Best Time to Drive from Chinatown to New Rochelle

None of this drive is measured by working traffic sensors right now. The rest is estimated from nearby sensors, typical speeds and street traffic, so times can be off. Why so few sensors work.

Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Chinatown to New Rochelle by day and time you leave (local time)
Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	30	31	35	42	38	39	43	41	39	38	40	42	41	40	36	35	35
Tue	28	31	34	45	40	39	43	41	41	43	43	50	49	47	40	39	38
Wed	28	30	34	41	40	39	42	43	42	43	48	53	49	49	43	39	40
Thu	29	31	36	44	45	42	48	44	48	50	57	64	55	48	48	43	42
Fri	29	30	35	40	39	47	45	44	46	50	60	63	54	45	42	39	37
Sat	31	30	30	33	36	37	42	42	37	38	39	41	39	39	42	39	40
Sun	30	30	30	30	32	34	37	36	37	38	39	40	38	39	37	38	36

About this drive

On weekdays the 23-mile drive from Chinatown to New Rochelle (via FDR Drive North and I-278 North) usually takes as little as 28 minutes and up to 64 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 44 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 11:30 am on Saturdays (43 minutes).

About 21 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 2 miles surface streets (5 to 12 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Chinatown to central New Rochelle along the route on the map. Starting or ending elsewhere in a big city can add or save several minutes.

Simulated from typical freeway speeds at each point of the drive for the time you would reach it, from every 5-minute reading we have recorded. We don't have sensors on surface streets yet, so the time on them is estimated from how congested the freeways around each end of the drive are at that time, in both directions: streets jam when the freeways do.

Questions

What is the best time to drive from Chinatown to New Rochelle?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am. The drive usually takes about 28 minutes then, versus up to 64 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Chinatown to New Rochelle?

The 23-mile drive usually takes 28 to 64 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 44 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Chinatown to New Rochelle?

Leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 64 minutes.

More drives

New Rochelle to Chinatown (return trip) · Chinatown to Staten Island · Chinatown to Stamford · Chinatown to East Harlem · Chinatown to Edison · Chinatown to Norwalk · Chinatown to Clifton · Chinatown to East Norwalk

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	30	31	35	42	38	39	43	41	39	38	40	42	41	40	36	35	35
Tue	28	31	34	45	40	39	43	41	41	43	43	50	49	47	40	39	38
Wed	28	30	34	41	40	39	42	43	42	43	48	53	49	49	43	39	40
Thu	29	31	36	44	45	42	48	44	48	50	57	64	55	48	48	43	42
Fri	29	30	35	40	39	47	45	44	46	50	60	63	54	45	42	39	37
Sat	31	30	30	33	36	37	42	42	37	38	39	41	39	39	42	39	40
Sun	30	30	30	30	32	34	37	36	37	38	39	40	38	39	37	38	36

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	30	31	35	42	38	39	43	41	39	38	40	42	41	40	36	35	35
Tue	28	31	34	45	40	39	43	41	41	43	43	50	49	47	40	39	38
Wed	28	30	34	41	40	39	42	43	42	43	48	53	49	49	43	39	40
Thu	29	31	36	44	45	42	48	44	48	50	57	64	55	48	48	43	42
Fri	29	30	35	40	39	47	45	44	46	50	60	63	54	45	42	39	37
Sat	31	30	30	33	36	37	42	42	37	38	39	41	39	39	42	39	40
Sun	30	30	30	30	32	34	37	36	37	38	39	40	38	39	37	38	36

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	30	31	35	42	38	39	43	41	39	38	40	42	41	40	36	35	35
Tue	28	31	34	45	40	39	43	41	41	43	43	50	49	47	40	39	38
Wed	28	30	34	41	40	39	42	43	42	43	48	53	49	49	43	39	40
Thu	29	31	36	44	45	42	48	44	48	50	57	64	55	48	48	43	42
Fri	29	30	35	40	39	47	45	44	46	50	60	63	54	45	42	39	37
Sat	31	30	30	33	36	37	42	42	37	38	39	41	39	39	42	39	40
Sun	30	30	30	30	32	34	37	36	37	38	39	40	38	39	37	38	36