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	80	89	91	89	87	89	87	88	106	116	126	112	99	85	81	78
Tue	74	81	95	100	97	89	87	88	88	110	139	141	127	110	88	82	78
Wed	75	80	93	96	93	93	88	87	89	108	141	147	137	111	89	82	78
Thu	75	81	92	94	92	90	89	91	100	126	154	154	148	127	101	83	81
Fri	75	78	88	88	85	90	98	111	124	159	156	158	146	121	99	86	81
Sat	74	74	76	79	89	98	101	104	103	101	90	83	80	81	84	83	82
Sun	75	74	74	75	77	84	89	93	94	94	86	81	80	79	82	84	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 74 minutes and up to 160 minutes, when leaving around 2:30 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 71 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 74 minutes then, versus up to 160 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 54-mile drive usually takes 74 to 160 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 99 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Queens to Marlboro?

Leaving around 2:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 160 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	80	89	91	89	87	89	87	88	106	116	126	112	99	85	81	78
Tue	74	81	95	100	97	89	87	88	88	110	139	141	127	110	88	82	78
Wed	75	80	93	96	93	93	88	87	89	108	141	147	137	111	89	82	78
Thu	75	81	92	94	92	90	89	91	100	126	154	154	148	127	101	83	81
Fri	75	78	88	88	85	90	98	111	124	159	156	158	146	121	99	86	81
Sat	74	74	76	79	89	98	101	104	103	101	90	83	80	81	84	83	82
Sun	75	74	74	75	77	84	89	93	94	94	86	81	80	79	82	84	84

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	76	80	89	91	89	87	89	87	88	106	116	126	112	99	85	81	78
Tue	74	81	95	100	97	89	87	88	88	110	139	141	127	110	88	82	78
Wed	75	80	93	96	93	93	88	87	89	108	141	147	137	111	89	82	78
Thu	75	81	92	94	92	90	89	91	100	126	154	154	148	127	101	83	81
Fri	75	78	88	88	85	90	98	111	124	159	156	158	146	121	99	86	81
Sat	74	74	76	79	89	98	101	104	103	101	90	83	80	81	84	83	82
Sun	75	74	74	75	77	84	89	93	94	94	86	81	80	79	82	84	84

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	76	80	89	91	89	87	89	87	88	106	116	126	112	99	85	81	78
Tue	74	81	95	100	97	89	87	88	88	110	139	141	127	110	88	82	78
Wed	75	80	93	96	93	93	88	87	89	108	141	147	137	111	89	82	78
Thu	75	81	92	94	92	90	89	91	100	126	154	154	148	127	101	83	81
Fri	75	78	88	88	85	90	98	111	124	159	156	158	146	121	99	86	81
Sat	74	74	76	79	89	98	101	104	103	101	90	83	80	81	84	83	82
Sun	75	74	74	75	77	84	89	93	94	94	86	81	80	79	82	84	84