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Woodside (TLC zone 260) is a busy crossroads zone: about 3,351 pickups a day, 12th of the 67 Queens zones outside the airports. No single place dominates where trips go. Five zones each take 7–9% of trips, from Jackson Heights to Sunnyside. The zone has a relief stand on 64th Street and a Taxi/FHV pick-up zone on 61st Street. TLC's Woodside inspection facility, despite the name, sits just over the line in zone 207.
We counted these from TLC's trip records for the year ending August 2026, including yellow taxis, green cabs and Uber and Lyft trips. The relief stand and curb signs are from NYC DOT open data.
Woodside at a glance
On TLC's zone map, zone 260 touches six zones: Astoria (7), Elmhurst/Maspeth (83), Jackson Heights (129), Maspeth (157), Saint Michaels Cemetery/Woodside (207) and Sunnyside (226). Its "Boro Zone" label groups data and is not a legal line.
Going for an inspection? TLC lists the facility at 24-55 BQE West, Woodside (TLC locations). On TLC's map that address is in zone 207, near the zone 260 line. See the Woodside facility guide.
When rides start
Saturday is the busiest day (about 4,112 pickups), then Sunday (3,641) and an average weekday (3,141). The top hour of the week is Saturday at 7 p.m. (about 232), and Saturday stays at about 190 or more an hour from 2 p.m. to midnight. Weekdays peak at 8 a.m. (about 208). Sunday's top hour is midnight (about 200). 13% of the week's pickups start between midnight and 5 a.m.
Month by month
Pickups ran from 92,411 in September 2025 to 112,196 in December 2025, then held between about 96,800 and 106,800 a month in 2026. Yellow taxi pickups peaked in winter (3,132 in December) and were about 1,870–2,050 a month from April.
Where trips go: evenly spread
Woodside itself (8.6%), Jackson Heights (8.3%), Sunnyside (8.1%), Astoria (7.9%) and Elmhurst (7.4%) take almost equal shares. Then come Elmhurst/Maspeth (5.1%) and Maspeth (4.9%). LaGuardia gets 2.4%. Incoming riders come from the same five zones, led by Jackson Heights (9.6% of drop-offs).
Fares, pay and tips
App trips are short: 2.36 miles and 12.7 minutes at the median, a $14.53 fare and $11.99 driver pay. Pay per engaged hour is $60.28 (54th of 67). Waiting and driving to pickups are not counted in that number.
The cab sectors stand out more. Green cabs made 4,756 pickups, and 10.6% of them went to an airport. Card-paying yellow riders tipped 15.1% (7th in Queens), and 19.9% of yellow pickups paid the Manhattan congestion fee, against 7.7% of app pickups.
Curb notes and pickup rules
- Relief stand: DOT lists one on 64th Street between 34th and 35th Avenues (west side): 3 spaces, taxis and FHVs, 1-hour limit. Chapter 80 §80-19(d)(7) requires you to obey posted vehicle types and time limits (relief stands guide).
- Taxi/FHV pick-up zone: DOT's current sign records show "Taxi/FHV Pick-up/Drop-off Only" signs on 61st Street between Roosevelt Avenue and 39th Avenue (east side). Load and go; it is not a waiting area.
- Woodside is in TLC's Hail Zone. Street hails are for yellow and green cabs only; app drivers need a base dispatch (80-19(c)(1); who can pick up where).
Nearby zones
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.
- Woodside: trip facts by sector — Key trip facts for taxi zone 260 (Woodside, 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.
- Woodside: when trips start, by hour — Average pickups per day in each hour in zone 260, 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.
- Woodside: pickups by month — Trips starting in taxi zone 260 (Woodside, Queens) each month, by sector.NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026
- Woodside: where trips from here go — Top drop-off zones for trips starting in zone 260, 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 1,223,031 pickups. 'Outside NYC' = zone 265.
- Woodside: where trips to here come from — Top pickup zones for trips ending in zone 260, 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 1,210,469 drop-offs.
- Woodside: when trips arrive, by hour — Average drop-offs per day in each hour in zone 260, 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).
- Woodside: drop-offs by month — Trips ending in taxi zone 260 (Woodside, 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 Woodside?
TLC trip records show 1,223,031 pickups in zone 260 from September 2025 to August 2026, about 3,351 a day. That ranks 12th of the 67 Queens zones outside the airports.
Is TLC's Woodside inspection facility in zone 260?
No. TLC lists the facility at 24-55 BQE West, Woodside. On TLC's zone map that address falls just inside the neighboring zone 207 (Saint Michaels Cemetery/Woodside), close to the line with zone 260.
Is there a relief stand in Woodside?
Yes. NYC DOT's data (updated October 1, 2026) lists one on 64th Street between 34th and 35th Avenues: 3 spaces, taxis and FHVs, 1-hour limit. Follow the posted sign.
Where can taxis and FHVs load passengers in Woodside?
DOT's current sign records show 'Taxi/FHV Pick-up/Drop-off Only' signs on 61st Street between Roosevelt Avenue and 39th Avenue (east side). It is a loading spot, not a place to wait.
Where do trips from Woodside go?
They spread out. Woodside itself (8.6%), Jackson Heights (8.3%), Sunnyside (8.1%), Astoria (7.9%) and Elmhurst (7.4%) each take a similar share.
Sources
Last reviewed against the official sources on .
- NYC TLC Trip Record Data nyc.gov
- TLC Taxi Zone Lookup Table d37ci6vzurychx.cloudfront.net
- 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
- TLC: TLC Locations nyc.gov
- TLC Rules Chapter 80: Rules Applicable to All Drivers (PDF) nyc.gov
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