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Springfield Gardens South Zone (219): Beside JFK

Springfield Gardens South (zone 219): 485,553 pickups; JFK is the top source of trips ending here, 14% leave NYC, and yellow fares rank high in Queens.

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TLC taxi zone

LocationID
219
Borough
Queens
Service zone
Boro Zone
Data sets
8 from TLC & NYC Open Data
On this page (7)
  1. The zone at a glance (zone 219)
  2. When rides start here
  3. Airport and out-of-city traffic
  4. Sectors and pay
  5. Rules on the airport's edge
  6. FAQ
  7. Sources

Springfield Gardens South, TLC taxi zone 219, sits right beside the JFK Airport zone, and airport traffic runs both ways. 485,553 trips started here from September 2025 to August 2026, about 1,330 a day, 41st of Queens' 69 zones. JFK is the No. 1 starting point for trips that end here, and the No. 2 destination for trips that start here, after places outside the city.

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

Pickups per taxi zone in Queens, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 (yellow + green + app). Zone 219 is outlined. Click a zone to open its page.

Highlighted: Springfield Gardens South · 485,553 trips

  • pickups
  • 764 – <239K
  • 239K – <477K
  • 477K – <669K
  • 669K – <1.2M
  • 1.2M – 6.1M
  • No data
Show data table (69 zones)
ZoneBoroughpickups

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).

The zone at a glance (zone 219)

TLC's lookup table lists zone 219 as a Queens "Boro Zone", a trip-data label rather than a legal line. It has six neighbours: the JFK Airport zone, South Ozone Park, Baisley Park, Springfield Gardens North, Laurelton and Rosedale. 408,530 trips ended here.

  • 10.7%of drop-offs here start at JFKtop origin
  • 9.8%of pickups end at JFKoutside NYC: 14.2%
  • $50.50median yellow taxi fare3rd-highest in Queens; 12.6 miles
  • +3.5%pickups, Sep–Nov 2025 → Jun–Aug 2026slower than its neighbours

When rides start here

Weekdays peak at 8 a.m. (about 112 pickups), and 22.1% of weekday pickups start between 7 and 10 a.m. Saturday peaks at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m. Month to month the zone was steady: between 37,650 pickups (September 2025) and 43,728 (December 2025), with summer 2026 only 3.5% above fall 2025, the smallest rise among its neighbours.

Drop-offs tell a later story: on weekdays they peak at 8 a.m., but on Saturday the busiest drop-off hour is 11 p.m. and on Sunday it is midnight.

Springfield Gardens South: average pickups per day, by hour

Weekday 8 a.m. peak; Saturday 2 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. All sectors, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026.

Pickups per day

3am7am11am3pm7pm11pm
  • Weekdays
  • Saturday
  • Sunday
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LabelWeekdaysSaturdaySunday
12am29.339.647.7
1am17.526.733.4
2am13.221.624.2
3am18.521.322.1
4am3028.625.3
5am48.142.436.6
6am78.653.347.3
7am109.65752.3
8am111.665.258.9
9am84.169.956.9
10am69.266.865.2
11am61.366.659.7
12pm59.967.952.5
1pm6769.857.7
2pm79.375.360.3
3pm73.670.956.4
4pm76.465.549.8
5pm75.561.345.4
6pm58.659.243.6
7pm5359.444.3
8pm42.255.838.3
9pm39.653.139.6
10pm42.856.841.4
11pm41.156.441.7

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.

Airport and out-of-city traffic

The top destination is outside New York City (14.2%), then JFK (9.8%), Laurelton (8.9%), trips that stay in the zone (7.3%), Saint Albans (6.8%) and Rosedale (6.1%). For trips that end here, JFK leads (10.7%), ahead of Laurelton (9.1%) and the zone itself (8.7%). 10.4% of app pickups went to an airport, tied for 3rd in Queens.

Where trips into Springfield Gardens South start

Top 10 pickup zones, % of all 408,530 drop-offs in zone 219. JFK is first.

  1. JFK Airport10.7
  2. Laurelton9.1
  3. Springfield Gardens South (same zone)8.7
  4. Saint Albans7.5
  5. Jamaica6.7
  6. Rosedale6.4
  7. Springfield Gardens North6.4
  8. Baisley Park4.7
  9. South Ozone Park3.8
  10. South Jamaica2.7
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LabelShare of drop-offs (% of drop-offs)
JFK Airport10.7
Laurelton9.1
Springfield Gardens South (same zone)8.7
Saint Albans7.5
Jamaica6.7
Rosedale6.4
Springfield Gardens North6.4
Baisley Park4.7
South Ozone Park3.8
South Jamaica2.7

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 408,530 drop-offs. Pairs with fewer than 10 trips are not listed.

