Best Time to Drive from Syosset to Manhattan

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 Syosset to Manhattan 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	56	95	117	104	102	123	120	127	112	104	96	105	117	109	91	69	72
Tue	58	133	128	128	119	140	138	128	111	116	97	104	111	116	105	73	68
Wed	59	125	137	126	115	144	137	123	105	106	100	107	126	127	118	76	74
Thu	59	109	119	112	113	143	133	108	108	109	98	104	129	131	115	75	65
Fri	58	112	113	104	103	109	105	128	126	130	119	127	141	147	124	98	78
Sat	65	57	62	64	79	88	89	84	89	88	94	109	106	124	112	109	109
Sun	90	70	54	52	55	69	81	88	85	88	101	101	109	107	118	119	107

About this drive

On weekdays the 31-mile drive from Syosset to Manhattan (via I-495 West) usually takes as little as 56 minutes and up to 147 minutes, when leaving around 6 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 119 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 6:30 pm on Saturdays (129 minutes).

About 17 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 14 miles surface streets (26 to 82 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Syosset to central Manhattan 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 Syosset to Manhattan?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 56 minutes then, versus up to 147 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Syosset to Manhattan?

The 31-mile drive usually takes 56 to 147 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 119 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Syosset to Manhattan?

Leaving around 6 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 147 minutes.

More drives

Manhattan to Syosset (return trip) · Syosset to Brooklyn · Syosset to Queens · Syosset to The Bronx

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	56	95	117	104	102	123	120	127	112	104	96	105	117	109	91	69	72
Tue	58	133	128	128	119	140	138	128	111	116	97	104	111	116	105	73	68
Wed	59	125	137	126	115	144	137	123	105	106	100	107	126	127	118	76	74
Thu	59	109	119	112	113	143	133	108	108	109	98	104	129	131	115	75	65
Fri	58	112	113	104	103	109	105	128	126	130	119	127	141	147	124	98	78
Sat	65	57	62	64	79	88	89	84	89	88	94	109	106	124	112	109	109
Sun	90	70	54	52	55	69	81	88	85	88	101	101	109	107	118	119	107

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	56	95	117	104	102	123	120	127	112	104	96	105	117	109	91	69	72
Tue	58	133	128	128	119	140	138	128	111	116	97	104	111	116	105	73	68
Wed	59	125	137	126	115	144	137	123	105	106	100	107	126	127	118	76	74
Thu	59	109	119	112	113	143	133	108	108	109	98	104	129	131	115	75	65
Fri	58	112	113	104	103	109	105	128	126	130	119	127	141	147	124	98	78
Sat	65	57	62	64	79	88	89	84	89	88	94	109	106	124	112	109	109
Sun	90	70	54	52	55	69	81	88	85	88	101	101	109	107	118	119	107

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	56	95	117	104	102	123	120	127	112	104	96	105	117	109	91	69	72
Tue	58	133	128	128	119	140	138	128	111	116	97	104	111	116	105	73	68
Wed	59	125	137	126	115	144	137	123	105	106	100	107	126	127	118	76	74
Thu	59	109	119	112	113	143	133	108	108	109	98	104	129	131	115	75	65
Fri	58	112	113	104	103	109	105	128	126	130	119	127	141	147	124	98	78
Sat	65	57	62	64	79	88	89	84	89	88	94	109	106	124	112	109	109
Sun	90	70	54	52	55	69	81	88	85	88	101	101	109	107	118	119	107