New York City Taxi Zone Geographic Boundaries

Taxi Zones approximate New York City neighborhoods, based on the Department of City Planning's Neighborhood Tabulation Areas. The New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission provides this shapefile to link trip records to geographic areas for public data visualization. The data was last updated in June 2025.

Use Cases

• Join trip records to the `Location ID` or `Zone` fields to aggregate pickup and drop-off counts by neighborhood.
• Calculate `Shape Area` and `Shape Length` metrics for spatial analysis of zone sizes and perimeters.
• Filter and visualize zones by `Borough` to compare transportation patterns across administrative districts.
• Use `Shape Geometry` polygons to create maps showing the geographic boundaries of each taxi zone.

Strengths

• Includes key geographic identifiers: `Location ID`, `Zone`, and `Borough`.
• Provides vector geometry data in the `Shape Geometry` column for mapping.

Limitations

• Unknown row count and dataset size.
• Unknown temporal coverage or historical versions.
• Geographic scope is limited exclusively to New York City.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us, published by the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission.

Collection Method

Derived from NYC Department of City Planning's Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs).

Freshness

Updated monthly according to the source description.

Geography

New York City, USA.