Best Time to Drive from Syosset to Staten Island

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 Staten Island 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	73	112	130	109	109	148	143	136	121	123	122	128	131	125	116	90	90
Tue	76	131	131	125	119	160	151	148	131	141	117	124	135	140	125	92	87
Wed	82	131	154	137	124	160	157	156	136	137	129	133	142	145	129	94	89
Thu	81	121	127	115	116	164	152	136	140	139	127	133	152	151	136	99	85
Fri	75	124	126	108	108	133	127	149	154	157	152	157	151	155	138	114	93
Sat	79	75	77	80	97	104	111	107	104	102	106	122	122	130	123	117	106
Sun	112	94	72	71	76	91	103	106	107	103	109	118	126	124	130	120	108

About this drive

On weekdays the 48-mile drive from Syosset to Staten Island (via I-495 West and I-278 South) usually takes as little as 73 minutes and up to 164 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 142 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 6:30 pm on Saturdays (131 minutes).

About 35 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 13 miles surface streets (23 to 79 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Syosset to central Staten Island 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 Staten Island?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 73 minutes then, versus up to 164 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 48-mile drive usually takes 73 to 164 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 142 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Syosset to Staten Island?

Leaving around 10 am on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 164 minutes.

More drives

Syosset to Brooklyn · Syosset to Queens · Syosset to Manhattan · Syosset to The Bronx · Syosset to Newark · Syosset to Jersey City

Open the live traffic map →

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	73	112	130	109	109	148	143	136	121	123	122	128	131	125	116	90	90
Tue	76	131	131	125	119	160	151	148	131	141	117	124	135	140	125	92	87
Wed	82	131	154	137	124	160	157	156	136	137	129	133	142	145	129	94	89
Thu	81	121	127	115	116	164	152	136	140	139	127	133	152	151	136	99	85
Fri	75	124	126	108	108	133	127	149	154	157	152	157	151	155	138	114	93
Sat	79	75	77	80	97	104	111	107	104	102	106	122	122	130	123	117	106
Sun	112	94	72	71	76	91	103	106	107	103	109	118	126	124	130	120	108

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	73	112	130	109	109	148	143	136	121	123	122	128	131	125	116	90	90
Tue	76	131	131	125	119	160	151	148	131	141	117	124	135	140	125	92	87
Wed	82	131	154	137	124	160	157	156	136	137	129	133	142	145	129	94	89
Thu	81	121	127	115	116	164	152	136	140	139	127	133	152	151	136	99	85
Fri	75	124	126	108	108	133	127	149	154	157	152	157	151	155	138	114	93
Sat	79	75	77	80	97	104	111	107	104	102	106	122	122	130	123	117	106
Sun	112	94	72	71	76	91	103	106	107	103	109	118	126	124	130	120	108

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	73	112	130	109	109	148	143	136	121	123	122	128	131	125	116	90	90
Tue	76	131	131	125	119	160	151	148	131	141	117	124	135	140	125	92	87
Wed	82	131	154	137	124	160	157	156	136	137	129	133	142	145	129	94	89
Thu	81	121	127	115	116	164	152	136	140	139	127	133	152	151	136	99	85
Fri	75	124	126	108	108	133	127	149	154	157	152	157	151	155	138	114	93
Sat	79	75	77	80	97	104	111	107	104	102	106	122	122	130	123	117	106
Sun	112	94	72	71	76	91	103	106	107	103	109	118	126	124	130	120	108