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	52	75	85	81	71	71	78	70	73	73	78	78	77	63	58	52
Tue	40	61	90	97	96	88	82	77	73	74	77	86	96	82	67	64	66
Wed	40	57	84	92	94	89	82	82	76	82	85	91	99	88	72	63	81
Thu	41	58	81	95	97	95	81	87	87	90	92	98	97	93	83	71	64
Fri	41	60	76	79	80	73	71	74	73	86	95	101	94	82	73	63	66
Sat	43	40	43	46	53	60	70	73	81	81	80	77	81	80	75	68	66
Sun	43	40	40	42	44	50	61	65	65	72	75	73	71	69	66	66	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 101 minutes, when leaving around 5:30 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 78 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2 pm on Saturdays (81 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 39 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 101 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 101 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 78 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Staten Island to Harlem?

Leaving around 5:30 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 101 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	52	75	85	81	71	71	78	70	73	73	78	78	77	63	58	52
Tue	40	61	90	97	96	88	82	77	73	74	77	86	96	82	67	64	66
Wed	40	57	84	92	94	89	82	82	76	82	85	91	99	88	72	63	81
Thu	41	58	81	95	97	95	81	87	87	90	92	98	97	93	83	71	64
Fri	41	60	76	79	80	73	71	74	73	86	95	101	94	82	73	63	66
Sat	43	40	43	46	53	60	70	73	81	81	80	77	81	80	75	68	66
Sun	43	40	40	42	44	50	61	65	65	72	75	73	71	69	66	66	65

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	41	52	75	85	81	71	71	78	70	73	73	78	78	77	63	58	52
Tue	40	61	90	97	96	88	82	77	73	74	77	86	96	82	67	64	66
Wed	40	57	84	92	94	89	82	82	76	82	85	91	99	88	72	63	81
Thu	41	58	81	95	97	95	81	87	87	90	92	98	97	93	83	71	64
Fri	41	60	76	79	80	73	71	74	73	86	95	101	94	82	73	63	66
Sat	43	40	43	46	53	60	70	73	81	81	80	77	81	80	75	68	66
Sun	43	40	40	42	44	50	61	65	65	72	75	73	71	69	66	66	65

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	41	52	75	85	81	71	71	78	70	73	73	78	78	77	63	58	52
Tue	40	61	90	97	96	88	82	77	73	74	77	86	96	82	67	64	66
Wed	40	57	84	92	94	89	82	82	76	82	85	91	99	88	72	63	81
Thu	41	58	81	95	97	95	81	87	87	90	92	98	97	93	83	71	64
Fri	41	60	76	79	80	73	71	74	73	86	95	101	94	82	73	63	66
Sat	43	40	43	46	53	60	70	73	81	81	80	77	81	80	75	68	66
Sun	43	40	40	42	44	50	61	65	65	72	75	73	71	69	66	66	65