Best Time to Drive from Brooklyn to Jersey City

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 Jersey City 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	25	29	38	57	51	42	41	40	39	38	42	51	65	67	40	32	37
Tue	25	29	43	70	64	52	48	50	45	42	41	61	88	90	42	34	39
Wed	24	29	44	68	63	50	48	53	45	41	47	68	77	79	43	35	42
Thu	22	29	40	67	79	54	61	60	47	49	58	82	87	81	56	36	41
Fri	22	29	38	45	47	46	49	48	51	67	86	88	89	80	52	41	35
Sat	23	26	28	33	37	43	59	58	54	56	51	47	51	46	41	40	39
Sun	23	22	27	28	31	33	37	50	53	56	47	43	46	42	39	35	34

About this drive

On weekdays the 14-mile drive from Brooklyn to Jersey City (via I-478 West) usually takes as little as 22 minutes and up to 90 minutes, when leaving around 4:30 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 11:30 am on Saturdays (60 minutes).

About 9 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 5 miles surface streets (12 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 Jersey City 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 Jersey City?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 22 minutes then, versus up to 90 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Brooklyn to Jersey City?

The 14-mile drive usually takes 22 to 90 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 48 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Brooklyn to Jersey City?

Leaving around 4:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 90 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	25	29	38	57	51	42	41	40	39	38	42	51	65	67	40	32	37
Tue	25	29	43	70	64	52	48	50	45	42	41	61	88	90	42	34	39
Wed	24	29	44	68	63	50	48	53	45	41	47	68	77	79	43	35	42
Thu	22	29	40	67	79	54	61	60	47	49	58	82	87	81	56	36	41
Fri	22	29	38	45	47	46	49	48	51	67	86	88	89	80	52	41	35
Sat	23	26	28	33	37	43	59	58	54	56	51	47	51	46	41	40	39
Sun	23	22	27	28	31	33	37	50	53	56	47	43	46	42	39	35	34

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	25	29	38	57	51	42	41	40	39	38	42	51	65	67	40	32	37
Tue	25	29	43	70	64	52	48	50	45	42	41	61	88	90	42	34	39
Wed	24	29	44	68	63	50	48	53	45	41	47	68	77	79	43	35	42
Thu	22	29	40	67	79	54	61	60	47	49	58	82	87	81	56	36	41
Fri	22	29	38	45	47	46	49	48	51	67	86	88	89	80	52	41	35
Sat	23	26	28	33	37	43	59	58	54	56	51	47	51	46	41	40	39
Sun	23	22	27	28	31	33	37	50	53	56	47	43	46	42	39	35	34

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	25	29	38	57	51	42	41	40	39	38	42	51	65	67	40	32	37
Tue	25	29	43	70	64	52	48	50	45	42	41	61	88	90	42	34	39
Wed	24	29	44	68	63	50	48	53	45	41	47	68	77	79	43	35	42
Thu	22	29	40	67	79	54	61	60	47	49	58	82	87	81	56	36	41
Fri	22	29	38	45	47	46	49	48	51	67	86	88	89	80	52	41	35
Sat	23	26	28	33	37	43	59	58	54	56	51	47	51	46	41	40	39
Sun	23	22	27	28	31	33	37	50	53	56	47	43	46	42	39	35	34