Best Time to Drive from Hempstead to Sheepshead Bay

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 Sheepshead Bay 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	32	56	53	46	45	42	41	40	43	42	44	46	46	51	52	44	49
Tue	29	54	47	45	47	43	45	44	42	47	48	57	60	62	62	59	56
Wed	29	53	56	51	47	45	42	40	41	42	53	56	52	55	55	50	49
Thu	31	56	63	47	43	54	49	54	52	51	52	59	53	63	53	47	43
Fri	32	51	54	45	43	44	49	47	53	51	63	55	56	58	57	51	51
Sat	34	36	31	39	37	40	39	42	45	48	46	47	51	53	52	55	53
Sun	35	31	32	37	40	39	42	47	47	47	49	53	55	52	53	50	47

About this drive

On weekdays the 23-mile drive from Hempstead to Sheepshead Bay (via Belt Pkwy West and Laurelton Pkwy South) usually takes as little as 29 minutes and up to 63 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 46 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 5:30 pm on Sundays (58 minutes).

About 19 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 5 miles surface streets (7 to 26 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Hempstead to central Sheepshead Bay 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 Sheepshead Bay?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 29 minutes then, versus up to 63 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Hempstead to Sheepshead Bay?

The 23-mile drive usually takes 29 to 63 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 46 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Hempstead to Sheepshead Bay?

Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 63 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	32	56	53	46	45	42	41	40	43	42	44	46	46	51	52	44	49
Tue	29	54	47	45	47	43	45	44	42	47	48	57	60	62	62	59	56
Wed	29	53	56	51	47	45	42	40	41	42	53	56	52	55	55	50	49
Thu	31	56	63	47	43	54	49	54	52	51	52	59	53	63	53	47	43
Fri	32	51	54	45	43	44	49	47	53	51	63	55	56	58	57	51	51
Sat	34	36	31	39	37	40	39	42	45	48	46	47	51	53	52	55	53
Sun	35	31	32	37	40	39	42	47	47	47	49	53	55	52	53	50	47

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	32	56	53	46	45	42	41	40	43	42	44	46	46	51	52	44	49
Tue	29	54	47	45	47	43	45	44	42	47	48	57	60	62	62	59	56
Wed	29	53	56	51	47	45	42	40	41	42	53	56	52	55	55	50	49
Thu	31	56	63	47	43	54	49	54	52	51	52	59	53	63	53	47	43
Fri	32	51	54	45	43	44	49	47	53	51	63	55	56	58	57	51	51
Sat	34	36	31	39	37	40	39	42	45	48	46	47	51	53	52	55	53
Sun	35	31	32	37	40	39	42	47	47	47	49	53	55	52	53	50	47

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	32	56	53	46	45	42	41	40	43	42	44	46	46	51	52	44	49
Tue	29	54	47	45	47	43	45	44	42	47	48	57	60	62	62	59	56
Wed	29	53	56	51	47	45	42	40	41	42	53	56	52	55	55	50	49
Thu	31	56	63	47	43	54	49	54	52	51	52	59	53	63	53	47	43
Fri	32	51	54	45	43	44	49	47	53	51	63	55	56	58	57	51	51
Sat	34	36	31	39	37	40	39	42	45	48	46	47	51	53	52	55	53
Sun	35	31	32	37	40	39	42	47	47	47	49	53	55	52	53	50	47