Bronx Taxi & Car Service

The Bronx is where the gap between "there are cars in New York" and "there is a car where I am standing" is widest. Yellow cabs cluster in Manhattan. Green boro taxis help during the day and thin out at night. Meanwhile the borough runs on shift work, hospital appointments and early flights out of LaGuardia — trips where "probably" is not good enough.

Our chauffeur service covers all of it, around the clock, with the vehicle and the price agreed before you travel rather than discovered at the kerb.

Where we pick up

Anywhere in the borough. The addresses that come up most:

South Bronx — Mott Haven around East 138th and Alexander Avenue, Melrose near the Hub at East 149th and Third, Port Morris, and the Grand Concourse from 138th up through 161st.

Central Bronx — Fordham Road between Webster and the Grand Concourse, Belmont and Arthur Avenue, Tremont, Mount Hope, and the stretch of the Concourse around Poe Park.

Northwest — Riverdale along Riverdale Avenue and Johnson Avenue, Kingsbridge near West 231st and Broadway, Spuyten Duyvil, Fieldston and Van Cortlandt Village.

Northeast — Woodlawn around Katonah Avenue, Norwood, Williamsbridge, Baychester and Co-op City.

East — Throgs Neck along East Tremont Avenue, Country Club, Pelham Bay near Westchester Avenue, City Island, and Soundview and Castle Hill toward the water.

City Island deserves a specific mention: one road in, one road out, restaurants busy every summer weekend, and effectively zero street hails. Arrange the return leg when you arrange the outbound.

Connecting from transit

The Bronx has good rail links that stop short of where people actually need to be, which is most of our work.

Subway. The 4 runs up Jerome Avenue; the B and D run under the Grand Concourse; the 2 and 5 serve the east through White Plains Road; the 6 runs to Pelham Bay Park. The 1 covers Broadway up to 242nd Street and Van Cortlandt Park.

Metro-North. The Harlem line stops at Melrose, Tremont, Fordham, Botanical Garden, Williams Bridge and Woodlawn. The Hudson line runs through Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil and Marble Hill — heavily used by Riverdale commuters, and the last mile from those stations up the hill is a regular request.

Express buses. The BxM routes into Midtown serve Riverdale, Co-op City and Throgs Neck, which tells you exactly which neighbourhoods the subway does not reach well.

We meet trains and buses. Give us the arrival time and the station, and the car is there when you come down the steps.

Trips we run most

Getting to the airports

LaGuardia is the Bronx's home airport in practical terms. From Throgs Neck or Pelham Bay you can be at Terminal B in under 25 minutes off-peak — quicker than most Manhattan addresses manage.

Newark is the one to plan carefully. It means the Cross Bronx Expressway and the George Washington Bridge, and both are unpredictable. For a morning flight out of EWR we will normally suggest leaving 30 minutes earlier than the arithmetic says.

Compare JFK transfer planning, LaGuardia pickups and Newark transfers, and send the flight number with your request.

Traffic, bridges and tolls

The Cross Bronx Expressway is the defining traffic fact of this borough. It is routinely among the most congested stretches of road in the United States, and it is unavoidable for anything heading west toward the George Washington Bridge. Between 3pm and 7pm on a weekday, treat every posted estimate as optimistic. Where the trip allows it, drivers use the Bruckner or local streets instead — slower on paper, faster in reality.

Whitestone versus Throgs Neck. Same toll, different destinations. Whitestone for LaGuardia and northern Queens; Throgs Neck for JFK, eastern Queens and Long Island. Both queue on Friday afternoons.

Harlem River crossings into Manhattan. The Willis Avenue, Third Avenue, Madison Avenue, 145th Street, Macombs Dam and University Heights bridges are all toll-free. The Robert F. Kennedy (Triborough) is tolled but faster to the Upper East Side and to Queens. For a short hop into Harlem there is no reason to pay a toll, and we will not route you over one without saying why.

Congestion pricing. Trips continuing into Manhattan below 60th Street carry a congestion charge. It is included in the quote rather than added afterward. Trips that stop in Harlem or the Upper East Side are unaffected.

Yankee Stadium. Eighty-one home games plus concerts. On game days River Avenue, East 161st and the surrounding grid become impassable roughly 45 minutes before first pitch and for an hour afterward. Arrange the pickup in advance and we will set a point clear of it.

