South Ozone Park Taxi Zone (216): JFK Next Door

Q: How busy is South Ozone Park?

TLC trip records show 1,680,455 pickups in zone 216 from September 2025 to August 2026, about 4,604 a day, 10th of Queens' 69 zones.

Q: How many South Ozone Park trips go to JFK?

JFK took 10.6% of all pickups here. Counting all three airports, 10.9% of app pickups and 23.4% of yellow pickups went to an airport. Only Baisley Park has a higher app airport share in Queens.

Q: Is a taxi from South Ozone Park to JFK a flat fare?

No. TLC's $70 flat fare is only for trips between JFK and Manhattan. Trips between JFK and other places in the city, including South Ozone Park, are charged on the meter.

Q: Why is app pay per trip low here?

Most trips are short. The median app trip is 2.4 miles and 11.7 minutes, so median driver pay is $11.41 before tips, 66th of 69 Queens zones. 22.7% of trips never leave South Ozone Park.

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South Ozone Park at a glance (zone 216)
When rides start here
Where trips go: home turf and the airport
Sectors and pay
Airport trips from here: what to charge
FAQ
Sources

South Ozone Park, TLC taxi zone 216, borders the JFK Airport zone, and it shows in the data. With 1,680,455 pickups from September 2025 to August 2026 (about 4,604 a day), it is Queens' 10th-busiest zone. 10.6% of all pickups ended at JFK, and almost a quarter of yellow taxi pickups went to an airport. The rest are mostly very short local trips.

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

Pickups per taxi zone in Queens, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 (yellow + green + app). Zone 216 is outlined. Click a zone to open its page.

Highlighted: South Ozone Park · 1,680,455 trips

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Show data table (69 zones)

Zone	Borough	pickups

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).

South Ozone Park at a glance (zone 216)

TLC's lookup table files zone 216 as a Queens "Boro Zone"; that is a data label only, not a legal line. The zone touches eight others, including the JFK Airport zone (132). The rest are Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, South Jamaica, Jamaica, Baisley Park and Springfield Gardens South. The zone itself is in the Hail Zone; the airport next door is not.

When rides start here

Weekdays peak at 8 a.m. with about 334 pickups. Saturday is the biggest day, about 5,318 pickups, and peaks at 7 p.m. Sunday's busiest hour is midnight, and 23.6% of Sunday pickups start between midnight and 5 a.m. Drop-offs peak at 5 p.m. on weekdays and at 11 p.m. on Saturday.

Over the year, monthly pickups rose from 126,833 in September 2025 to a high of 150,970 in May 2026, and summer 2026 ran 11.6% above fall 2025. Yellow taxis did 2,700–3,450 pickups a month until May, then about 1,950–2,150 a month in June to August.

South Ozone Park: average pickups per day, by hour

Weekday 8 a.m. peak; Saturday 7 p.m.; Sunday midnight. All sectors, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026.

Pickups per day

Weekdays
Saturday
Sunday

Show data table

Label	Weekdays	Saturday	Sunday
12am	99.6	177.9	235.8
1am	74.2	153.5	220.1
2am	65.7	147.6	200.7
3am	81.4	162.2	210.7
4am	113.2	186.2	222.8
5am	160.7	153.1	156.1
6am	227.2	157.1	146
7am	320.4	167.8	139.2
8am	334	195.4	151.2
9am	253.1	207.5	185.6
10am	200.1	207.5	191
11am	180.3	217.1	182.9
12pm	189.9	229.5	202.6
1pm	213.8	248.9	210.2
2pm	243.2	257.1	221.8
3pm	212.5	260.8	211
4pm	215.1	267.1	208
5pm	227.3	279.5	209.8
6pm	216	286.1	209.2
7pm	206.1	296.2	202.8
8pm	180.6	281.4	189.6
9pm	161.1	260.3	180
10pm	153.8	259.2	171.2
11pm	131.1	259	152.2

Where trips go: home turf and the airport

22.7% of trips stay inside South Ozone Park. JFK (10.6%) is second, then Richmond Hill (9.1%), Jamaica (7.5%), Baisley Park (4.2%) and Ozone Park (3.9%). East New York is the only Brooklyn zone in the top ten (2.5%). For trips that end here, 24.8% start in the zone, 10.3% in Richmond Hill and 6.3% at JFK. Only 1.5% of app pickups paid the Congestion Relief Zone charge.

Where trips from South Ozone Park end

Top 10 drop-off zones, % of all 1,680,455 pickups in zone 216.

South Ozone Park (same zone)22.7
JFK Airport10.6
Richmond Hill9.1
Jamaica7.5
Baisley Park4.2
Ozone Park3.9
Outside NYC2.9
South Jamaica2.6
East New York2.5
Woodhaven2.4

Show data table

Label	Share of pickups (% of pickups)
South Ozone Park (same zone)	22.7
JFK Airport	10.6
Richmond Hill	9.1
Jamaica	7.5
Baisley Park	4.2
Ozone Park	3.9
Outside NYC	2.9
South Jamaica	2.6
East New York	2.5
Woodhaven	2.4

Sectors and pay

Airport runs are the exception, not the rule, for app drivers here. Of 1,646,265 app pickups (98%; yellow 33,601, green 589), the median ride was only 2.4 miles and 11.7 minutes, with a $14.34 fare and $11.41 driver pay before tips, 66th of 69 Queens zones. Pay per engaged hour was $62.04, close to the Queens middle, because the trips are fast. App riders tipped 2.2% ($0.43 on average).

