Best Time to Drive from Queens to Marlboro

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 Queens to Marlboro 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	76	82	93	93	90	88	90	86	87	105	120	131	120	101	85	81	78
Tue	75	82	98	101	98	90	87	87	87	110	143	145	132	114	89	82	78
Wed	75	81	97	98	95	91	88	86	88	113	145	150	135	110	89	82	78
Thu	75	82	94	96	93	91	90	90	100	130	156	155	150	130	104	87	82
Fri	75	79	92	91	86	88	95	104	123	162	159	159	150	128	101	87	81
Sat	74	75	78	82	91	100	101	105	103	101	92	85	82	82	84	83	82
Sun	74	73	74	75	78	84	94	96	97	94	87	84	83	81	83	83	84

About this drive

On weekdays the 54-mile drive from Queens to Marlboro (via NY-440 South and I-278 West) usually takes as little as 75 minutes and up to 162 minutes, when leaving around 2 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 99 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 12:30 pm on Saturdays (105 minutes).

About 27 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 27 miles surface streets (32 to 72 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Queens to central Marlboro 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 Queens to Marlboro?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 75 minutes then, versus up to 162 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Queens to Marlboro?

The 54-mile drive usually takes 75 to 162 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 99 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Queens to Marlboro?

Leaving around 2 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 162 minutes.

More drives

Marlboro to Queens (return trip) · Queens to Yonkers · Queens to Washington Heights · Queens to Paterson · Queens to Clifton · Queens to New Rochelle · Queens to Passaic · Queens to Mount Vernon · Queens to Bayside · Queens to Wayne · Queens to Perth Amboy · Queens to Hackensack

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	76	82	93	93	90	88	90	86	87	105	120	131	120	101	85	81	78
Tue	75	82	98	101	98	90	87	87	87	110	143	145	132	114	89	82	78
Wed	75	81	97	98	95	91	88	86	88	113	145	150	135	110	89	82	78
Thu	75	82	94	96	93	91	90	90	100	130	156	155	150	130	104	87	82
Fri	75	79	92	91	86	88	95	104	123	162	159	159	150	128	101	87	81
Sat	74	75	78	82	91	100	101	105	103	101	92	85	82	82	84	83	82
Sun	74	73	74	75	78	84	94	96	97	94	87	84	83	81	83	83	84

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	76	82	93	93	90	88	90	86	87	105	120	131	120	101	85	81	78
Tue	75	82	98	101	98	90	87	87	87	110	143	145	132	114	89	82	78
Wed	75	81	97	98	95	91	88	86	88	113	145	150	135	110	89	82	78
Thu	75	82	94	96	93	91	90	90	100	130	156	155	150	130	104	87	82
Fri	75	79	92	91	86	88	95	104	123	162	159	159	150	128	101	87	81
Sat	74	75	78	82	91	100	101	105	103	101	92	85	82	82	84	83	82
Sun	74	73	74	75	78	84	94	96	97	94	87	84	83	81	83	83	84

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	76	82	93	93	90	88	90	86	87	105	120	131	120	101	85	81	78
Tue	75	82	98	101	98	90	87	87	87	110	143	145	132	114	89	82	78
Wed	75	81	97	98	95	91	88	86	88	113	145	150	135	110	89	82	78
Thu	75	82	94	96	93	91	90	90	100	130	156	155	150	130	104	87	82
Fri	75	79	92	91	86	88	95	104	123	162	159	159	150	128	101	87	81
Sat	74	75	78	82	91	100	101	105	103	101	92	85	82	82	84	83	82
Sun	74	73	74	75	78	84	94	96	97	94	87	84	83	81	83	83	84