Best Time to Drive from Gravesend 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 Gravesend 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	30	35	44	65	56	50	50	49	48	48	53	64	72	76	44	40	44
Tue	29	35	51	82	72	56	59	59	58	51	50	90	104	92	51	43	48
Wed	29	35	51	77	70	57	56	63	57	51	58	84	88	84	51	44	51
Thu	27	35	47	78	81	66	73	66	58	59	68	93	100	89	61	45	50
Fri	30	35	46	50	52	59	59	58	67	84	99	102	103	88	61	49	43
Sat	28	31	34	42	46	53	69	68	73	68	63	56	66	58	51	52	50
Sun	28	27	33	32	37	40	42	58	58	61	52	49	57	49	44	46	42

About this drive

On weekdays the 16-mile drive from Gravesend to Jersey City (via I-478 West) usually takes as little as 27 minutes and up to 105 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 58 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1 pm on Saturdays (73 minutes).

About 9 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 7 miles surface streets (17 to 57 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Gravesend 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 Gravesend to Jersey City?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 27 minutes then, versus up to 105 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 16-mile drive usually takes 27 to 105 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 58 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Gravesend to Jersey City?

Leaving around 4:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 105 minutes.

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Jersey City to Gravesend (return trip) · Gravesend to Staten Island · Gravesend to Newark

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	30	35	44	65	56	50	50	49	48	48	53	64	72	76	44	40	44
Tue	29	35	51	82	72	56	59	59	58	51	50	90	104	92	51	43	48
Wed	29	35	51	77	70	57	56	63	57	51	58	84	88	84	51	44	51
Thu	27	35	47	78	81	66	73	66	58	59	68	93	100	89	61	45	50
Fri	30	35	46	50	52	59	59	58	67	84	99	102	103	88	61	49	43
Sat	28	31	34	42	46	53	69	68	73	68	63	56	66	58	51	52	50
Sun	28	27	33	32	37	40	42	58	58	61	52	49	57	49	44	46	42

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	30	35	44	65	56	50	50	49	48	48	53	64	72	76	44	40	44
Tue	29	35	51	82	72	56	59	59	58	51	50	90	104	92	51	43	48
Wed	29	35	51	77	70	57	56	63	57	51	58	84	88	84	51	44	51
Thu	27	35	47	78	81	66	73	66	58	59	68	93	100	89	61	45	50
Fri	30	35	46	50	52	59	59	58	67	84	99	102	103	88	61	49	43
Sat	28	31	34	42	46	53	69	68	73	68	63	56	66	58	51	52	50
Sun	28	27	33	32	37	40	42	58	58	61	52	49	57	49	44	46	42

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	30	35	44	65	56	50	50	49	48	48	53	64	72	76	44	40	44
Tue	29	35	51	82	72	56	59	59	58	51	50	90	104	92	51	43	48
Wed	29	35	51	77	70	57	56	63	57	51	58	84	88	84	51	44	51
Thu	27	35	47	78	81	66	73	66	58	59	68	93	100	89	61	45	50
Fri	30	35	46	50	52	59	59	58	67	84	99	102	103	88	61	49	43
Sat	28	31	34	42	46	53	69	68	73	68	63	56	66	58	51	52	50
Sun	28	27	33	32	37	40	42	58	58	61	52	49	57	49	44	46	42