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Best Time to Drive from Melville to Staten Island

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Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Melville to Staten Island by day and time you leave (local time)
Leave5am6am7am8am9am10am11am12pm1pm2pm3pm4pm5pm6pm7pm8pm9pm
Mon93132148124125168165164144150137146149145135104120
Tue100154149137145186182171160160135140154164141103100
Wed104158174159154185185182165158153153159163155108109
Thu105140142132144186180164166158147150168177161114100
Fri97145145126125150150172175178174172172174157137110
Sat88919097114124128124122121125144145151138131122
Sun10390868491110121127122120124134141143150133125

About this drive

On weekdays the 52-mile drive from Melville to Staten Island (via I-495 West and I-278 South) usually takes as little as 93 minutes and up to 187 minutes, when leaving around 10:30 am on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 167 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 6:30 pm on Saturdays (152 minutes).

About 35 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 18 miles surface streets (30 to 100 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Melville 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 Melville to Staten Island?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 93 minutes then, versus up to 187 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 52-mile drive usually takes 93 to 187 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 167 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Melville to Staten Island?

Leaving around 10:30 am on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 187 minutes.

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