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	49	64	72	78	61	62	53	50	72	48	73	87	95	88	90	66	61
Tue	30	53	80	91	75	56	72	45	82	80	109	114	111	109	116	112	115
Wed	29	74	108	100	103	106	76	41	41	39	91	110	108	112	121	110	104
Thu	39	99	100	58	43	42	45	49	48	74	75	67	61	65	57	49	43
Fri	31	44	51	45	37	98	105	108	117	114	52	45	107	114	118	119	119
Sat	38	32	33	52	56	54	42	71	95	105	115	105	115	117	122	123	122
Sun	41	40	46	73	68	57	74	84	86	98	98	101	86	85	85	75	71

About this drive

On weekdays the 21-mile drive from Brooklyn to Hempstead (via Belt Pkwy East) usually takes as little as 29 minutes and up to 122 minutes, when leaving around 1:30 pm on Fridays. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 68 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 8 pm on Saturdays (123 minutes).

About 11 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 10 miles surface streets (18 to 50 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 29 minutes then, versus up to 122 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 21-mile drive usually takes 29 to 122 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 68 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Brooklyn to Hempstead?

Leaving around 1:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 122 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	49	64	72	78	61	62	53	50	72	48	73	87	95	88	90	66	61
Tue	30	53	80	91	75	56	72	45	82	80	109	114	111	109	116	112	115
Wed	29	74	108	100	103	106	76	41	41	39	91	110	108	112	121	110	104
Thu	39	99	100	58	43	42	45	49	48	74	75	67	61	65	57	49	43
Fri	31	44	51	45	37	98	105	108	117	114	52	45	107	114	118	119	119
Sat	38	32	33	52	56	54	42	71	95	105	115	105	115	117	122	123	122
Sun	41	40	46	73	68	57	74	84	86	98	98	101	86	85	85	75	71

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	49	64	72	78	61	62	53	50	72	48	73	87	95	88	90	66	61
Tue	30	53	80	91	75	56	72	45	82	80	109	114	111	109	116	112	115
Wed	29	74	108	100	103	106	76	41	41	39	91	110	108	112	121	110	104
Thu	39	99	100	58	43	42	45	49	48	74	75	67	61	65	57	49	43
Fri	31	44	51	45	37	98	105	108	117	114	52	45	107	114	118	119	119
Sat	38	32	33	52	56	54	42	71	95	105	115	105	115	117	122	123	122
Sun	41	40	46	73	68	57	74	84	86	98	98	101	86	85	85	75	71

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	49	64	72	78	61	62	53	50	72	48	73	87	95	88	90	66	61
Tue	30	53	80	91	75	56	72	45	82	80	109	114	111	109	116	112	115
Wed	29	74	108	100	103	106	76	41	41	39	91	110	108	112	121	110	104
Thu	39	99	100	58	43	42	45	49	48	74	75	67	61	65	57	49	43
Fri	31	44	51	45	37	98	105	108	117	114	52	45	107	114	118	119	119
Sat	38	32	33	52	56	54	42	71	95	105	115	105	115	117	122	123	122
Sun	41	40	46	73	68	57	74	84	86	98	98	101	86	85	85	75	71