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	39	55	54	51	48	43	45	45	46	45	45	48	47	51	55	45	43
Tue	32	51	52	46	47	48	47	51	47	52	51	51	52	54	54	55	46
Wed	32	53	52	50	47	46	44	44	44	46	47	49	52	55	51	45	46
Thu	33	55	51	46	47	56	57	49	49	50	50	52	56	61	55	50	47
Fri	33	49	46	43	46	44	49	48	54	51	53	53	58	58	56	50	48
Sat	34	33	33	35	39	41	42	47	46	50	54	53	53	55	55	61	59
Sun	36	35	34	36	38	40	42	48	48	49	51	57	60	50	54	58	53

About this drive

On weekdays the 22-mile drive from Bayside to Sheepshead Bay (via Belt Pkwy West) usually takes as little as 32 minutes and up to 63 minutes, when leaving around 6:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 48 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 8:30 pm on Saturdays (62 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 28 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 32 minutes then, versus up to 63 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 22-mile drive usually takes 32 to 63 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 48 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Bayside to Sheepshead Bay?

Leaving around 6:30 pm on Fridays 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	39	55	54	51	48	43	45	45	46	45	45	48	47	51	55	45	43
Tue	32	51	52	46	47	48	47	51	47	52	51	51	52	54	54	55	46
Wed	32	53	52	50	47	46	44	44	44	46	47	49	52	55	51	45	46
Thu	33	55	51	46	47	56	57	49	49	50	50	52	56	61	55	50	47
Fri	33	49	46	43	46	44	49	48	54	51	53	53	58	58	56	50	48
Sat	34	33	33	35	39	41	42	47	46	50	54	53	53	55	55	61	59
Sun	36	35	34	36	38	40	42	48	48	49	51	57	60	50	54	58	53

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	39	55	54	51	48	43	45	45	46	45	45	48	47	51	55	45	43
Tue	32	51	52	46	47	48	47	51	47	52	51	51	52	54	54	55	46
Wed	32	53	52	50	47	46	44	44	44	46	47	49	52	55	51	45	46
Thu	33	55	51	46	47	56	57	49	49	50	50	52	56	61	55	50	47
Fri	33	49	46	43	46	44	49	48	54	51	53	53	58	58	56	50	48
Sat	34	33	33	35	39	41	42	47	46	50	54	53	53	55	55	61	59
Sun	36	35	34	36	38	40	42	48	48	49	51	57	60	50	54	58	53

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	39	55	54	51	48	43	45	45	46	45	45	48	47	51	55	45	43
Tue	32	51	52	46	47	48	47	51	47	52	51	51	52	54	54	55	46
Wed	32	53	52	50	47	46	44	44	44	46	47	49	52	55	51	45	46
Thu	33	55	51	46	47	56	57	49	49	50	50	52	56	61	55	50	47
Fri	33	49	46	43	46	44	49	48	54	51	53	53	58	58	56	50	48
Sat	34	33	33	35	39	41	42	47	46	50	54	53	53	55	55	61	59
Sun	36	35	34	36	38	40	42	48	48	49	51	57	60	50	54	58	53