Boro taxis are taxicabs in New York City that are allowed to pick up passengers in outer boroughs and in Manhattan above East 96th and West 110th Streets. The color of boro taxis is apple green in contrast to the traditional yellow taxis in New York City.
An apple green "Boro Taxi" in the Bronx.
A boro taxi dropping off passengers inside the "yellow zone" in Midtown Manhattan. The boro taxi driver is not allowed to pick up new passengers within the yellow zone.
In New York City, taxicabs come in two varieties: yellow and green; they are widely recognizable symbols of the city. Taxis painted yellow are able to pick up passengers anywhere in the five boroughs. Those painted apple green, which began to appear in August 2013, are allowed to pick up passengers in Upper Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. Both types have the same fare structure. Taxicabs are operated by private companies and licensed by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC). It also oversees over 40,000 other for-hire vehicles, including "black cars", commuter vans, and ambulettes.
Boro taxi (left) and Yellow Medallion taxi
A livery car on Richmond Avenue in Staten Island
New York medallion taxicab in a prior livery. The medallion number is on the side of the taxicab.
This ca. 1904 Columbia Hansom Cab is similar to the 1890s E.V.C. cabs
