Best Time to Drive from Queens to Wantagh

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 Wantagh 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	69	78	95	103	84	80	83	96	99	105	96	95	98	101	80	69	63
Tue	42	68	87	100	81	74	64	77	86	101	103	102	103	103	106	86	78
Wed	40	49	60	86	72	64	61	59	70	86	90	80	93	95	85	71	67
Thu	40	53	64	92	80	83	92	102	103	104	102	104	105	103	103	102	99
Fri	54	70	85	96	84	77	74	83	89	94	100	102	93	101	95	82	81
Sat	45	45	39	45	53	56	62	72	72	71	80	82	81	72	76	75	70
Sun	46	48	53	51	54	61	68	74	93	94	103	105	100	96	78	77	79

About this drive

On weekdays the 22-mile drive from Queens to Wantagh (via Belt Pkwy East) usually takes as little as 38 minutes and up to 108 minutes, when leaving around 2:30 pm on Thursdays. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 87 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4 pm on Sundays (105 minutes).

About 17 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 5 miles surface streets (9 to 20 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Queens to central Wantagh 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 Wantagh?

On weekdays, leave early in the morning or late in the evening. The drive usually takes about 38 minutes then, versus up to 108 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 22-mile drive usually takes 38 to 108 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 87 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Queens to Wantagh?

Leaving around 2:30 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 108 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	69	78	95	103	84	80	83	96	99	105	96	95	98	101	80	69	63
Tue	42	68	87	100	81	74	64	77	86	101	103	102	103	103	106	86	78
Wed	40	49	60	86	72	64	61	59	70	86	90	80	93	95	85	71	67
Thu	40	53	64	92	80	83	92	102	103	104	102	104	105	103	103	102	99
Fri	54	70	85	96	84	77	74	83	89	94	100	102	93	101	95	82	81
Sat	45	45	39	45	53	56	62	72	72	71	80	82	81	72	76	75	70
Sun	46	48	53	51	54	61	68	74	93	94	103	105	100	96	78	77	79

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	69	78	95	103	84	80	83	96	99	105	96	95	98	101	80	69	63
Tue	42	68	87	100	81	74	64	77	86	101	103	102	103	103	106	86	78
Wed	40	49	60	86	72	64	61	59	70	86	90	80	93	95	85	71	67
Thu	40	53	64	92	80	83	92	102	103	104	102	104	105	103	103	102	99
Fri	54	70	85	96	84	77	74	83	89	94	100	102	93	101	95	82	81
Sat	45	45	39	45	53	56	62	72	72	71	80	82	81	72	76	75	70
Sun	46	48	53	51	54	61	68	74	93	94	103	105	100	96	78	77	79

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	69	78	95	103	84	80	83	96	99	105	96	95	98	101	80	69	63
Tue	42	68	87	100	81	74	64	77	86	101	103	102	103	103	106	86	78
Wed	40	49	60	86	72	64	61	59	70	86	90	80	93	95	85	71	67
Thu	40	53	64	92	80	83	92	102	103	104	102	104	105	103	103	102	99
Fri	54	70	85	96	84	77	74	83	89	94	100	102	93	101	95	82	81
Sat	45	45	39	45	53	56	62	72	72	71	80	82	81	72	76	75	70
Sun	46	48	53	51	54	61	68	74	93	94	103	105	100	96	78	77	79