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	54	95	125	100	98	125	120	113	97	101	101	102	110	108	92	69	73
Tue	57	126	126	123	114	138	133	126	111	113	98	99	105	116	104	73	68
Wed	59	124	143	129	116	149	135	132	113	113	105	108	120	124	107	74	76
Thu	59	108	125	110	112	151	132	111	108	109	101	102	125	127	112	76	64
Fri	57	112	117	99	98	110	112	128	123	127	120	128	133	137	124	94	70
Sat	65	56	61	61	78	83	88	86	82	83	86	102	101	110	105	96	86
Sun	91	70	53	52	56	68	79	83	83	85	91	100	105	101	107	98	90

About this drive

On weekdays the 31-mile drive from Syosset to Manhattan (via I-495 West) usually takes as little as 54 minutes and up to 151 minutes, when leaving around 10 am on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 118 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 6 pm on Saturdays (110 minutes).

About 17 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 14 miles surface streets (27 to 84 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 54 minutes then, versus up to 151 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 31-mile drive usually takes 54 to 151 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 118 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Syosset to Manhattan?

Leaving around 10 am on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 151 minutes.

More drives

Manhattan to Syosset (return trip) · Syosset to Brooklyn · Syosset to Queens · Syosset to The Bronx · Syosset to Staten Island · Syosset to Newark · Syosset to Jersey City

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	54	95	125	100	98	125	120	113	97	101	101	102	110	108	92	69	73
Tue	57	126	126	123	114	138	133	126	111	113	98	99	105	116	104	73	68
Wed	59	124	143	129	116	149	135	132	113	113	105	108	120	124	107	74	76
Thu	59	108	125	110	112	151	132	111	108	109	101	102	125	127	112	76	64
Fri	57	112	117	99	98	110	112	128	123	127	120	128	133	137	124	94	70
Sat	65	56	61	61	78	83	88	86	82	83	86	102	101	110	105	96	86
Sun	91	70	53	52	56	68	79	83	83	85	91	100	105	101	107	98	90

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	54	95	125	100	98	125	120	113	97	101	101	102	110	108	92	69	73
Tue	57	126	126	123	114	138	133	126	111	113	98	99	105	116	104	73	68
Wed	59	124	143	129	116	149	135	132	113	113	105	108	120	124	107	74	76
Thu	59	108	125	110	112	151	132	111	108	109	101	102	125	127	112	76	64
Fri	57	112	117	99	98	110	112	128	123	127	120	128	133	137	124	94	70
Sat	65	56	61	61	78	83	88	86	82	83	86	102	101	110	105	96	86
Sun	91	70	53	52	56	68	79	83	83	85	91	100	105	101	107	98	90

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	54	95	125	100	98	125	120	113	97	101	101	102	110	108	92	69	73
Tue	57	126	126	123	114	138	133	126	111	113	98	99	105	116	104	73	68
Wed	59	124	143	129	116	149	135	132	113	113	105	108	120	124	107	74	76
Thu	59	108	125	110	112	151	132	111	108	109	101	102	125	127	112	76	64
Fri	57	112	117	99	98	110	112	128	123	127	120	128	133	137	124	94	70
Sat	65	56	61	61	78	83	88	86	82	83	86	102	101	110	105	96	86
Sun	91	70	53	52	56	68	79	83	83	85	91	100	105	101	107	98	90