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	73	100	115	112	111	101	110	102	100	97	94	102	106	104	83	72	66
Tue	63	98	114	112	114	115	98	96	99	100	96	103	120	102	93	81	74
Wed	65	90	104	113	117	113	104	88	89	95	96	97	120	123	88	74	69
Thu	60	81	99	110	119	120	106	104	110	106	103	122	130	127	99	91	86
Fri	67	92	98	102	105	91	104	105	104	104	104	121	130	134	113	85	78
Sat	55	55	53	63	74	79	83	85	82	84	93	96	105	95	91	92	80
Sun	54	54	59	59	67	74	81	83	94	97	99	103	97	104	92	91	83

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 60 minutes and up to 134 minutes, when leaving around 6 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 100 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Sundays (105 minutes).

About 21 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 13 miles surface streets (30 to 74 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 before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 60 minutes then, versus up to 134 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 34-mile drive usually takes 60 to 134 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 100 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Brooklyn to Syosset?

Leaving around 6 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 134 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	73	100	115	112	111	101	110	102	100	97	94	102	106	104	83	72	66
Tue	63	98	114	112	114	115	98	96	99	100	96	103	120	102	93	81	74
Wed	65	90	104	113	117	113	104	88	89	95	96	97	120	123	88	74	69
Thu	60	81	99	110	119	120	106	104	110	106	103	122	130	127	99	91	86
Fri	67	92	98	102	105	91	104	105	104	104	104	121	130	134	113	85	78
Sat	55	55	53	63	74	79	83	85	82	84	93	96	105	95	91	92	80
Sun	54	54	59	59	67	74	81	83	94	97	99	103	97	104	92	91	83

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	73	100	115	112	111	101	110	102	100	97	94	102	106	104	83	72	66
Tue	63	98	114	112	114	115	98	96	99	100	96	103	120	102	93	81	74
Wed	65	90	104	113	117	113	104	88	89	95	96	97	120	123	88	74	69
Thu	60	81	99	110	119	120	106	104	110	106	103	122	130	127	99	91	86
Fri	67	92	98	102	105	91	104	105	104	104	104	121	130	134	113	85	78
Sat	55	55	53	63	74	79	83	85	82	84	93	96	105	95	91	92	80
Sun	54	54	59	59	67	74	81	83	94	97	99	103	97	104	92	91	83

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	73	100	115	112	111	101	110	102	100	97	94	102	106	104	83	72	66
Tue	63	98	114	112	114	115	98	96	99	100	96	103	120	102	93	81	74
Wed	65	90	104	113	117	113	104	88	89	95	96	97	120	123	88	74	69
Thu	60	81	99	110	119	120	106	104	110	106	103	122	130	127	99	91	86
Fri	67	92	98	102	105	91	104	105	104	104	104	121	130	134	113	85	78
Sat	55	55	53	63	74	79	83	85	82	84	93	96	105	95	91	92	80
Sun	54	54	59	59	67	74	81	83	94	97	99	103	97	104	92	91	83