Best Time to Drive from Queens to New City

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 New City 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	82	150	207	196	189	146	164	171	169	206	209	213	186	142	104	90	90
Tue	74	145	193	173	158	157	169	179	178	196	205	221	193	139	112	92	117
Wed	76	145	194	180	154	142	153	165	171	184	221	219	183	142	136	95	87
Thu	92	161	187	179	162	174	168	171	171	210	223	228	215	190	158	112	98
Fri	78	141	179	170	150	186	162	177	194	235	249	242	243	216	201	149	111
Sat	70	67	86	102	126	143	168	184	174	196	191	192	168	174	147	154	126
Sun	71	71	76	82	87	126	130	147	167	189	184	180	165	138	144	136	148

About this drive

On weekdays the 43-mile drive from Queens to New City (via I-95 West and I-678 North) usually takes as little as 74 minutes and up to 255 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 179 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2:30 pm on Saturdays (197 minutes).

About 25 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 18 miles surface streets (35 to 110 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Queens to central New City 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 New City?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 74 minutes then, versus up to 255 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Queens to New City?

The 43-mile drive usually takes 74 to 255 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 179 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Queens to New City?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 255 minutes.

More drives

New City 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

Open the live traffic map →

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	82	150	207	196	189	146	164	171	169	206	209	213	186	142	104	90	90
Tue	74	145	193	173	158	157	169	179	178	196	205	221	193	139	112	92	117
Wed	76	145	194	180	154	142	153	165	171	184	221	219	183	142	136	95	87
Thu	92	161	187	179	162	174	168	171	171	210	223	228	215	190	158	112	98
Fri	78	141	179	170	150	186	162	177	194	235	249	242	243	216	201	149	111
Sat	70	67	86	102	126	143	168	184	174	196	191	192	168	174	147	154	126
Sun	71	71	76	82	87	126	130	147	167	189	184	180	165	138	144	136	148

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	82	150	207	196	189	146	164	171	169	206	209	213	186	142	104	90	90
Tue	74	145	193	173	158	157	169	179	178	196	205	221	193	139	112	92	117
Wed	76	145	194	180	154	142	153	165	171	184	221	219	183	142	136	95	87
Thu	92	161	187	179	162	174	168	171	171	210	223	228	215	190	158	112	98
Fri	78	141	179	170	150	186	162	177	194	235	249	242	243	216	201	149	111
Sat	70	67	86	102	126	143	168	184	174	196	191	192	168	174	147	154	126
Sun	71	71	76	82	87	126	130	147	167	189	184	180	165	138	144	136	148

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	82	150	207	196	189	146	164	171	169	206	209	213	186	142	104	90	90
Tue	74	145	193	173	158	157	169	179	178	196	205	221	193	139	112	92	117
Wed	76	145	194	180	154	142	153	165	171	184	221	219	183	142	136	95	87
Thu	92	161	187	179	162	174	168	171	171	210	223	228	215	190	158	112	98
Fri	78	141	179	170	150	186	162	177	194	235	249	242	243	216	201	149	111
Sat	70	67	86	102	126	143	168	184	174	196	191	192	168	174	147	154	126
Sun	71	71	76	82	87	126	130	147	167	189	184	180	165	138	144	136	148