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	51	66	79	77	59	53	53	54	52	54	72	77	76	72	74	51	47
Tue	38	61	88	81	74	68	72	60	84	104	113	78	55	55	51	49	49
Wed	38	63	70	67	61	57	51	49	51	54	55	52	56	56	52	48	46
Thu	38	63	69	67	60	59	54	52	51	59	52	54	58	62	55	50	50
Fri	37	56	59	58	53	50	57	53	58	59	55	57	62	65	61	50	48
Sat	40	40	42	42	46	51	59	94	107	108	109	113	110	108	113	111	112
Sun	39	39	39	39	50	47	57	66	63	72	71	70	69	64	62	57	55

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 37 minutes and up to 116 minutes, when leaving around 2:30 pm on Tuesdays. 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 2:30 pm on Saturdays (115 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 36 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 before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 37 minutes then, versus up to 116 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 24-mile drive usually takes 37 to 116 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 58 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Sheepshead Bay to Bayside?

Leaving around 2:30 pm on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 116 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	51	66	79	77	59	53	53	54	52	54	72	77	76	72	74	51	47
Tue	38	61	88	81	74	68	72	60	84	104	113	78	55	55	51	49	49
Wed	38	63	70	67	61	57	51	49	51	54	55	52	56	56	52	48	46
Thu	38	63	69	67	60	59	54	52	51	59	52	54	58	62	55	50	50
Fri	37	56	59	58	53	50	57	53	58	59	55	57	62	65	61	50	48
Sat	40	40	42	42	46	51	59	94	107	108	109	113	110	108	113	111	112
Sun	39	39	39	39	50	47	57	66	63	72	71	70	69	64	62	57	55

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	51	66	79	77	59	53	53	54	52	54	72	77	76	72	74	51	47
Tue	38	61	88	81	74	68	72	60	84	104	113	78	55	55	51	49	49
Wed	38	63	70	67	61	57	51	49	51	54	55	52	56	56	52	48	46
Thu	38	63	69	67	60	59	54	52	51	59	52	54	58	62	55	50	50
Fri	37	56	59	58	53	50	57	53	58	59	55	57	62	65	61	50	48
Sat	40	40	42	42	46	51	59	94	107	108	109	113	110	108	113	111	112
Sun	39	39	39	39	50	47	57	66	63	72	71	70	69	64	62	57	55

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	51	66	79	77	59	53	53	54	52	54	72	77	76	72	74	51	47
Tue	38	61	88	81	74	68	72	60	84	104	113	78	55	55	51	49	49
Wed	38	63	70	67	61	57	51	49	51	54	55	52	56	56	52	48	46
Thu	38	63	69	67	60	59	54	52	51	59	52	54	58	62	55	50	50
Fri	37	56	59	58	53	50	57	53	58	59	55	57	62	65	61	50	48
Sat	40	40	42	42	46	51	59	94	107	108	109	113	110	108	113	111	112
Sun	39	39	39	39	50	47	57	66	63	72	71	70	69	64	62	57	55