Best Time to Drive from Bayside to Sheepshead Bay

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 Bayside to Sheepshead Bay 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	34	58	58	52	49	44	45	43	45	44	46	48	49	55	55	46	54
Tue	31	62	51	47	49	48	49	47	46	50	50	68	71	74	72	69	66
Wed	32	59	63	60	52	53	49	44	44	45	63	66	61	64	70	55	55
Thu	33	57	73	54	47	65	55	65	63	59	60	71	62	74	59	50	45
Fri	35	56	66	51	47	49	52	50	71	54	73	59	63	63	60	53	70
Sat	36	43	34	48	41	43	43	46	46	50	50	50	54	55	56	60	57
Sun	36	34	35	38	41	41	44	50	49	50	51	56	59	54	57	54	49

About this drive

On weekdays the 22-mile drive from Bayside to Sheepshead Bay (via Belt Pkwy West) usually takes as little as 31 minutes and up to 75 minutes, when leaving around 5:30 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 51 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 5:30 pm on Sundays (61 minutes).

About 14 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 7 miles surface streets (13 to 43 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Bayside to central Sheepshead Bay 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 Bayside to Sheepshead Bay?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 31 minutes then, versus up to 75 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Bayside to Sheepshead Bay?

The 22-mile drive usually takes 31 to 75 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 51 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Bayside to Sheepshead Bay?

Leaving around 5:30 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 75 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	34	58	58	52	49	44	45	43	45	44	46	48	49	55	55	46	54
Tue	31	62	51	47	49	48	49	47	46	50	50	68	71	74	72	69	66
Wed	32	59	63	60	52	53	49	44	44	45	63	66	61	64	70	55	55
Thu	33	57	73	54	47	65	55	65	63	59	60	71	62	74	59	50	45
Fri	35	56	66	51	47	49	52	50	71	54	73	59	63	63	60	53	70
Sat	36	43	34	48	41	43	43	46	46	50	50	50	54	55	56	60	57
Sun	36	34	35	38	41	41	44	50	49	50	51	56	59	54	57	54	49

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	34	58	58	52	49	44	45	43	45	44	46	48	49	55	55	46	54
Tue	31	62	51	47	49	48	49	47	46	50	50	68	71	74	72	69	66
Wed	32	59	63	60	52	53	49	44	44	45	63	66	61	64	70	55	55
Thu	33	57	73	54	47	65	55	65	63	59	60	71	62	74	59	50	45
Fri	35	56	66	51	47	49	52	50	71	54	73	59	63	63	60	53	70
Sat	36	43	34	48	41	43	43	46	46	50	50	50	54	55	56	60	57
Sun	36	34	35	38	41	41	44	50	49	50	51	56	59	54	57	54	49

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	34	58	58	52	49	44	45	43	45	44	46	48	49	55	55	46	54
Tue	31	62	51	47	49	48	49	47	46	50	50	68	71	74	72	69	66
Wed	32	59	63	60	52	53	49	44	44	45	63	66	61	64	70	55	55
Thu	33	57	73	54	47	65	55	65	63	59	60	71	62	74	59	50	45
Fri	35	56	66	51	47	49	52	50	71	54	73	59	63	63	60	53	70
Sat	36	43	34	48	41	43	43	46	46	50	50	50	54	55	56	60	57
Sun	36	34	35	38	41	41	44	50	49	50	51	56	59	54	57	54	49