Driving in New York: Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)

New York, United States · Congestion charge

What applies

Driving into Manhattan south of 60th Street is tolled. With a valid E-ZPass a car pays $9.00 in the peak period and $2.25 overnight, and only once a day however many times you enter. Without E-ZPass the bill goes to the registered keeper by mail and costs half as much again: $13.50 peak, $3.30 overnight — which is the rate a hire car usually attracts.

Cameras read the plate; there is nothing to buy in advance.

Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, read 2026-09-08
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Daily charge
9.00 USDSource: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, read 2026-09-08
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When it operates

Tolled at all hours, at two rates. The peak rate applies 05:00–21:00 on weekdays and 09:00–21:00 at weekends; the overnight rate, 75% lower, applies the rest of the time. A car is charged once per day no matter how often it enters.

Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, read 2026-09-08
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Area covered

Local streets and avenues in Manhattan south of and including 60th Street. The FDR Drive, the West Side Highway (Route 9A) and the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel connections to West Street are excluded — but a vehicle moving between one of those excluded roads and a river crossing often has to use local streets, and is tolled when it does.

Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, read 2026-09-08
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We have not yet looked through the MTA's own channels for a machine-readable outline of this zone.
Petrol standard

Not applicable: the Congestion Relief Zone is a time-and-place toll, not an emissions rule. No Euro or EPA standard affects whether you may drive in or what you pay.

Diesel standard

Not applicable: see the note on the petrol standard.

Penalty if you do not comply

The MTA pages read on 2026-09-08 explain how the toll is billed but do not state a penalty for non-payment. Not estimated.

How to comply
  • There is nothing to buy before you travel. Cameras read the plate at the zone boundary and you are billed afterwards.
  • An E-ZPass is the difference between $9.00 and $13.50 in the peak period, and between $2.25 and $3.30 overnight. If you are hiring a car, ask whether it carries a working E-ZPass and who is billed for tolls.
  • You are charged once per calendar day for a car, however many times you enter.
  • Entering during the peak period through the Lincoln or Holland Tunnel earns a credit of up to $3.00 against the toll; through the Queens-Midtown or Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, up to $1.50. There are no crossing credits overnight.
  • In a taxi or a ride-hail vehicle you do not pay the daily toll: a per-trip charge is added to your fare instead — $0.75 in a taxi, green cab or black car, $1.50 in a high-volume for-hire vehicle.
  • The toll is being phased in. The $9.00 peak rate for cars rises to $12.00 in 2028 and $15.00 in 2031.
Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, read 2026-09-08
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Sources

Next scheduled re-check: 2026-12-07.