Where trips from Springfield Gardens South end

Top 10 drop-off zones, % of all 485,553 pickups. 'Outside of NYC' is TLC zone 265.

  1. Outside NYC14.2
  2. JFK Airport9.8
  3. Laurelton8.9
  4. Springfield Gardens South (same zone)7.3
  5. Saint Albans6.8
  6. Rosedale6.1
  7. Jamaica5.8
  8. Springfield Gardens North5.3
  9. Baisley Park3.6
  10. South Ozone Park3.3
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LabelShare of pickups (% of pickups)
Outside NYC14.2
JFK Airport9.8
Laurelton8.9
Springfield Gardens South (same zone)7.3
Saint Albans6.8
Rosedale6.1
Jamaica5.8
Springfield Gardens North5.3
Baisley Park3.6
South Ozone Park3.3

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 485,553 pickups. Pairs with fewer than 10 trips are not listed. 'Outside NYC' = zone 265.

Sectors and pay

For app drivers, who made 475,193 of the pickups (97.9%; yellow 10,134, green 226), the median ride was 3.38 miles in 12.9 minutes, with a $16.60 fare and $13.61 in pay before tips; pay per engaged hour was $64.44, which leaves out waiting time. App riders tipped 1.8% ($0.38 on average). Those app numbers sit near the Queens middle; what sets this zone apart is where the trips go, not what they pay.

Yellow taxis did 2.1% of pickups, more than the Queens middle (1.5%), and their trips are long: a median of 12.6 miles and $50.50, the 3rd-highest yellow median fare in Queens. 13.2% of yellow pickups paid the Congestion Relief Zone charge and 7.3% went to an airport; card-paying riders tipped 10.9%. Yellow pickups halved from June 2026, to 450–526 a month.

Springfield Gardens South trip facts by sector

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

Yellow taxi10,13421,75227.850.512.636.810.97.313.2–––
Green cab2264980.6–––––––––
App (high-volume FHV)475,193386,2801,301.916.63.3812.91.810.41.113.6164.440.38

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.

Rules on the airport's edge

Springfield Gardens South is in the Hail Zone, but the JFK zone next door is not: airports are part of the Hail Exclusionary Zone (Chapter 51). Two TLC rules matter if you work both sides of that line (Chapter 80):

  • A taxi must not cruise for passengers at JFK (80-19(a)(4)(i)); in this zone, hails are fine.
  • A for-hire driver must not accept a dispatch while parked or located at JFK or LaGuardia unless parked somewhere other than the airport's designated pickup locations (80-19(f), $250).

FHV drivers need a base booking for every pickup here too (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 219 (checked 2026-10-12).

Nearby zones

Zone 218Springfield Gardens North Zone (218): JFK & Local TripsQueens · Boro ZoneZone 203Rosedale Taxi Zone (203): One in Four Trips Leaves NYCQueens · Boro ZoneZone 139Laurelton Taxi Zone (139): Short Trips, Rarely to ManhattanQueens · Boro ZoneZone 10Baisley Park Taxi Zone (10): Queens' Top Airport ShareQueens · Boro ZoneZone 205Saint Albans Taxi Zone (205): Local Trips, Midday WeekendsQueens · Boro ZoneZone 215South Jamaica Taxi Zone (215): Short Hops, Early PeakQueens · 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 many rides start in Springfield Gardens South?

TLC trip records show 485,553 pickups in zone 219 from September 2025 to August 2026, about 1,330 a day, 41st of Queens' 69 zones.

How connected is this zone to JFK?

Closely. It borders the JFK Airport zone. JFK is the top starting point for trips that end here (10.7% of drop-offs) and the second destination for trips that start here (9.8%). 10.4% of app pickups went to an airport.

Where else do riders go?

The top destination is outside New York City (14.2% of pickups). Laurelton (8.9%), trips inside the zone (7.3%), Saint Albans (6.8%) and Rosedale (6.1%) follow.

Can I accept an app request while waiting at JFK?

TLC rule 80-19(f) says a for-hire driver must not accept a dispatch while parked or located at JFK or LaGuardia unless parked somewhere other than the airport's designated passenger pickup locations. The fine is $250. Follow the airport's lot rules too.

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. TLC Rules, Chapter 80 (Drivers) nyc.gov
  4. TLC Rules, Chapter 51 (Definitions) nyc.gov
  5. NYC Open Data: Taxi and FHV Relief Stands (DOT, vqu8-xef9) data.cityofnewyork.us
  6. NYC Open Data: Parking Regulation Locations and Signs (DOT, nfid-uabd) data.cityofnewyork.us

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