Best Time to Drive from Fort Lee to Brooklyn

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 Fort Lee to Brooklyn 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	35	70	75	80	77	79	81	74	75	71	70	83	85	84	67	52	49
Tue	32	65	76	78	77	78	83	80	75	75	76	80	82	86	72	60	73
Wed	35	66	75	75	74	77	80	71	75	74	73	80	86	89	76	66	75
Thu	33	70	69	73	78	77	82	76	76	74	80	83	88	89	77	72	76
Fri	38	62	76	77	76	68	76	74	71	73	80	91	89	77	75	74	63
Sat	28	28	42	49	51	71	74	84	83	84	86	90	90	89	88	84	81
Sun	31	30	32	37	48	53	72	75	78	80	84	91	92	92	87	90	80

About this drive

On weekdays the 19-mile drive from Fort Lee to Brooklyn (via I-95 East and I-478 East) usually takes as little as 32 minutes and up to 95 minutes, when leaving around 5:30 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 75 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4:30 pm on Sundays (93 minutes).

About 13 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 6 miles surface streets (17 to 41 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Fort Lee to central Brooklyn 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 Fort Lee to Brooklyn?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 32 minutes then, versus up to 95 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Fort Lee to Brooklyn?

The 19-mile drive usually takes 32 to 95 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 75 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Fort Lee to Brooklyn?

Leaving around 5:30 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 95 minutes.

More drives

Brooklyn to Fort Lee (return trip) · Fort Lee to Queens · Fort Lee to The Bronx

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	35	70	75	80	77	79	81	74	75	71	70	83	85	84	67	52	49
Tue	32	65	76	78	77	78	83	80	75	75	76	80	82	86	72	60	73
Wed	35	66	75	75	74	77	80	71	75	74	73	80	86	89	76	66	75
Thu	33	70	69	73	78	77	82	76	76	74	80	83	88	89	77	72	76
Fri	38	62	76	77	76	68	76	74	71	73	80	91	89	77	75	74	63
Sat	28	28	42	49	51	71	74	84	83	84	86	90	90	89	88	84	81
Sun	31	30	32	37	48	53	72	75	78	80	84	91	92	92	87	90	80

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	35	70	75	80	77	79	81	74	75	71	70	83	85	84	67	52	49
Tue	32	65	76	78	77	78	83	80	75	75	76	80	82	86	72	60	73
Wed	35	66	75	75	74	77	80	71	75	74	73	80	86	89	76	66	75
Thu	33	70	69	73	78	77	82	76	76	74	80	83	88	89	77	72	76
Fri	38	62	76	77	76	68	76	74	71	73	80	91	89	77	75	74	63
Sat	28	28	42	49	51	71	74	84	83	84	86	90	90	89	88	84	81
Sun	31	30	32	37	48	53	72	75	78	80	84	91	92	92	87	90	80

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	35	70	75	80	77	79	81	74	75	71	70	83	85	84	67	52	49
Tue	32	65	76	78	77	78	83	80	75	75	76	80	82	86	72	60	73
Wed	35	66	75	75	74	77	80	71	75	74	73	80	86	89	76	66	75
Thu	33	70	69	73	78	77	82	76	76	74	80	83	88	89	77	72	76
Fri	38	62	76	77	76	68	76	74	71	73	80	91	89	77	75	74	63
Sat	28	28	42	49	51	71	74	84	83	84	86	90	90	89	88	84	81
Sun	31	30	32	37	48	53	72	75	78	80	84	91	92	92	87	90	80