Best Time to Drive from Co-op City to Harlem

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 Co-op City to Harlem 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	21	32	52	54	42	31	33	31	36	39	37	33	36	32	26	24	23
Tue	20	32	51	52	40	34	35	34	37	41	40	34	37	34	29	24	23
Wed	20	32	54	56	38	32	30	35	39	37	48	41	44	39	30	27	24
Thu	21	37	52	49	38	32	34	36	45	48	49	42	45	39	35	30	25
Fri	21	29	40	40	38	33	32	36	38	52	54	55	55	52	47	35	29
Sat	20	20	21	21	24	26	29	34	33	37	35	34	44	43	35	30	28
Sun	21	20	20	20	23	22	24	25	28	35	34	33	34	30	28	29	27

About this drive

On weekdays the 12-mile drive from Co-op City to Harlem (via I-278 South) usually takes as little as 20 minutes and up to 57 minutes, when leaving around 4:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 38 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 5 pm on Saturdays (44 minutes).

About 6 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 6 miles surface streets (14 to 39 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Co-op City (De Kruif Place) to central Harlem (Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard) 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 Co-op City to Harlem?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 20 minutes then, versus up to 57 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Co-op City to Harlem?

The 12-mile drive usually takes 20 to 57 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 38 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Co-op City to Harlem?

Leaving around 4:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 57 minutes.

More drives

Harlem to Co-op City (return trip) · Co-op City to Lower Manhattan · Co-op City to Downtown Brooklyn · Co-op City to Bay Ridge · Co-op City to Jamaica · Co-op City to Flushing · Co-op City to Staten Island · Co-op City to JFK · Co-op City to LGA

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	21	32	52	54	42	31	33	31	36	39	37	33	36	32	26	24	23
Tue	20	32	51	52	40	34	35	34	37	41	40	34	37	34	29	24	23
Wed	20	32	54	56	38	32	30	35	39	37	48	41	44	39	30	27	24
Thu	21	37	52	49	38	32	34	36	45	48	49	42	45	39	35	30	25
Fri	21	29	40	40	38	33	32	36	38	52	54	55	55	52	47	35	29
Sat	20	20	21	21	24	26	29	34	33	37	35	34	44	43	35	30	28
Sun	21	20	20	20	23	22	24	25	28	35	34	33	34	30	28	29	27

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	21	32	52	54	42	31	33	31	36	39	37	33	36	32	26	24	23
Tue	20	32	51	52	40	34	35	34	37	41	40	34	37	34	29	24	23
Wed	20	32	54	56	38	32	30	35	39	37	48	41	44	39	30	27	24
Thu	21	37	52	49	38	32	34	36	45	48	49	42	45	39	35	30	25
Fri	21	29	40	40	38	33	32	36	38	52	54	55	55	52	47	35	29
Sat	20	20	21	21	24	26	29	34	33	37	35	34	44	43	35	30	28
Sun	21	20	20	20	23	22	24	25	28	35	34	33	34	30	28	29	27

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	21	32	52	54	42	31	33	31	36	39	37	33	36	32	26	24	23
Tue	20	32	51	52	40	34	35	34	37	41	40	34	37	34	29	24	23
Wed	20	32	54	56	38	32	30	35	39	37	48	41	44	39	30	27	24
Thu	21	37	52	49	38	32	34	36	45	48	49	42	45	39	35	30	25
Fri	21	29	40	40	38	33	32	36	38	52	54	55	55	52	47	35	29
Sat	20	20	21	21	24	26	29	34	33	37	35	34	44	43	35	30	28
Sun	21	20	20	20	23	22	24	25	28	35	34	33	34	30	28	29	27