Best Time to Drive from Sayreville Junction to Queens

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 Sayreville Junction to Queens 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	73	101	104	100	94	88	81	79	74	70	74	75	76	78	72	69	67
Tue	73	108	124	115	98	87	82	75	71	72	70	71	73	73	72	71	68
Wed	70	107	123	114	94	84	80	71	71	70	71	71	73	73	71	70	68
Thu	72	100	109	103	99	88	85	78	75	71	70	72	77	78	74	72	69
Fri	68	91	98	81	72	73	75	74	70	70	83	85	88	79	73	71	70
Sat	65	64	64	67	68	70	72	72	71	70	70	72	75	75	75	73	71
Sun	63	63	63	65	66	70	72	78	76	75	75	77	76	77	76	77	77

About this drive

On weekdays the 42-mile drive from Sayreville Junction to Queens (via I-278 East and NY-440 North) usually takes as little as 67 minutes and up to 130 minutes, when leaving around 6:30 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 7 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 74 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 12 pm on Sundays (78 minutes).

About 27 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 15 miles surface streets (30 to 63 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Sayreville Junction to central Queens 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 Sayreville Junction to Queens?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 7 pm. The drive usually takes about 67 minutes then, versus up to 130 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Sayreville Junction to Queens?

The 42-mile drive usually takes 67 to 130 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 74 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Sayreville Junction to Queens?

Leaving around 6:30 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 130 minutes.

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Queens to Sayreville Junction (return trip) · Sayreville Junction to Brooklyn · Sayreville Junction to East New York

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	73	101	104	100	94	88	81	79	74	70	74	75	76	78	72	69	67
Tue	73	108	124	115	98	87	82	75	71	72	70	71	73	73	72	71	68
Wed	70	107	123	114	94	84	80	71	71	70	71	71	73	73	71	70	68
Thu	72	100	109	103	99	88	85	78	75	71	70	72	77	78	74	72	69
Fri	68	91	98	81	72	73	75	74	70	70	83	85	88	79	73	71	70
Sat	65	64	64	67	68	70	72	72	71	70	70	72	75	75	75	73	71
Sun	63	63	63	65	66	70	72	78	76	75	75	77	76	77	76	77	77

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	73	101	104	100	94	88	81	79	74	70	74	75	76	78	72	69	67
Tue	73	108	124	115	98	87	82	75	71	72	70	71	73	73	72	71	68
Wed	70	107	123	114	94	84	80	71	71	70	71	71	73	73	71	70	68
Thu	72	100	109	103	99	88	85	78	75	71	70	72	77	78	74	72	69
Fri	68	91	98	81	72	73	75	74	70	70	83	85	88	79	73	71	70
Sat	65	64	64	67	68	70	72	72	71	70	70	72	75	75	75	73	71
Sun	63	63	63	65	66	70	72	78	76	75	75	77	76	77	76	77	77

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	73	101	104	100	94	88	81	79	74	70	74	75	76	78	72	69	67
Tue	73	108	124	115	98	87	82	75	71	72	70	71	73	73	72	71	68
Wed	70	107	123	114	94	84	80	71	71	70	71	71	73	73	71	70	68
Thu	72	100	109	103	99	88	85	78	75	71	70	72	77	78	74	72	69
Fri	68	91	98	81	72	73	75	74	70	70	83	85	88	79	73	71	70
Sat	65	64	64	67	68	70	72	72	71	70	70	72	75	75	75	73	71
Sun	63	63	63	65	66	70	72	78	76	75	75	77	76	77	76	77	77