Best Time to Drive from Yonkers to Queens

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 Yonkers to Queens 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	35	42	49	57	57	50	50	44	51	56	56	69	74	67	52	44	41
Tue	35	41	48	58	52	49	53	53	51	53	67	74	74	67	49	41	39
Wed	37	40	49	55	50	50	52	52	49	52	64	79	75	73	52	50	41
Thu	43	56	52	61	48	51	59	59	50	58	67	86	82	74	62	56	41
Fri	36	40	45	54	54	46	54	53	50	55	70	75	80	69	66	60	55
Sat	37	35	34	37	39	45	44	46	49	54	62	69	67	59	58	51	48
Sun	35	32	33	35	45	37	38	41	46	57	60	62	64	59	51	55	50

About this drive

On weekdays the 25-mile drive from Yonkers to Queens (via I-678 South and I-95 East) usually takes as little as 35 minutes and up to 86 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 52 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4 pm on Saturdays (69 minutes).

About 20 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 6 miles surface streets (11 to 29 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Yonkers to central Queens 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 Yonkers to Queens?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 35 minutes then, versus up to 86 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Yonkers to Queens?

The 25-mile drive usually takes 35 to 86 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 52 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Yonkers to Queens?

Leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 86 minutes.

More drives

Queens to Yonkers (return trip) · Yonkers to Staten Island · Yonkers to East New York · Yonkers to Bayside · Yonkers to Parkchester · Yonkers to Bensonhurst · Yonkers to Coney Island · Yonkers to Hempstead · Yonkers to Levittown · Yonkers to Freeport · Yonkers to West Babylon · Yonkers to Far Rockaway

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	35	42	49	57	57	50	50	44	51	56	56	69	74	67	52	44	41
Tue	35	41	48	58	52	49	53	53	51	53	67	74	74	67	49	41	39
Wed	37	40	49	55	50	50	52	52	49	52	64	79	75	73	52	50	41
Thu	43	56	52	61	48	51	59	59	50	58	67	86	82	74	62	56	41
Fri	36	40	45	54	54	46	54	53	50	55	70	75	80	69	66	60	55
Sat	37	35	34	37	39	45	44	46	49	54	62	69	67	59	58	51	48
Sun	35	32	33	35	45	37	38	41	46	57	60	62	64	59	51	55	50

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	35	42	49	57	57	50	50	44	51	56	56	69	74	67	52	44	41
Tue	35	41	48	58	52	49	53	53	51	53	67	74	74	67	49	41	39
Wed	37	40	49	55	50	50	52	52	49	52	64	79	75	73	52	50	41
Thu	43	56	52	61	48	51	59	59	50	58	67	86	82	74	62	56	41
Fri	36	40	45	54	54	46	54	53	50	55	70	75	80	69	66	60	55
Sat	37	35	34	37	39	45	44	46	49	54	62	69	67	59	58	51	48
Sun	35	32	33	35	45	37	38	41	46	57	60	62	64	59	51	55	50

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	35	42	49	57	57	50	50	44	51	56	56	69	74	67	52	44	41
Tue	35	41	48	58	52	49	53	53	51	53	67	74	74	67	49	41	39
Wed	37	40	49	55	50	50	52	52	49	52	64	79	75	73	52	50	41
Thu	43	56	52	61	48	51	59	59	50	58	67	86	82	74	62	56	41
Fri	36	40	45	54	54	46	54	53	50	55	70	75	80	69	66	60	55
Sat	37	35	34	37	39	45	44	46	49	54	62	69	67	59	58	51	48
Sun	35	32	33	35	45	37	38	41	46	57	60	62	64	59	51	55	50