Best Time to Drive from Brooklyn to Hempstead

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 Brooklyn to Hempstead 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	66	80	94	94	79	76	79	88	93	97	90	90	90	95	77	67	64
Tue	42	70	85	90	78	71	70	76	82	95	94	92	99	98	100	80	77
Wed	39	53	69	83	70	64	62	61	72	84	82	77	87	88	79	67	62
Thu	40	55	68	81	74	85	92	97	96	98	97	97	100	100	97	96	91
Fri	49	69	78	84	76	73	71	77	85	88	90	92	86	98	93	79	78
Sat	41	44	38	42	49	51	58	65	67	69	73	74	74	68	69	73	70
Sun	44	44	49	47	49	56	61	70	82	87	95	98	90	92	76	77	79

About this drive

On weekdays the 21-mile drive from Brooklyn to Hempstead (via Belt Pkwy East) usually takes as little as 39 minutes and up to 100 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Thursdays. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 83 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4 pm on Sundays (98 minutes).

About 11 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 10 miles surface streets (20 to 43 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Brooklyn to central Hempstead 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 Brooklyn to Hempstead?

On weekdays, leave early in the morning or late in the evening. The drive usually takes about 39 minutes then, versus up to 100 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 21-mile drive usually takes 39 to 100 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 83 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Brooklyn to Hempstead?

Leaving around 5 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 100 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	66	80	94	94	79	76	79	88	93	97	90	90	90	95	77	67	64
Tue	42	70	85	90	78	71	70	76	82	95	94	92	99	98	100	80	77
Wed	39	53	69	83	70	64	62	61	72	84	82	77	87	88	79	67	62
Thu	40	55	68	81	74	85	92	97	96	98	97	97	100	100	97	96	91
Fri	49	69	78	84	76	73	71	77	85	88	90	92	86	98	93	79	78
Sat	41	44	38	42	49	51	58	65	67	69	73	74	74	68	69	73	70
Sun	44	44	49	47	49	56	61	70	82	87	95	98	90	92	76	77	79

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	66	80	94	94	79	76	79	88	93	97	90	90	90	95	77	67	64
Tue	42	70	85	90	78	71	70	76	82	95	94	92	99	98	100	80	77
Wed	39	53	69	83	70	64	62	61	72	84	82	77	87	88	79	67	62
Thu	40	55	68	81	74	85	92	97	96	98	97	97	100	100	97	96	91
Fri	49	69	78	84	76	73	71	77	85	88	90	92	86	98	93	79	78
Sat	41	44	38	42	49	51	58	65	67	69	73	74	74	68	69	73	70
Sun	44	44	49	47	49	56	61	70	82	87	95	98	90	92	76	77	79

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	66	80	94	94	79	76	79	88	93	97	90	90	90	95	77	67	64
Tue	42	70	85	90	78	71	70	76	82	95	94	92	99	98	100	80	77
Wed	39	53	69	83	70	64	62	61	72	84	82	77	87	88	79	67	62
Thu	40	55	68	81	74	85	92	97	96	98	97	97	100	100	97	96	91
Fri	49	69	78	84	76	73	71	77	85	88	90	92	86	98	93	79	78
Sat	41	44	38	42	49	51	58	65	67	69	73	74	74	68	69	73	70
Sun	44	44	49	47	49	56	61	70	82	87	95	98	90	92	76	77	79