Best Time to Drive from Gravesend to Staten Island

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 Gravesend to Staten Island 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	28	32	37	38	37	34	38	37	34	39	44	51	52	44	34	31	30
Tue	27	32	40	46	43	37	35	36	33	37	62	62	60	52	36	32	30
Wed	28	32	40	41	39	39	36	34	32	35	57	69	69	54	37	33	30
Thu	28	33	39	40	39	36	36	36	37	45	76	75	75	65	47	35	31
Fri	28	31	37	36	33	33	36	43	52	79	83	82	79	67	44	36	32
Sat	27	28	27	29	32	36	39	42	42	41	38	34	31	33	33	33	32
Sun	27	28	27	28	28	30	34	36	36	38	36	34	33	33	33	34	34

About this drive

On weekdays the 16-mile drive from Gravesend to Staten Island (via I-278 West) usually takes as little as 27 minutes and up to 84 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 39 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 12:30 pm on Saturdays (42 minutes).

About 8 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 8 miles surface streets (17 to 36 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Gravesend to central Staten Island 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 Gravesend to Staten Island?

On weekdays, leave before 6 am. The drive usually takes about 27 minutes then, versus up to 84 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Gravesend to Staten Island?

The 16-mile drive usually takes 27 to 84 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 39 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Gravesend to Staten Island?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 84 minutes.

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Staten Island to Gravesend (return trip)

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	28	32	37	38	37	34	38	37	34	39	44	51	52	44	34	31	30
Tue	27	32	40	46	43	37	35	36	33	37	62	62	60	52	36	32	30
Wed	28	32	40	41	39	39	36	34	32	35	57	69	69	54	37	33	30
Thu	28	33	39	40	39	36	36	36	37	45	76	75	75	65	47	35	31
Fri	28	31	37	36	33	33	36	43	52	79	83	82	79	67	44	36	32
Sat	27	28	27	29	32	36	39	42	42	41	38	34	31	33	33	33	32
Sun	27	28	27	28	28	30	34	36	36	38	36	34	33	33	33	34	34

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	28	32	37	38	37	34	38	37	34	39	44	51	52	44	34	31	30
Tue	27	32	40	46	43	37	35	36	33	37	62	62	60	52	36	32	30
Wed	28	32	40	41	39	39	36	34	32	35	57	69	69	54	37	33	30
Thu	28	33	39	40	39	36	36	36	37	45	76	75	75	65	47	35	31
Fri	28	31	37	36	33	33	36	43	52	79	83	82	79	67	44	36	32
Sat	27	28	27	29	32	36	39	42	42	41	38	34	31	33	33	33	32
Sun	27	28	27	28	28	30	34	36	36	38	36	34	33	33	33	34	34

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	28	32	37	38	37	34	38	37	34	39	44	51	52	44	34	31	30
Tue	27	32	40	46	43	37	35	36	33	37	62	62	60	52	36	32	30
Wed	28	32	40	41	39	39	36	34	32	35	57	69	69	54	37	33	30
Thu	28	33	39	40	39	36	36	36	37	45	76	75	75	65	47	35	31
Fri	28	31	37	36	33	33	36	43	52	79	83	82	79	67	44	36	32
Sat	27	28	27	29	32	36	39	42	42	41	38	34	31	33	33	33	32
Sun	27	28	27	28	28	30	34	36	36	38	36	34	33	33	33	34	34