Best Time to Drive from Staten Island to Sunset Park

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 Sunset Park 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
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Tue	20	25	36	39	40	34	31	28	26	25	28	31	31	30	27	22	21
Wed	20	25	32	37	38	34	30	27	27	28	32	31	32	31	27	23	21
Thu	20	26	33	38	37	34	29	29	29	31	31	33	33	35	31	26	22
Fri	20	24	32	33	28	27	28	29	29	33	36	38	37	35	32	25	23
Sat	19	19	20	21	24	30	31	31	33	33	33	29	28	27	26	25	25
Sun	19	19	19	20	20	22	25	28	29	33	32	30	28	27	26	26	25

About this drive

On weekdays the 13-mile drive from Staten Island to Sunset Park (via I-278 East and I-278 North) usually takes as little as 20 minutes and up to 43 minutes, when leaving around 8:30 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 29 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2:30 pm on Saturdays (35 minutes).

About 9 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 4 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 Staten Island to central Sunset Park 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 Sunset Park?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 20 minutes then, versus up to 43 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Staten Island to Sunset Park?

The 13-mile drive usually takes 20 to 43 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 29 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Staten Island to Sunset Park?

Leaving around 8:30 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 43 minutes.

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Tue	20	25	36	39	40	34	31	28	26	25	28	31	31	30	27	22	21
Wed	20	25	32	37	38	34	30	27	27	28	32	31	32	31	27	23	21
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