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	41	72	99	92	89	93	93	94	87	96	83	85	98	96	73	54	50
Tue	46	102	124	112	102	110	103	96	87	95	83	90	90	88	79	62	57
Wed	43	103	111	109	102	118	109	94	84	84	83	91	109	97	93	63	55
Thu	44	92	100	102	95	115	105	87	86	89	83	88	102	101	89	62	53
Fri	44	91	101	96	88	92	79	97	103	103	101	109	117	110	98	77	56
Sat	53	46	43	47	62	68	75	69	71	74	73	90	87	98	101	103	88
Sun	60	44	43	41	41	53	60	64	66	67	72	87	93	89	100	104	85

About this drive

On weekdays the 24-mile drive from Garden City to Manhattan (via I-495 West) usually takes as little as 41 minutes and up to 124 minutes, when leaving around 7 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 93 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 8 pm on Sundays (104 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 41 minutes then, versus up to 124 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 24-mile drive usually takes 41 to 124 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 93 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Garden City to Manhattan?

Leaving around 7 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 124 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	41	72	99	92	89	93	93	94	87	96	83	85	98	96	73	54	50
Tue	46	102	124	112	102	110	103	96	87	95	83	90	90	88	79	62	57
Wed	43	103	111	109	102	118	109	94	84	84	83	91	109	97	93	63	55
Thu	44	92	100	102	95	115	105	87	86	89	83	88	102	101	89	62	53
Fri	44	91	101	96	88	92	79	97	103	103	101	109	117	110	98	77	56
Sat	53	46	43	47	62	68	75	69	71	74	73	90	87	98	101	103	88
Sun	60	44	43	41	41	53	60	64	66	67	72	87	93	89	100	104	85

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	41	72	99	92	89	93	93	94	87	96	83	85	98	96	73	54	50
Tue	46	102	124	112	102	110	103	96	87	95	83	90	90	88	79	62	57
Wed	43	103	111	109	102	118	109	94	84	84	83	91	109	97	93	63	55
Thu	44	92	100	102	95	115	105	87	86	89	83	88	102	101	89	62	53
Fri	44	91	101	96	88	92	79	97	103	103	101	109	117	110	98	77	56
Sat	53	46	43	47	62	68	75	69	71	74	73	90	87	98	101	103	88
Sun	60	44	43	41	41	53	60	64	66	67	72	87	93	89	100	104	85

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	41	72	99	92	89	93	93	94	87	96	83	85	98	96	73	54	50
Tue	46	102	124	112	102	110	103	96	87	95	83	90	90	88	79	62	57
Wed	43	103	111	109	102	118	109	94	84	84	83	91	109	97	93	63	55
Thu	44	92	100	102	95	115	105	87	86	89	83	88	102	101	89	62	53
Fri	44	91	101	96	88	92	79	97	103	103	101	109	117	110	98	77	56
Sat	53	46	43	47	62	68	75	69	71	74	73	90	87	98	101	103	88
Sun	60	44	43	41	41	53	60	64	66	67	72	87	93	89	100	104	85