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Yorkville East (TLC zone 262) has the sharpest morning rush in Manhattan. 24.1% of its weekday pickups start between 7 and 10 a.m., more than in any other Manhattan zone with over 100,000 pickups a year. Over the 12 months to August 2026 it had 1,473,090 pickups (about 4,036 a day), 43.9% by yellow taxi, and its app riders head to the airport more often than most.
TLC's trip records (yellow, green, Uber/Lyft), aggregated by TLC Help, are the source. "Weekday" figures are averages over Monday to Friday.
Yorkville East at a glance
On TLC's map the zone borders Yorkville West (263), Lenox Hill East (140), Lenox Hill West (141) and East Harlem South (75). TLC labels it "Yellow Zone", a data category and not a legal line. By our check against the city's street centerline file, about 99% of the zone lies south of 96th Street. The last 1% is within the error of our check, so treat the zone as south of 96th.
When rides start and end
On weekdays pickups jump to about 372 in the 8 a.m. hour, with about 325 at 9 a.m. and 307 at 7 a.m. The rest of the weekday is much flatter. Weekdays and Saturdays have about the same number of pickups (4,166 and 4,157), and Sundays are quieter (3,265), peaking late morning. Saturday pickups peak at 6 p.m.
Drop-offs follow a different clock: weekday drop-offs peak at 9 p.m. (about 297) and 5 p.m. (about 288), and only 9.6% of them come in the 7 to 10 a.m. block.
Through the year
December 2025 was the busiest month (134,120 pickups) and August 2026 the quietest (106,642). August was about 10% below September 2025, in line with Manhattan's 9% fall.
Where trips go
Upper East Side North (8.2%) and Upper East Side South (6.6%) lead, then Lenox Hill East (5.2%) and Lenox Hill West (4.5%). LaGuardia Airport is 6th, at 3.7% of all pickups. Midtown East and Midtown Center take 3.4% and 3.3%. 40.8% of app pickups and 39.7% of yellow pickups were charged the MTA Congestion Relief Zone fee.
Fares, tips and pay
The median yellow trip is 1.99 miles, 11.9 minutes and $13.95 on the meter, with a 23.3% card tip rate. App trips run a median 3.46 miles and $22.69, and median app driver pay is $18.28 per trip (tips and tolls excluded), just above the $18.14 median for Manhattan's "Yellow Zone" zones. App riders tip 6.5% of the fare, about $1.89 a trip.
Relief stand and rules
DOT's relief-stand data (updated October 1, 2026) lists one stand in this zone: East 86th Street between Henderson Place and York Avenue, north side, 4 spaces, taxis only, 1-hour limit. Its parking-sign data shows no taxi stand sign here. TLC rules let a driver take any vacant relief-stand space but require you to follow the posted vehicle types and time limits (Chapter 80, §80-19(d)(7)); for-hire drivers should look for a stand posted "Taxi/FHV", such as East 89th Street in Yorkville West. See taxi relief stands.
The zone is inside the Hail Exclusionary Zone (Manhattan south of East 96th Street), so green cabs may not take hails here, and illegal for-hire pickups carry the higher 80-19(c)(2) penalties. In-state trips from here also carry the NYS congestion surcharge, since the zone is below 96th Street. Heading to the airport? See the airport trip helper.
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.
- Yorkville East: trip facts by sector — Key trip facts for taxi zone 262 (Yorkville East, Manhattan) 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.
- Yorkville East: when trips start, by hour — Average pickups per day in each hour in zone 262, 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.
- Yorkville East: pickups by month — Trips starting in taxi zone 262 (Yorkville East, Manhattan) each month, by sector.NYC TLC Trip Record Data (yellow, green, high-volume FHV), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · pulled Oct 12, 2026
- Yorkville East: where trips from here go — Top drop-off zones for trips starting in zone 262, 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 1,473,090 pickups. 'Outside NYC' = zone 265.
- Yorkville East: where trips to here come from — Top pickup zones for trips ending in zone 262, 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 1,391,021 drop-offs.
- Yorkville East: when trips arrive, by hour — Average drop-offs per day in each hour in zone 262, 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).
- Yorkville East: drop-offs by month — Trips ending in taxi zone 262 (Yorkville East, Manhattan) 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
When is Yorkville East busiest?
Weekday mornings. About 372 pickups start in the 8 a.m. hour, and the 7 to 10 a.m. block holds 24.1% of weekday pickups. That is the highest morning share of any Manhattan zone with more than 100,000 pickups a year; for Manhattan overall it is 13.7%.
How many rides start in Yorkville East?
1,473,090 from September 2025 to August 2026, about 4,036 a day. Yellow taxis had 646,201 of them (43.9%) and apps 826,712. Green cabs had 177.
Do many trips from here go to the airport?
Yes, for Manhattan. 9.6% of app pickups went to an airport, compared with a median of 7.9% for Manhattan's 'Yellow Zone' zones. LaGuardia Airport is the 6th most common destination, at 3.7% of all pickups.
Is there a relief stand in Yorkville East?
DOT lists one: a taxi-only relief stand with 4 spaces and a 1-hour limit on the north side of East 86th Street between Henderson Place and York Avenue. It is posted for taxis, not for-hire vehicles.
Sources
Last reviewed against the official sources on .
- NYC TLC Trip Record Data nyc.gov
- TLC Taxi Zone Lookup Table d37ci6vzurychx.cloudfront.net
- TLC Rules Chapter 51: Definitions (PDF) nyc.gov
- TLC Rules Chapter 80: Rules Applicable to All Drivers (PDF) nyc.gov
- NYS Department of Taxation and Finance: Congestion surcharge tax.ny.gov
- NYC DOT: Taxi and For-Hire Vehicle Relief Stands 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
- NYC Open Data: Street Centerline (CSCL, inkn-q76z) data.cityofnewyork.us
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