Best Time to Drive from Staten Island to Harlem

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 Staten Island to Harlem 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	41	54	78	87	84	73	73	75	69	73	73	78	77	77	62	58	52
Tue	40	62	93	99	100	93	85	78	73	74	79	85	94	84	68	61	72
Wed	40	65	94	97	97	92	84	83	77	82	84	90	98	92	73	62	78
Thu	41	58	84	97	98	97	82	85	84	90	92	97	96	93	82	71	67
Fri	41	61	77	79	81	74	72	75	73	85	95	101	93	83	73	62	64
Sat	43	40	42	46	52	62	72	73	78	79	80	76	82	82	75	69	66
Sun	42	39	39	41	45	50	61	67	65	73	75	74	72	71	68	65	65

About this drive

On weekdays the 26-mile drive from Staten Island to Harlem (via I-278 East and I-278 North and FDR Drive North) usually takes as little as 40 minutes and up to 102 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 79 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 6 pm on Saturdays (82 minutes).

About 20 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 6 miles surface streets (16 to 40 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Staten Island (Willow Road East) to central Harlem (Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard) 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 Staten Island to Harlem?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 40 minutes then, versus up to 102 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Staten Island to Harlem?

The 26-mile drive usually takes 40 to 102 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 79 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Staten Island to Harlem?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 102 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	41	54	78	87	84	73	73	75	69	73	73	78	77	77	62	58	52
Tue	40	62	93	99	100	93	85	78	73	74	79	85	94	84	68	61	72
Wed	40	65	94	97	97	92	84	83	77	82	84	90	98	92	73	62	78
Thu	41	58	84	97	98	97	82	85	84	90	92	97	96	93	82	71	67
Fri	41	61	77	79	81	74	72	75	73	85	95	101	93	83	73	62	64
Sat	43	40	42	46	52	62	72	73	78	79	80	76	82	82	75	69	66
Sun	42	39	39	41	45	50	61	67	65	73	75	74	72	71	68	65	65

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	41	54	78	87	84	73	73	75	69	73	73	78	77	77	62	58	52
Tue	40	62	93	99	100	93	85	78	73	74	79	85	94	84	68	61	72
Wed	40	65	94	97	97	92	84	83	77	82	84	90	98	92	73	62	78
Thu	41	58	84	97	98	97	82	85	84	90	92	97	96	93	82	71	67
Fri	41	61	77	79	81	74	72	75	73	85	95	101	93	83	73	62	64
Sat	43	40	42	46	52	62	72	73	78	79	80	76	82	82	75	69	66
Sun	42	39	39	41	45	50	61	67	65	73	75	74	72	71	68	65	65

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	41	54	78	87	84	73	73	75	69	73	73	78	77	77	62	58	52
Tue	40	62	93	99	100	93	85	78	73	74	79	85	94	84	68	61	72
Wed	40	65	94	97	97	92	84	83	77	82	84	90	98	92	73	62	78
Thu	41	58	84	97	98	97	82	85	84	90	92	97	96	93	82	71	67
Fri	41	61	77	79	81	74	72	75	73	85	95	101	93	83	73	62	64
Sat	43	40	42	46	52	62	72	73	78	79	80	76	82	82	75	69	66
Sun	42	39	39	41	45	50	61	67	65	73	75	74	72	71	68	65	65