Yellow taxis here are an airport service. The median yellow trip was 4.48 miles and 19.2 minutes, $34.50 on the meter, and card-paying riders tipped 11.6%, 15th of 63 Queens zones with enough yellow trips.

South Ozone Park trip facts by sector

Taxi tips are credit-card tips only. Blank cells are not applicable or have too few trips.


Yellow taxi	33,601	58,961	92.1	34.5	4.48	19.2	11.6	23.4	2.8	–	–	–
Green cab	589	2,405	1.6	10	5.4	23.7	–	7	0.7	–	–	–
App (high-volume FHV)	1,646,265	1,476,612	4,510.3	14.34	2.4	11.7	2.2	10.9	1.5	11.41	62.04	0.43

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.

Airport trips from here: what to charge

A taxi trip from South Ozone Park to JFK is metered. TLC's $70 flat fare applies only between JFK and Manhattan (TLC fare page). The card below shows TLC's published airport charges.

Official rates · As listed Oct 12, 2026

Airport trips: taxi charges and the app airport fee

Trip	Fare rule	Extra charges
Yellow taxi: Manhattan ↔ JFK	Flat $70.00	$5.00 rush hour (4–8pm weekdays), $0.50 MTA, $1.00 improvement, congestion surcharge + toll if in zone, tolls, tip
Taxi: JFK ↔ elsewhere in NYC	Meter	Standard surcharges; tolls
Taxi: to or from LaGuardia	Meter	$5.00 LGA surcharge + all other applicable surcharges
Taxi: pickup at JFK or LGA	—	$2.00 airport access fee (pickups only)
Taxi: to Newark (EWR)	Meter	$20.00 Newark surcharge + tolls both ways (passenger pays the return toll)
Uber / Lyft (HVFHV) trip	App price	$3.50 airport fee in TLC trip records, pick-up or drop-off at LGA, JFK or EWR

Source: NYC TLC: Taxi Fare; Port Authority of NY & NJ: Approved Fee Changes - Aviation (airport ground transportation access fee). Rates change — check the source before you rely on a number.

Inside South Ozone Park, yellow and green cabs may take hails, because it is in the Hail Zone (Chapter 51). Cross into the JFK zone and that changes: airports are in the Hail Exclusionary Zone, and taxis may not cruise for fares at JFK (80-19(a)(4)(i)). App drivers always need a base booking (80-19(c)(1)); for the JFK lots and queue, see JFK app driver lots. DOT data showed no relief stand or taxi-stand sign in zone 216 (checked 2026-10-12).

Nearby zones

Zone 180Ozone Park Taxi Zone (180): Short Trips Next to BrooklynQueens · Boro Zone Zone 10Baisley Park Taxi Zone (10): Queens' Top Airport ShareQueens · Boro Zone Zone 197Richmond Hill Taxi Zone (197): Rush Hours & Saturday NightsQueens · Boro Zone Zone 124Howard Beach Taxi Zone (124): JFK Edge, Brooklyn TripsQueens · Boro Zone Zone 215South Jamaica Taxi Zone (215): Short Hops, Early PeakQueens · Boro Zone Zone 258Woodhaven Taxi Zone (258): Queens–Brooklyn Border TripsQueens · 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.

South Ozone Park: trip facts by sector — Key trip facts for taxi zone 216 (South Ozone Park, Queens) 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.
South Ozone Park: when trips start, by hour — Average pickups per day in each hour in zone 216, 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.
South Ozone Park: pickups by month — Trips starting in taxi zone 216 (South Ozone Park, Queens) each month, by sector.NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026
South Ozone Park: where trips from here go — Top drop-off zones for trips starting in zone 216, 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 1,680,455 pickups. 'Outside NYC' = zone 265.
South Ozone Park: where trips to here come from — Top pickup zones for trips ending in zone 216, 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 1,537,978 drop-offs.
South Ozone Park: when trips arrive, by hour — Average drop-offs per day in each hour in zone 216, 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).
South Ozone Park: drop-offs by month — Trips ending in taxi zone 216 (South Ozone Park, Queens) 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

How busy is South Ozone Park?

TLC trip records show 1,680,455 pickups in zone 216 from September 2025 to August 2026, about 4,604 a day, 10th of Queens' 69 zones.

How many South Ozone Park trips go to JFK?

JFK took 10.6% of all pickups here. Counting all three airports, 10.9% of app pickups and 23.4% of yellow pickups went to an airport. Only Baisley Park has a higher app airport share in Queens.

Is a taxi from South Ozone Park to JFK a flat fare?

No. TLC's $70 flat fare is only for trips between JFK and Manhattan. Trips between JFK and other places in the city, including South Ozone Park, are charged on the meter.

Why is app pay per trip low here?

Most trips are short. The median app trip is 2.4 miles and 11.7 minutes, so median driver pay is $11.41 before tips, 66th of 69 Queens zones. 22.7% of trips never leave South Ozone Park.

Sources

Last reviewed against the official sources on Oct 12, 2026.

NYC TLC Trip Record Data nyc.gov
TLC Taxi Zone Lookup Table d37ci6vzurychx.cloudfront.net
NYC TLC: Taxi Fare nyc.gov
TLC Rules, Chapter 51 (Definitions) nyc.gov
TLC Rules, Chapter 80 (Drivers) nyc.gov
NYC Open Data: Taxi and FHV Relief Stands (DOT, vqu8-xef9) data.cityofnewyork.us
NYC Open Data: Parking Regulation Locations and Signs (DOT, nfid-uabd) data.cityofnewyork.us

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