Hospitals, venues and destinations

Hospitals — Montefiore (Moses and Weiler campuses), Jacobi, St. Barnabas, Lincoln, BronxCare, Calvary and Montefiore Westchester Square. Recurring appointment runs are some of our steadiest work; ask about a standing booking.

Universities — Fordham's Rose Hill campus, Lehman College, Manhattan College in Riverdale, Bronx Community College, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Move-in and move-out weekends need arranging well ahead.

Venues and attractions — Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Zoo, the New York Botanical Garden, Orchard Beach, Wave Hill, City Island's restaurant strip, Arthur Avenue's Little Italy, and the Bronx Museum.

Transit interchanges — the Metro-North stations at Fordham and Riverdale, and the Bx bus terminals at Pelham Bay Park and West Farms.

Choosing the vehicle

Economy and executive sedans take up to three passengers, luxury SUVs up to six, and an executive Sprinter up to 14. Luggage space depends on the assigned configuration, so send the bag count with the passenger count. Compare the full fleet before you decide.

For a single journey, a private car transfer is the straightforward option. For a day of appointments across the borough, an hourly chauffeur holds the car and the driver for the whole itinerary — give us the planned finish time and ask how additional time is charged.

Booking a Bronx pickup

Call (888) 201-0419 or use the form. Give us the street address rather than the neighbourhood — "Riverdale" covers a lot of hills — plus the time, the passenger count and the bag count.

For Metro-North or an express bus, give us the arrival time and the station. For a flight, give us the flight number and we will track it.

Choosing a vehicle for this trip

Start with Economy Sedan if value is your priority and a sedan fits your passengers and bags. Choose an executive sedan for a black car arrival, a luxury SUV for more space, or a Sprinter for a group. Confirm the assigned model and luggage capacity before reserving. First-time customers can request 10% off their first ride; the discount and separately charged items are shown in the quote.

Your questions, answered

Why book ahead in the Bronx rather than find something on the street?

Because street availability here is the least reliable in the city. Yellow medallion cabs concentrate in Manhattan below 96th Street; in the Bronx they mostly appear when dropping someone off. Green boro taxis were introduced specifically to serve the outer boroughs and do help during the day, but they thin out sharply after about 10pm and in bad weather. For anything time-critical — a flight, a hospital appointment, a shift start — a prearranged car is the dependable option, and it is the only one where you know the vehicle and the price before you travel.

How long does it take to get from the Bronx to LaGuardia?

From the central Bronx, roughly 20 to 35 minutes via the Whitestone Bridge and the Grand Central Parkway. From Riverdale or Kingsbridge allow 30 to 45. LaGuardia is genuinely closer to most of the Bronx than it is to Midtown Manhattan, which surprises visitors constantly. Add 15 to 20 minutes if you are travelling between 7am and 9:30am on a weekday. These are planning figures, not a promise — traffic, route and terminal access all move them.

Do you cover Riverdale and the northwest Bronx?

Yes. Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Spuyten Duyvil, Fieldston and Van Cortlandt Village are all standard coverage. Riverdale in particular is worth booking ahead for — it is residential, hilly, and street hails there are close to nonexistent. Riverdale to Midtown and Riverdale to the Metro-North station are both routine requests.

Can you pick up at Yankee Stadium after a game?

Yes, and we strongly recommend arranging it before the game rather than after. Forty thousand people leave River Avenue at once and the surrounding streets close to through traffic. We will agree a pickup point a few blocks clear of the crush — usually toward the Grand Concourse or 161st Street east of the stadium — and confirm exactly where the driver is waiting.

Which bridge is better for getting to Queens, the Whitestone or the Throgs Neck?

The Whitestone is usually faster for LaGuardia and northern Queens; the Throgs Neck is better for JFK, eastern Queens and anything heading toward Long Island. Both carry the same toll. Both back up badly on Friday afternoons. Drivers choose live based on conditions, and if you have a strong preference just say so when you book.

Do you do hospital and medical appointment runs?

Regularly. Montefiore, Jacobi, St. Barnabas, Lincoln and BronxCare are frequent destinations, and dialysis and oncology appointments are often recurring at fixed times. Ask about a standing booking — same days, same time, no rebooking each week.