Best Time to Drive from Sunnyside 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 Sunnyside 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	19	25	27	29	30	33	38	31	32	31	30	35	37	37	31	29	28
Tue	19	25	27	32	30	32	39	32	33	31	31	34	38	37	35	32	31
Wed	20	26	28	29	30	31	38	34	36	32	32	35	38	37	34	33	32
Thu	20	26	29	29	33	32	41	33	34	34	32	35	37	37	36	35	34
Fri	20	25	28	29	30	31	36	31	31	31	32	35	35	34	32	32	30
Sat	20	19	22	26	26	29	29	29	29	30	29	31	34	34	34	33	32
Sun	20	19	19	21	26	26	27	28	29	30	29	31	33	33	31	32	32

About this drive

On weekdays the 12-mile drive from Sunnyside to Brooklyn (via I-278 South) usually takes as little as 19 minutes and up to 41 minutes, when leaving around 11 am on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 34 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 5:30 pm on Saturdays (36 minutes).

About 8 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 4 miles surface streets (10 to 25 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Sunnyside 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 Sunnyside to Brooklyn?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 19 minutes then, versus up to 41 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 12-mile drive usually takes 19 to 41 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 34 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Sunnyside to Brooklyn?

Leaving around 11 am on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 41 minutes.

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Brooklyn to Sunnyside (return trip)

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	19	25	27	29	30	33	38	31	32	31	30	35	37	37	31	29	28
Tue	19	25	27	32	30	32	39	32	33	31	31	34	38	37	35	32	31
Wed	20	26	28	29	30	31	38	34	36	32	32	35	38	37	34	33	32
Thu	20	26	29	29	33	32	41	33	34	34	32	35	37	37	36	35	34
Fri	20	25	28	29	30	31	36	31	31	31	32	35	35	34	32	32	30
Sat	20	19	22	26	26	29	29	29	29	30	29	31	34	34	34	33	32
Sun	20	19	19	21	26	26	27	28	29	30	29	31	33	33	31	32	32

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	19	25	27	29	30	33	38	31	32	31	30	35	37	37	31	29	28
Tue	19	25	27	32	30	32	39	32	33	31	31	34	38	37	35	32	31
Wed	20	26	28	29	30	31	38	34	36	32	32	35	38	37	34	33	32
Thu	20	26	29	29	33	32	41	33	34	34	32	35	37	37	36	35	34
Fri	20	25	28	29	30	31	36	31	31	31	32	35	35	34	32	32	30
Sat	20	19	22	26	26	29	29	29	29	30	29	31	34	34	34	33	32
Sun	20	19	19	21	26	26	27	28	29	30	29	31	33	33	31	32	32

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	19	25	27	29	30	33	38	31	32	31	30	35	37	37	31	29	28
Tue	19	25	27	32	30	32	39	32	33	31	31	34	38	37	35	32	31
Wed	20	26	28	29	30	31	38	34	36	32	32	35	38	37	34	33	32
Thu	20	26	29	29	33	32	41	33	34	34	32	35	37	37	36	35	34
Fri	20	25	28	29	30	31	36	31	31	31	32	35	35	34	32	32	30
Sat	20	19	22	26	26	29	29	29	29	30	29	31	34	34	34	33	32
Sun	20	19	19	21	26	26	27	28	29	30	29	31	33	33	31	32	32