Best Time to Drive from Queens to New Rochelle

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 Rochelle 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	26	30	44	47	42	39	46	40	43	48	45	47	43	39	38	35	35
Tue	33	32	44	51	61	50	48	47	46	49	47	51	48	46	44	37	32
Wed	32	39	45	48	45	44	35	46	44	46	52	53	50	48	44	39	33
Thu	34	33	42	51	54	39	42	42	36	42	48	50	43	43	38	37	31
Fri	28	32	41	40	39	39	40	40	43	48	65	68	57	53	50	41	38
Sat	27	28	32	33	33	38	42	37	37	38	40	41	38	40	39	38	35
Sun	26	27	27	28	30	31	33	33	37	41	39	40	41	39	38	39	36

About this drive

On weekdays the 20-mile drive from Queens to New Rochelle (via I-678 North and Hutchinson River Pkwy North) usually takes as little as 26 minutes and up to 73 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 44 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4:30 pm on Sundays (43 minutes).

About 15 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 5 miles surface streets (9 to 28 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 Rochelle 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 Rochelle?

On weekdays, leave early in the morning or late in the evening. The drive usually takes about 26 minutes then, versus up to 73 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 20-mile drive usually takes 26 to 73 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 44 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Queens to New Rochelle?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 73 minutes.

More drives

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

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	26	30	44	47	42	39	46	40	43	48	45	47	43	39	38	35	35
Tue	33	32	44	51	61	50	48	47	46	49	47	51	48	46	44	37	32
Wed	32	39	45	48	45	44	35	46	44	46	52	53	50	48	44	39	33
Thu	34	33	42	51	54	39	42	42	36	42	48	50	43	43	38	37	31
Fri	28	32	41	40	39	39	40	40	43	48	65	68	57	53	50	41	38
Sat	27	28	32	33	33	38	42	37	37	38	40	41	38	40	39	38	35
Sun	26	27	27	28	30	31	33	33	37	41	39	40	41	39	38	39	36

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	26	30	44	47	42	39	46	40	43	48	45	47	43	39	38	35	35
Tue	33	32	44	51	61	50	48	47	46	49	47	51	48	46	44	37	32
Wed	32	39	45	48	45	44	35	46	44	46	52	53	50	48	44	39	33
Thu	34	33	42	51	54	39	42	42	36	42	48	50	43	43	38	37	31
Fri	28	32	41	40	39	39	40	40	43	48	65	68	57	53	50	41	38
Sat	27	28	32	33	33	38	42	37	37	38	40	41	38	40	39	38	35
Sun	26	27	27	28	30	31	33	33	37	41	39	40	41	39	38	39	36

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	26	30	44	47	42	39	46	40	43	48	45	47	43	39	38	35	35
Tue	33	32	44	51	61	50	48	47	46	49	47	51	48	46	44	37	32
Wed	32	39	45	48	45	44	35	46	44	46	52	53	50	48	44	39	33
Thu	34	33	42	51	54	39	42	42	36	42	48	50	43	43	38	37	31
Fri	28	32	41	40	39	39	40	40	43	48	65	68	57	53	50	41	38
Sat	27	28	32	33	33	38	42	37	37	38	40	41	38	40	39	38	35
Sun	26	27	27	28	30	31	33	33	37	41	39	40	41	39	38	39	36