Best Time to Drive from Garden City to Manhattan

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 Garden City to Manhattan 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	40	69	102	91	89	94	91	82	79	82	83	83	90	86	74	54	50
Tue	45	98	113	106	96	106	101	98	85	93	81	85	83	88	75	62	57
Wed	43	99	119	112	101	121	106	97	88	88	87	90	100	94	86	59	56
Thu	45	89	106	99	93	122	106	87	82	89	83	87	98	99	87	62	53
Fri	43	87	101	88	85	89	85	95	101	98	100	104	109	108	96	74	55
Sat	53	46	43	45	59	65	72	68	67	70	75	82	82	92	84	83	71
Sun	61	44	43	41	43	51	61	63	65	64	69	81	86	80	76	77	66

About this drive

On weekdays the 24-mile drive from Garden City to Manhattan (via I-495 West) usually takes as little as 40 minutes and up to 122 minutes, when leaving around 10 am on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 91 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 6 pm on Saturdays (92 minutes).

About 13 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 10 miles surface streets (22 to 66 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Garden City to central Manhattan 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 Garden City to Manhattan?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 40 minutes then, versus up to 122 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Garden City to Manhattan?

The 24-mile drive usually takes 40 to 122 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 91 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Garden City to Manhattan?

Leaving around 10 am on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 122 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	40	69	102	91	89	94	91	82	79	82	83	83	90	86	74	54	50
Tue	45	98	113	106	96	106	101	98	85	93	81	85	83	88	75	62	57
Wed	43	99	119	112	101	121	106	97	88	88	87	90	100	94	86	59	56
Thu	45	89	106	99	93	122	106	87	82	89	83	87	98	99	87	62	53
Fri	43	87	101	88	85	89	85	95	101	98	100	104	109	108	96	74	55
Sat	53	46	43	45	59	65	72	68	67	70	75	82	82	92	84	83	71
Sun	61	44	43	41	43	51	61	63	65	64	69	81	86	80	76	77	66

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	40	69	102	91	89	94	91	82	79	82	83	83	90	86	74	54	50
Tue	45	98	113	106	96	106	101	98	85	93	81	85	83	88	75	62	57
Wed	43	99	119	112	101	121	106	97	88	88	87	90	100	94	86	59	56
Thu	45	89	106	99	93	122	106	87	82	89	83	87	98	99	87	62	53
Fri	43	87	101	88	85	89	85	95	101	98	100	104	109	108	96	74	55
Sat	53	46	43	45	59	65	72	68	67	70	75	82	82	92	84	83	71
Sun	61	44	43	41	43	51	61	63	65	64	69	81	86	80	76	77	66

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	40	69	102	91	89	94	91	82	79	82	83	83	90	86	74	54	50
Tue	45	98	113	106	96	106	101	98	85	93	81	85	83	88	75	62	57
Wed	43	99	119	112	101	121	106	97	88	88	87	90	100	94	86	59	56
Thu	45	89	106	99	93	122	106	87	82	89	83	87	98	99	87	62	53
Fri	43	87	101	88	85	89	85	95	101	98	100	104	109	108	96	74	55
Sat	53	46	43	45	59	65	72	68	67	70	75	82	82	92	84	83	71
Sun	61	44	43	41	43	51	61	63	65	64	69	81	86	80	76	77	66