Best Time to Drive from Port Chester 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 Port Chester 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	49	57	62	65	66	63	59	57	60	59	64	69	70	66	59	57	54
Tue	48	55	58	69	64	67	68	70	59	59	71	76	72	67	59	55	53
Wed	50	56	59	67	62	64	65	64	64	68	79	89	82	78	66	61	55
Thu	52	62	62	67	66	70	73	68	66	68	83	86	86	85	72	63	56
Fri	52	55	56	62	65	58	69	73	70	76	91	92	104	88	82	73	61
Sat	47	46	50	50	55	56	61	62	60	62	68	66	73	78	67	66	63
Sun	45	46	48	48	54	50	52	53	58	65	70	71	75	74	82	69	60

About this drive

On weekdays the 30-mile drive from Port Chester to Queens (via I-678 South and Hutchinson River Pkwy South) usually takes as little as 48 minutes and up to 104 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 66 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 5:30 pm on Sundays (87 minutes).

About 16 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 14 miles surface streets (18 to 50 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Port Chester 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 Port Chester to Queens?

On weekdays, leave before 6 am. The drive usually takes about 48 minutes then, versus up to 104 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Port Chester to Queens?

The 30-mile drive usually takes 48 to 104 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 66 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Port Chester to Queens?

Leaving around 5 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 104 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	49	57	62	65	66	63	59	57	60	59	64	69	70	66	59	57	54
Tue	48	55	58	69	64	67	68	70	59	59	71	76	72	67	59	55	53
Wed	50	56	59	67	62	64	65	64	64	68	79	89	82	78	66	61	55
Thu	52	62	62	67	66	70	73	68	66	68	83	86	86	85	72	63	56
Fri	52	55	56	62	65	58	69	73	70	76	91	92	104	88	82	73	61
Sat	47	46	50	50	55	56	61	62	60	62	68	66	73	78	67	66	63
Sun	45	46	48	48	54	50	52	53	58	65	70	71	75	74	82	69	60

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	49	57	62	65	66	63	59	57	60	59	64	69	70	66	59	57	54
Tue	48	55	58	69	64	67	68	70	59	59	71	76	72	67	59	55	53
Wed	50	56	59	67	62	64	65	64	64	68	79	89	82	78	66	61	55
Thu	52	62	62	67	66	70	73	68	66	68	83	86	86	85	72	63	56
Fri	52	55	56	62	65	58	69	73	70	76	91	92	104	88	82	73	61
Sat	47	46	50	50	55	56	61	62	60	62	68	66	73	78	67	66	63
Sun	45	46	48	48	54	50	52	53	58	65	70	71	75	74	82	69	60

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	49	57	62	65	66	63	59	57	60	59	64	69	70	66	59	57	54
Tue	48	55	58	69	64	67	68	70	59	59	71	76	72	67	59	55	53
Wed	50	56	59	67	62	64	65	64	64	68	79	89	82	78	66	61	55
Thu	52	62	62	67	66	70	73	68	66	68	83	86	86	85	72	63	56
Fri	52	55	56	62	65	58	69	73	70	76	91	92	104	88	82	73	61
Sat	47	46	50	50	55	56	61	62	60	62	68	66	73	78	67	66	63
Sun	45	46	48	48	54	50	52	53	58	65	70	71	75	74	82	69	60