Nassau Has Some Of New York's Worst Intersections: Report

NASSAU COUNTY, NY — A report released last month by an analytics firm found that Nassau County is home to some of the worse traffic intersections in the state. Long Island drivers routinely lose thousands of hours every day stuck at these lights, the report found.

The report was a study conducted by INRIX, a Washington state-based company that studies traffic and transit patterns. The company released the U.S. Signals Scorecard, which it says is the first nationwide analysis of individual traffic lights and intersections.

The company analyzed GPS data from cars from Oct. 4 through 10, 2020 to complete the report. It used anonymous GPS data from cars and smart phones to find how many cars stopped at the more than 210,000 intersections it profiled, and how long the cars remained there.

INRIX studied 18,560 signals in New York — the second-most in the country. It found that Nassau County ranked fourth in the number of traffic signals in the state, after Kings, Queens and New York counties.

The study found that the second-worst intersection in the state is located in Long Beach, where Long Beach Boulevard meets East Park Avenue. In total, drivers at the intersection lose, on average, 1,046 hours per day waiting at the light. The intersection also had more stops than any other in the state, with more than 69,000.

For comparison, the worst intersection is Atlantic Avenue and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, where the average time lost is 1,086 hours.

In fact, Nassau County has five of the top 10 worst intersections in the state — more than any other county.

Here at the 10 worst intersections in the state, according to INRIX.

1. Atlantic Avenue and Fourth Avenue, Kings County: 1,086 daily hours lost.
2. Long Beach Boulevard and East Park Avenue, Nassau County: 1,046 daily hours lost.
3. Pennsylvania Avenue and Atlantic Avenue, Kings County: 979 daily hours lost.
4. Tillary Street and Flatbush Avenue, Kings County: 938 daily hours lost.
5. North Hempstead Turnpike and Glen Cove Road, Nassau County: 926 daily hours lost.
6. Major Deegan Expressway and E 128th Street, Bronx County: 821 daily hours lost.
7. Thomson Avenue and Van Dam Street, Queens County: 789 daily hours lost.
8. Searingtown Road and Northern Boulevard, Nassau County: 756 daily hours lost.
9. West Sunrise Highway and South Central Avenue, Nassau County: 750 daily hours lost.
10. North Wantagh Avenue and Hempstead Turnpike, Nassau County: 748 daily hours lost.

INRIX also created an interactive map that lets you see how well intersections in your area fared.