# Driving to NYC next weekend, need fastest route. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 11, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646 "2009-05-11T21:05:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/1 "2009-05-11T21:05:59Z")
Driving there next week, I want the fastest know route that you have driven. I do not want to take the fucking 90 and pay $35 in frigging tolls. Suggest me a route. I do have a GPS but I know its gonna say take the 90. ---
**Author:** ![Muckman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@Muckman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Muckman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/2 "2009-05-11T21:14:04Z")
Ive always taken 390S to Elmira and 17E. GPS will find the rest. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/3 "2009-05-11T21:19:34Z")
You cant really go to nyc fast and skip the 90. Sure you could go down 17 but that road is in awful shape. I used to go from Rochester to Wayne NJ in 4.5 hours, which is about 40 mins from brooklyn… Google maps is probably your best bet ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/4 "2009-05-11T21:29:13Z")
> [@Muckman](#): > > Ive always taken 390S to Elmira and 17E. GPS will find the rest. Yeah thats what google says, how is it? Traffic, roads, stops? ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/5 "2009-05-11T21:34:31Z")
390 to 17 isnt bad, but 17 is horrible. its mostly concrete so you hear/feel each section. ---
**Author:** ![Muckman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@Muckman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Muckman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/6 "2009-05-11T21:36:47Z")
I really dont know. Havent been down 17 in awhile. They did repave 86 which is all new. And if you want to go into PA you can take 81 which isnt a toll road. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/7 "2009-05-11T21:39:45Z")
> [@Muckman](#): > > I really dont know. Havent been down 17 in awhile. They did repave 80 which is all new. And if you want to go into PA, you can speed profusely on 81. Or at least I do. lol Ha yea. 81 is nuts. I hard a hard time keeping up with some people at 90mph in the s10. ---
**Author:** ![Pauly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pauly/32/7493_2.png) [@Pauly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pauly)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/8 "2009-05-12T02:59:58Z")
kinda depends what part of NY you are going to. I was on 17 (into nyc) a few weeks ago, wasnt totally horrible. I’ve gone 90-690-81-380-80-lincoln tunnel in good time. The 690-81s exit was closed a few weeks ago had to pass it and come back from other direction ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/9 "2009-05-12T04:11:22Z")
I found the most reliably not slow way is : 90=\>81=\>17=\>87 What part of NYC are you going to? ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/10 "2009-05-12T04:50:12Z")
> [@JDMSIR](#): > > Yeah thats what google says, how is it? Traffic, roads, stops? I just went that way 2 weeks ago. took me 5 hours to get to Staten Island from Olean with only a slight bit of traffic in NJ. I used Google Maps and took 17 east to Binghampton then cut the corner through Pennsylvania (i think it was 80 south) to go around the city ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/11 "2009-05-12T04:57:34Z")
> [@TORQDSS](#): > > I just went that way 2 weeks ago. took me 5 hours to get to Staten Island from Olean with only a slight bit of traffic in NJ. I used Google Maps and took 17 east to Binghampton then cut the corner through Pennsylvania (i think it was 80 south) to go around the city It was only 5 hours really …kinda makes you wana go for a weekend ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/12 "2009-05-12T05:20:53Z")
even with no traffic, to do that trip in 5 hours you have to SPEED. ---
**Author:** ![bigwoode](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigwoode/32/5175_2.png) [@bigwoode](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bigwoode)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/13 "2009-05-12T05:26:35Z")
81 was under construction last year, but I would imagine they have made some progress since then… regardless, the flow of traffic was still 80mph + ---
**Author:** ![sureshot007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot007/32/7345_2.png) [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/14 "2009-05-12T05:27:12Z")
90-81-380-80-GW Bridge + radar detector = 5 hours 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnnylude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/15 "2009-05-12T05:30:05Z")
> [@JDMSIR"](#): > > Driving there next week, I want the fastest know route that you have driven. I do not want to take the fucking 90 and pay $35 in frigging tolls. Suggest me a route. I do have a GPS but I know its gonna say take the 90. Do you have to drive? I would suggest taking the chinese bus service. You can’t beat $35 roundtrip. ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/16 "2009-05-12T05:42:19Z")
Buses chew up more time. To do Buff to NYC in anything under 6 requires you to speed pretty heavily. I cruise on 75MPH and it takes me with 2 x 15 min stops around 6:30. There’s no point in speeding, even with a radar detector - most of it is laser now, and they are all over… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/17 "2009-05-12T05:53:33Z")
> [@sureshot007](#): > > 90-81-380-80-GW Bridge + radar detector = 5 hours 🙂 that is the best route, but you can’t do it in 5 hours without doing 95 the whole way. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/18 "2009-05-12T05:54:23Z")
> [@Daddie](#): > > Buses chew up more time. > > To do Buff to NYC in anything under 6 requires you to speed pretty heavily. > > I cruise on 75MPH and it takes me with 2 x 15 min stops around 6:30. > > There’s no point in speeding, even with a radar detector - most of it is laser now, and they are all over… +1 on all of this I have made that drive SOOOO many times, on every different route. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot007/32/7345_2.png) [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/19 "2009-05-12T05:55:14Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > that is the best route, but you can’t do it in 5 hours without doing 95 the whole way. That’s true… ---
**Author:** ![Pauly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pauly/32/7493_2.png) [@Pauly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pauly)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646/20 "2009-05-12T06:13:50Z")
I’ve made it many times in just over 6 to mid town w/o driving like a maniac (72-75) from willyville [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-to-nyc-next-weekend-need-fastest-route/67646.md?page=2)