Best Time to Drive from Bushwick to Sunset Park

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 Bushwick to Sunset Park 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	19	25	28	31	33	35	38	32	33	31	31	37	41	39	32	29	29
Tue	18	25	29	34	33	35	40	34	34	32	33	37	42	40	37	33	32
Wed	19	26	29	31	33	35	40	35	36	34	33	37	42	41	36	34	33
Thu	19	25	29	32	36	35	42	36	36	36	35	39	42	42	39	36	35
Fri	19	24	29	30	31	33	37	33	33	34	35	39	40	38	35	32	31
Sat	21	19	21	25	26	30	30	30	31	32	32	34	36	36	36	35	34
Sun	20	18	19	22	25	26	27	29	31	32	31	33	35	35	33	33	32

About this drive

On weekdays the 10-mile drive from Bushwick to Sunset Park (via I-278 South) usually takes as little as 18 minutes and up to 42 minutes, when leaving around 11 am on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 35 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 5:30 pm on Saturdays (38 minutes).

About 5 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 4 miles surface streets (12 to 34 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Bushwick to central Sunset Park 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 Bushwick to Sunset Park?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 18 minutes then, versus up to 42 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Bushwick to Sunset Park?

The 10-mile drive usually takes 18 to 42 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 35 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Bushwick to Sunset Park?

Leaving around 11 am on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 42 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	19	25	28	31	33	35	38	32	33	31	31	37	41	39	32	29	29
Tue	18	25	29	34	33	35	40	34	34	32	33	37	42	40	37	33	32
Wed	19	26	29	31	33	35	40	35	36	34	33	37	42	41	36	34	33
Thu	19	25	29	32	36	35	42	36	36	36	35	39	42	42	39	36	35
Fri	19	24	29	30	31	33	37	33	33	34	35	39	40	38	35	32	31
Sat	21	19	21	25	26	30	30	30	31	32	32	34	36	36	36	35	34
Sun	20	18	19	22	25	26	27	29	31	32	31	33	35	35	33	33	32

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	19	25	28	31	33	35	38	32	33	31	31	37	41	39	32	29	29
Tue	18	25	29	34	33	35	40	34	34	32	33	37	42	40	37	33	32
Wed	19	26	29	31	33	35	40	35	36	34	33	37	42	41	36	34	33
Thu	19	25	29	32	36	35	42	36	36	36	35	39	42	42	39	36	35
Fri	19	24	29	30	31	33	37	33	33	34	35	39	40	38	35	32	31
Sat	21	19	21	25	26	30	30	30	31	32	32	34	36	36	36	35	34
Sun	20	18	19	22	25	26	27	29	31	32	31	33	35	35	33	33	32

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	19	25	28	31	33	35	38	32	33	31	31	37	41	39	32	29	29
Tue	18	25	29	34	33	35	40	34	34	32	33	37	42	40	37	33	32
Wed	19	26	29	31	33	35	40	35	36	34	33	37	42	41	36	34	33
Thu	19	25	29	32	36	35	42	36	36	36	35	39	42	42	39	36	35
Fri	19	24	29	30	31	33	37	33	33	34	35	39	40	38	35	32	31
Sat	21	19	21	25	26	30	30	30	31	32	32	34	36	36	36	35	34
Sun	20	18	19	22	25	26	27	29	31	32	31	33	35	35	33	33	32