Best Time to Drive from Glen Cove to Queens

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 Glen Cove to Queens 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	60	69	56	54	90	89	85	69	66	58	67	84	84	69	49	43
Tue	39	70	67	70	63	99	101	93	79	75	57	66	84	93	73	52	45
Wed	40	76	80	74	65	110	99	94	80	72	64	71	90	99	88	52	45
Thu	42	66	63	59	58	110	97	83	74	72	63	69	96	104	91	58	45
Fri	39	67	64	53	52	79	74	86	82	79	70	83	91	101	98	74	48
Sat	37	38	38	40	52	57	59	56	54	55	55	65	66	75	69	67	56
Sun	36	35	36	37	40	51	59	62	59	56	58	60	67	71	78	73	59

About this drive

On weekdays the 26-mile drive from Glen Cove to Queens (via I-495 West and Cross Island Pkwy South) usually takes as little as 39 minutes and up to 110 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 82 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 7 pm on Sundays (78 minutes).

About 16 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 10 miles surface streets (19 to 67 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Glen Cove to central Queens 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 Glen Cove to Queens?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 39 minutes then, versus up to 110 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Glen Cove to Queens?

The 26-mile drive usually takes 39 to 110 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 82 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Glen Cove to Queens?

Leaving around 10 am on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 110 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	60	69	56	54	90	89	85	69	66	58	67	84	84	69	49	43
Tue	39	70	67	70	63	99	101	93	79	75	57	66	84	93	73	52	45
Wed	40	76	80	74	65	110	99	94	80	72	64	71	90	99	88	52	45
Thu	42	66	63	59	58	110	97	83	74	72	63	69	96	104	91	58	45
Fri	39	67	64	53	52	79	74	86	82	79	70	83	91	101	98	74	48
Sat	37	38	38	40	52	57	59	56	54	55	55	65	66	75	69	67	56
Sun	36	35	36	37	40	51	59	62	59	56	58	60	67	71	78	73	59

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	40	60	69	56	54	90	89	85	69	66	58	67	84	84	69	49	43
Tue	39	70	67	70	63	99	101	93	79	75	57	66	84	93	73	52	45
Wed	40	76	80	74	65	110	99	94	80	72	64	71	90	99	88	52	45
Thu	42	66	63	59	58	110	97	83	74	72	63	69	96	104	91	58	45
Fri	39	67	64	53	52	79	74	86	82	79	70	83	91	101	98	74	48
Sat	37	38	38	40	52	57	59	56	54	55	55	65	66	75	69	67	56
Sun	36	35	36	37	40	51	59	62	59	56	58	60	67	71	78	73	59

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	40	60	69	56	54	90	89	85	69	66	58	67	84	84	69	49	43
Tue	39	70	67	70	63	99	101	93	79	75	57	66	84	93	73	52	45
Wed	40	76	80	74	65	110	99	94	80	72	64	71	90	99	88	52	45
Thu	42	66	63	59	58	110	97	83	74	72	63	69	96	104	91	58	45
Fri	39	67	64	53	52	79	74	86	82	79	70	83	91	101	98	74	48
Sat	37	38	38	40	52	57	59	56	54	55	55	65	66	75	69	67	56
Sun	36	35	36	37	40	51	59	62	59	56	58	60	67	71	78	73	59