Best Time to Drive from Mount Vernon to Bayside

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 Mount Vernon to Bayside 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	34	38	41	45	47	48	47	45	41	40	40	41	40	41	38	37	36
Tue	37	37	39	48	46	50	49	45	42	39	43	45	42	42	40	39	37
Wed	37	39	42	45	46	47	47	48	43	43	47	49	42	40	41	39	39
Thu	37	37	40	46	45	51	49	49	45	42	47	47	44	45	46	43	41
Fri	35	36	41	43	45	47	50	49	49	45	52	48	45	45	45	42	39
Sat	33	37	35	38	37	38	41	43	43	42	42	41	42	42	41	46	42
Sun	33	33	34	35	36	37	37	39	42	43	44	45	45	43	42	43	42

About this drive

On weekdays the 14-mile drive from Mount Vernon to Bayside (via I-295 South) usually takes as little as 34 minutes and up to 52 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 46 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 8 pm on Saturdays (46 minutes).

About 9 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 5 miles surface streets (11 to 20 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Mount Vernon to central Bayside 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 Mount Vernon to Bayside?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 34 minutes then, versus up to 52 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Mount Vernon to Bayside?

The 14-mile drive usually takes 34 to 52 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 46 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Mount Vernon to Bayside?

Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 52 minutes.

More drives

Bayside to Mount Vernon (return trip) · Mount Vernon to East Flatbush · Mount Vernon to East New York · Mount Vernon to Paterson · Mount Vernon to Sheepshead Bay · Mount Vernon to Passaic · Mount Vernon to Union City

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	34	38	41	45	47	48	47	45	41	40	40	41	40	41	38	37	36
Tue	37	37	39	48	46	50	49	45	42	39	43	45	42	42	40	39	37
Wed	37	39	42	45	46	47	47	48	43	43	47	49	42	40	41	39	39
Thu	37	37	40	46	45	51	49	49	45	42	47	47	44	45	46	43	41
Fri	35	36	41	43	45	47	50	49	49	45	52	48	45	45	45	42	39
Sat	33	37	35	38	37	38	41	43	43	42	42	41	42	42	41	46	42
Sun	33	33	34	35	36	37	37	39	42	43	44	45	45	43	42	43	42

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	34	38	41	45	47	48	47	45	41	40	40	41	40	41	38	37	36
Tue	37	37	39	48	46	50	49	45	42	39	43	45	42	42	40	39	37
Wed	37	39	42	45	46	47	47	48	43	43	47	49	42	40	41	39	39
Thu	37	37	40	46	45	51	49	49	45	42	47	47	44	45	46	43	41
Fri	35	36	41	43	45	47	50	49	49	45	52	48	45	45	45	42	39
Sat	33	37	35	38	37	38	41	43	43	42	42	41	42	42	41	46	42
Sun	33	33	34	35	36	37	37	39	42	43	44	45	45	43	42	43	42

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	34	38	41	45	47	48	47	45	41	40	40	41	40	41	38	37	36
Tue	37	37	39	48	46	50	49	45	42	39	43	45	42	42	40	39	37
Wed	37	39	42	45	46	47	47	48	43	43	47	49	42	40	41	39	39
Thu	37	37	40	46	45	51	49	49	45	42	47	47	44	45	46	43	41
Fri	35	36	41	43	45	47	50	49	49	45	52	48	45	45	45	42	39
Sat	33	37	35	38	37	38	41	43	43	42	42	41	42	42	41	46	42
Sun	33	33	34	35	36	37	37	39	42	43	44	45	45	43	42	43	42