Williamsbridge/Olinville Zone 254: Stands, Hours & Pay

Williamsbridge/Olinville (TLC zone 254) is one of the busiest zones in the Bronx: about 3,611 pickups a day, fourth of the borough's 43 zones. From September 2025 to August 2026, 1,318,004 trips started here and 1,140,725 ended here. Almost all were Uber or Lyft (99%). Trips are short and local, and the zone has both a DOT taxi stand sign on White Plains Road and a relief stand on East 233rd Street.

We counted TLC's yellow, green and Uber/Lyft trip records for zone 254. Direct livery and black car bookings are not in those records, so local car-service trips are left out.

Zone 254 at a glance

TLC lists the zone in the Bronx with the "Boro Zone" data label, which is only a label for data. Its six neighbours on TLC's map are Woodlawn/Wakefield, Eastchester, Allerton/Pelham Gardens, Bronxdale, Bronx Park and Van Cortlandt Park.

Taxi stand and relief stand

Two kinds of curb space show up in DOT's open data for this zone (checked 2026-10-12):

• Taxi stand: a current sign record on the east side of White Plains Road between Magenta Street and East Gun Hill Road reads "TAXI HAILING (SYMBOL) TAXI STAND MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM". At a taxi stand, yellow cabs have the right to any vacant spot, and green cabs do too because this is the Hail Zone (80-19(d)(1)). Join at the back of the line (80-19(d)(4)). FHV drivers, including Uber and Lyft, must not pick up at any taxi stand; a first violation is $350 (80-19(d)(2)). Yellow and green drivers must not cruise for hails within 100 feet of an authorized taxi stand (80-19(a)(4)(ii), 80-19(b)(2)(ii)).
• Relief stand: the south side of East 233rd Street between Carpenter Avenue and White Plains Road, 2 spaces, taxi and FHV, "1 HOUR LIMIT". A relief stand is for parking and leaving the car for a break, not for waiting for fares (NYC DOT).

Rule text: TLC Chapter 80. DOT records can lag behind what is on the street, so follow the posted sign. More: taxi stand rules.

When rides start

The weekday morning rush is the strongest of the week: 8 a.m. averages about 279 pickups, with 7 a.m. (226) and 9 a.m. (221) close behind. Saturday is the busiest day overall (about 3,898 pickups against 3,608 on a weekday), with an early-afternoon peak at 2–3 p.m. Drop-offs peak later: about 200 an hour at 5 p.m. on weekdays and at 11 p.m. on Saturdays.

The year started slowly: September 2025 had 93,116 pickups, the low point. March 2026 was the peak (123,662). Yellow cab pickups dropped from 1,286 in May 2026 to 376 in June; app volume barely changed.

Where trips go

Every top-10 destination is in the Bronx or outside the city. 14.4% of trips stay inside the zone. Then come "Outside NYC" (11.1%, TLC zone 265), Woodlawn/Wakefield (7.1%), Eastchester (6.7%), Norwood (6.1%) and Co-op City (5.6%). Arrivals come from the same neighbours.

Fares and driver pay

Short trips mean modest pay per trip. The median app trip is 2.67 miles and 13.2 minutes, with a $14.90 fare and $13.12 driver pay (tips and tolls not included). Pay per engaged hour is $63.20, but it counts only time with a rider in the car. Only 1.7% of app pickups paid the Congestion Relief Zone fee, among the lowest shares in the Bronx.

Yellow cabs made 13,167 pickups here, about 36 a day. Their median trip was 9.13 miles and $35.50 on the meter. The green cab line in the table shows a $3 median fare next to a 9.59-mile median trip; that looks like a recording quirk, so do not rely on it.

Who may pick up here

The Bronx is entirely in TLC's Hail Zone (Chapter 51), so yellow and green cabs may accept street hails. App drivers may only take trips booked through their base or app (80-19(c)(1)). See who can pick up where.