Best Time to Drive from Sheepshead Bay to Bayside

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 Sheepshead Bay to Bayside 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	45	61	81	85	72	65	62	55	58	58	69	75	80	75	69	59	57
Tue	38	57	93	89	79	68	81	50	61	96	101	115	121	126	88	80	78
Wed	42	61	87	83	69	67	75	58	51	66	85	91	89	84	89	80	77
Thu	46	77	105	75	59	58	58	71	60	80	69	77	70	75	81	62	52
Fri	52	62	69	67	76	83	94	95	105	102	93	110	116	108	121	115	118
Sat	42	38	48	55	70	63	69	68	98	87	75	86	96	90	95	93	92
Sun	46	51	48	71	70	69	84	91	96	94	95	103	94	93	83	60	60

About this drive

On weekdays the 24-mile drive from Sheepshead Bay to Bayside (via Belt Pkwy East and Cross Island Pkwy North) usually takes as little as 38 minutes and up to 126 minutes, when leaving around 6 pm on Tuesdays. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 70 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1:30 pm on Saturdays (105 minutes).

About 14 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 10 miles surface streets (16 to 47 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Sheepshead Bay to central Bayside 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 Sheepshead Bay to Bayside?

On weekdays, leave early in the morning or late in the evening. The drive usually takes about 38 minutes then, versus up to 126 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 24-mile drive usually takes 38 to 126 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 70 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Sheepshead Bay to Bayside?

Leaving around 6 pm on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 126 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	45	61	81	85	72	65	62	55	58	58	69	75	80	75	69	59	57
Tue	38	57	93	89	79	68	81	50	61	96	101	115	121	126	88	80	78
Wed	42	61	87	83	69	67	75	58	51	66	85	91	89	84	89	80	77
Thu	46	77	105	75	59	58	58	71	60	80	69	77	70	75	81	62	52
Fri	52	62	69	67	76	83	94	95	105	102	93	110	116	108	121	115	118
Sat	42	38	48	55	70	63	69	68	98	87	75	86	96	90	95	93	92
Sun	46	51	48	71	70	69	84	91	96	94	95	103	94	93	83	60	60

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	45	61	81	85	72	65	62	55	58	58	69	75	80	75	69	59	57
Tue	38	57	93	89	79	68	81	50	61	96	101	115	121	126	88	80	78
Wed	42	61	87	83	69	67	75	58	51	66	85	91	89	84	89	80	77
Thu	46	77	105	75	59	58	58	71	60	80	69	77	70	75	81	62	52
Fri	52	62	69	67	76	83	94	95	105	102	93	110	116	108	121	115	118
Sat	42	38	48	55	70	63	69	68	98	87	75	86	96	90	95	93	92
Sun	46	51	48	71	70	69	84	91	96	94	95	103	94	93	83	60	60

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	45	61	81	85	72	65	62	55	58	58	69	75	80	75	69	59	57
Tue	38	57	93	89	79	68	81	50	61	96	101	115	121	126	88	80	78
Wed	42	61	87	83	69	67	75	58	51	66	85	91	89	84	89	80	77
Thu	46	77	105	75	59	58	58	71	60	80	69	77	70	75	81	62	52
Fri	52	62	69	67	76	83	94	95	105	102	93	110	116	108	121	115	118
Sat	42	38	48	55	70	63	69	68	98	87	75	86	96	90	95	93	92
Sun	46	51	48	71	70	69	84	91	96	94	95	103	94	93	83	60	60