MileCheck Highway Report

MileCheck Highway Report: New York, October 2026

Name: MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026: New York
Creator: MileCheck

by MileCheck · November 2, 2026

What New York's department of transportation (DOT) feed showed in October 2026. Part of the national MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026.

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How we got these numbers: These are unique alerts published by New York's department of transportation (DOT) feed, from a daily copy taken Oct. 1 through Oct. 31, 2026. Each alert is counted once. An alert posted and removed between two daily copies is not counted. Not all states report the same data, so compare each place with its own earlier months. Fire figures are as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific. Border waits are from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, saved every hour. Readings over five hours were treated as feed errors.

Feed change. 511NY changed its data system at the end of September. MileCheck recorded 3,429 alerts in September and 590 in October. The drop reflects the feed change, so these counts do not show whether New York had fewer road incidents.

22crash alerts in October

46closure alerts

471roadwork alerts

1wildfire record, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

Crashes

New York's road feed carried 22 crash alerts in October.

Routes with the most crash alerts

I-95 — 3
I-87 — 3
I-90 — 2

Closures and roadwork

46 closures and 471 roadwork records were on New York's feed in October, out of 590 alerts of all types.

Routes with the most alerts in New York

US-9 — 26
I-87 — 24
NY-5 — 14
I-90 — 14
I-81 — 13

Compared with earlier months

See the feed change note at the top of this page.

Unique alerts on New York's feed in each full month MileCheck has.

By month

September — 3,429 alerts: 117 crashes, 265 closures, 3,001 roadwork
October — 590 alerts: 22 crashes, 46 closures, 471 roadwork

Border waits

Waits to enter the United States in standard passenger lanes at New York's crossings, October, from hourly readings. Dates are local.

By crossing

Buffalo/Niagara Falls / Peace Bridge — highest 1 hr 31 min (October 11), average 8 min
Buffalo/Niagara Falls / Rainbow Bridge — highest 1 hr 21 min (October 24), average 8 min
Buffalo/Niagara Falls / Lewiston Bridge — highest 55 min (October 3), average 4 min
Alexandria Bay / Thousand Islands Bridge — highest 45 min (October 31), average 4 min
Champlain — highest 40 min (October 4), average 3 min
Massena — no wait in any of 716 readings

Live waits are at milecheckapp.com/borders.

Wildfires

The national wildfire feed listed 1 fire record in New York as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

Largest fires, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

Cherry Plain (Rensselaer County), 251 acres, 99% contained

Thank you to the firefighters and crews who worked these fires all season.

Live fire perimeters are at milecheckapp.com/fire.

See the national report or another state or province.

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