Best Time to Drive from Hempstead 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 Hempstead 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	46	61	53	53	48	46	44	42	47	52	52	56	55	58	59	53	46
Tue	29	51	50	55	54	44	52	53	50	59	56	57	60	60	61	64	57
Wed	30	60	58	56	55	53	51	41	42	45	43	56	59	60	58	55	55
Thu	41	67	48	53	44	47	49	45	45	56	58	54	53	57	54	46	43
Fri	30	46	42	40	42	51	56	56	62	60	61	53	64	67	63	58	55
Sat	34	30	30	35	39	42	37	46	53	57	56	57	60	61	61	66	61
Sun	35	31	33	42	48	41	44	52	54	55	58	60	64	54	60	56	54

About this drive

On weekdays the 20-mile drive from Hempstead to Brooklyn (via Laurelton Pkwy South and Belt Pkwy West) usually takes as little as 29 minutes and up to 67 minutes, when leaving around 6 pm on Fridays. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 50 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 8 pm on Saturdays (66 minutes).

About 11 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 9 miles surface streets (16 to 42 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Hempstead 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 Hempstead to Brooklyn?

On weekdays, leave early in the morning or late in the evening. The drive usually takes about 29 minutes then, versus up to 67 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 20-mile drive usually takes 29 to 67 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 50 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Hempstead to Brooklyn?

Leaving around 6 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 67 minutes.

More drives

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	46	61	53	53	48	46	44	42	47	52	52	56	55	58	59	53	46
Tue	29	51	50	55	54	44	52	53	50	59	56	57	60	60	61	64	57
Wed	30	60	58	56	55	53	51	41	42	45	43	56	59	60	58	55	55
Thu	41	67	48	53	44	47	49	45	45	56	58	54	53	57	54	46	43
Fri	30	46	42	40	42	51	56	56	62	60	61	53	64	67	63	58	55
Sat	34	30	30	35	39	42	37	46	53	57	56	57	60	61	61	66	61
Sun	35	31	33	42	48	41	44	52	54	55	58	60	64	54	60	56	54

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	46	61	53	53	48	46	44	42	47	52	52	56	55	58	59	53	46
Tue	29	51	50	55	54	44	52	53	50	59	56	57	60	60	61	64	57
Wed	30	60	58	56	55	53	51	41	42	45	43	56	59	60	58	55	55
Thu	41	67	48	53	44	47	49	45	45	56	58	54	53	57	54	46	43
Fri	30	46	42	40	42	51	56	56	62	60	61	53	64	67	63	58	55
Sat	34	30	30	35	39	42	37	46	53	57	56	57	60	61	61	66	61
Sun	35	31	33	42	48	41	44	52	54	55	58	60	64	54	60	56	54

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	46	61	53	53	48	46	44	42	47	52	52	56	55	58	59	53	46
Tue	29	51	50	55	54	44	52	53	50	59	56	57	60	60	61	64	57
Wed	30	60	58	56	55	53	51	41	42	45	43	56	59	60	58	55	55
Thu	41	67	48	53	44	47	49	45	45	56	58	54	53	57	54	46	43
Fri	30	46	42	40	42	51	56	56	62	60	61	53	64	67	63	58	55
Sat	34	30	30	35	39	42	37	46	53	57	56	57	60	61	61	66	61
Sun	35	31	33	42	48	41	44	52	54	55	58	60	64	54	60	56	54