Best Time to Drive from Brooklyn to Syosset

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 Syosset 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	70	94	90	101	88	104	99	81	81	73	78	100	105	97	88	73	63
Tue	56	86	104	111	115	100	108	86	95	98	106	119	131	110	97	64	64
Wed	64	96	108	118	126	105	102	87	77	87	92	123	127	126	100	91	89
Thu	54	88	116	118	96	98	91	79	79	86	86	88	106	108	88	65	59
Fri	56	80	80	80	80	110	119	124	132	127	140	142	135	133	122	101	94
Sat	51	48	49	62	66	86	69	82	90	106	90	95	129	123	126	115	112
Sun	50	49	53	67	76	71	83	90	88	98	94	101	102	103	99	87	78

About this drive

On weekdays the 34-mile drive from Brooklyn to Syosset (via Cross Island Pkwy North and Belt Pkwy East) usually takes as little as 54 minutes and up to 144 minutes, when leaving around 5:30 pm on Fridays. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 95 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 5 pm on Saturdays (129 minutes).

About 21 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 13 miles surface streets (29 to 75 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Brooklyn to central Syosset 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 Syosset?

On weekdays, leave early in the morning or late in the evening. The drive usually takes about 54 minutes then, versus up to 144 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 34-mile drive usually takes 54 to 144 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 95 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Brooklyn to Syosset?

Leaving around 5:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 144 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	70	94	90	101	88	104	99	81	81	73	78	100	105	97	88	73	63
Tue	56	86	104	111	115	100	108	86	95	98	106	119	131	110	97	64	64
Wed	64	96	108	118	126	105	102	87	77	87	92	123	127	126	100	91	89
Thu	54	88	116	118	96	98	91	79	79	86	86	88	106	108	88	65	59
Fri	56	80	80	80	80	110	119	124	132	127	140	142	135	133	122	101	94
Sat	51	48	49	62	66	86	69	82	90	106	90	95	129	123	126	115	112
Sun	50	49	53	67	76	71	83	90	88	98	94	101	102	103	99	87	78

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	70	94	90	101	88	104	99	81	81	73	78	100	105	97	88	73	63
Tue	56	86	104	111	115	100	108	86	95	98	106	119	131	110	97	64	64
Wed	64	96	108	118	126	105	102	87	77	87	92	123	127	126	100	91	89
Thu	54	88	116	118	96	98	91	79	79	86	86	88	106	108	88	65	59
Fri	56	80	80	80	80	110	119	124	132	127	140	142	135	133	122	101	94
Sat	51	48	49	62	66	86	69	82	90	106	90	95	129	123	126	115	112
Sun	50	49	53	67	76	71	83	90	88	98	94	101	102	103	99	87	78

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	70	94	90	101	88	104	99	81	81	73	78	100	105	97	88	73	63
Tue	56	86	104	111	115	100	108	86	95	98	106	119	131	110	97	64	64
Wed	64	96	108	118	126	105	102	87	77	87	92	123	127	126	100	91	89
Thu	54	88	116	118	96	98	91	79	79	86	86	88	106	108	88	65	59
Fri	56	80	80	80	80	110	119	124	132	127	140	142	135	133	122	101	94
Sat	51	48	49	62	66	86	69	82	90	106	90	95	129	123	126	115	112
Sun	50	49	53	67	76	71	83	90	88	98	94	101	102	103	99	87	78