

Are there taxi stands in North Corona?

NYC DOT's current sign records show 'Taxi Stand' signs on Roosevelt Avenue at two spots: between Junction Boulevard and 97th Street, and between 103rd and 104th Streets (both north side). FHV drivers must not pick up at a taxi stand.

Do riders tip in North Corona?

Not much. App riders tipped 1.8% of the fare, about $0.34 a trip, one of the lowest rates in Queens (59th of 67).

Sources

Last reviewed against the official sources on .

  1. NYC TLC Trip Record Data nyc.gov
  2. TLC Taxi Zone Lookup Table d37ci6vzurychx.cloudfront.net
  3. NYC Open Data: Parking Regulation Locations and Signs (DOT, nfid-uabd) data.cityofnewyork.us
  4. NYC Open Data: Taxi and FHV Relief Stands (DOT, vqu8-xef9) data.cityofnewyork.us
  5. TLC Rules Chapter 80: Rules Applicable to All Drivers (PDF) nyc.gov
  6. TLC Rules Chapter 51: Definitions (PDF) nyc.gov

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