Best Time to Drive from Bayonne to Brooklyn

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 Bayonne to Brooklyn 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	26	36	50	56	50	40	37	35	34	34	35	40	39	37	31	28	27
Tue	26	37	56	60	62	51	44	37	33	34	36	37	38	37	32	28	27
Wed	26	39	54	60	60	52	43	39	37	38	39	38	41	40	33	29	27
Thu	26	38	52	59	59	52	42	44	40	40	40	40	44	46	37	31	28
Fri	26	33	47	49	42	37	35	35	35	41	46	50	51	48	40	31	29
Sat	25	25	26	27	29	34	37	39	41	42	43	38	39	39	35	32	32
Sun	25	25	25	25	26	28	32	36	39	43	43	40	38	39	37	37	34

About this drive

On weekdays the 20-mile drive from Bayonne to Brooklyn (via I-278 East and I-278 North) usually takes as little as 26 minutes and up to 63 minutes, when leaving around 8:30 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 38 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2:30 pm on Saturdays (44 minutes).

About 16 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 4 miles surface streets (7 to 17 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Bayonne to central Brooklyn 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 Bayonne to Brooklyn?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 26 minutes then, versus up to 63 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Bayonne to Brooklyn?

The 20-mile drive usually takes 26 to 63 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 38 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Bayonne to Brooklyn?

Leaving around 8:30 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 63 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	26	36	50	56	50	40	37	35	34	34	35	40	39	37	31	28	27
Tue	26	37	56	60	62	51	44	37	33	34	36	37	38	37	32	28	27
Wed	26	39	54	60	60	52	43	39	37	38	39	38	41	40	33	29	27
Thu	26	38	52	59	59	52	42	44	40	40	40	40	44	46	37	31	28
Fri	26	33	47	49	42	37	35	35	35	41	46	50	51	48	40	31	29
Sat	25	25	26	27	29	34	37	39	41	42	43	38	39	39	35	32	32
Sun	25	25	25	25	26	28	32	36	39	43	43	40	38	39	37	37	34

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	26	36	50	56	50	40	37	35	34	34	35	40	39	37	31	28	27
Tue	26	37	56	60	62	51	44	37	33	34	36	37	38	37	32	28	27
Wed	26	39	54	60	60	52	43	39	37	38	39	38	41	40	33	29	27
Thu	26	38	52	59	59	52	42	44	40	40	40	40	44	46	37	31	28
Fri	26	33	47	49	42	37	35	35	35	41	46	50	51	48	40	31	29
Sat	25	25	26	27	29	34	37	39	41	42	43	38	39	39	35	32	32
Sun	25	25	25	25	26	28	32	36	39	43	43	40	38	39	37	37	34

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	26	36	50	56	50	40	37	35	34	34	35	40	39	37	31	28	27
Tue	26	37	56	60	62	51	44	37	33	34	36	37	38	37	32	28	27
Wed	26	39	54	60	60	52	43	39	37	38	39	38	41	40	33	29	27
Thu	26	38	52	59	59	52	42	44	40	40	40	40	44	46	37	31	28
Fri	26	33	47	49	42	37	35	35	35	41	46	50	51	48	40	31	29
Sat	25	25	26	27	29	34	37	39	41	42	43	38	39	39	35	32	32
Sun	25	25	25	25	26	28	32	36	39	43	43	40	38	39	37	37	34