Best Time to Drive from Sunset Park to Jersey City

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 Sunset Park to Jersey City 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	23	28	37	56	54	40	35	35	33	37	38	41	46	50	31	27	28
Tue	22	29	43	68	69	55	48	43	40	38	37	46	66	63	37	28	30
Wed	22	32	42	64	65	55	46	49	45	43	44	45	60	57	36	29	33
Thu	22	31	43	64	73	58	54	53	45	45	47	55	71	70	45	30	32
Fri	23	28	38	48	48	43	41	40	43	57	69	73	77	69	46	34	29
Sat	21	23	24	27	30	36	47	49	54	53	53	45	48	45	36	32	33
Sun	21	20	26	23	26	27	29	37	41	47	42	37	38	34	31	29	28

About this drive

On weekdays the 14-mile drive from Sunset Park to Jersey City (via I-478 West and I-278 North) usually takes as little as 22 minutes and up to 78 minutes, when leaving around 4:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 43 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1 pm on Saturdays (54 minutes).

About 11 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (8 to 27 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Sunset Park to central Jersey City 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 Sunset Park to Jersey City?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 22 minutes then, versus up to 78 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Sunset Park to Jersey City?

The 14-mile drive usually takes 22 to 78 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 43 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Sunset Park to Jersey City?

Leaving around 4:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 78 minutes.

More drives

Jersey City to Sunset Park (return trip) · Sunset Park to Staten Island · Sunset Park to Newark

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	23	28	37	56	54	40	35	35	33	37	38	41	46	50	31	27	28
Tue	22	29	43	68	69	55	48	43	40	38	37	46	66	63	37	28	30
Wed	22	32	42	64	65	55	46	49	45	43	44	45	60	57	36	29	33
Thu	22	31	43	64	73	58	54	53	45	45	47	55	71	70	45	30	32
Fri	23	28	38	48	48	43	41	40	43	57	69	73	77	69	46	34	29
Sat	21	23	24	27	30	36	47	49	54	53	53	45	48	45	36	32	33
Sun	21	20	26	23	26	27	29	37	41	47	42	37	38	34	31	29	28

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	23	28	37	56	54	40	35	35	33	37	38	41	46	50	31	27	28
Tue	22	29	43	68	69	55	48	43	40	38	37	46	66	63	37	28	30
Wed	22	32	42	64	65	55	46	49	45	43	44	45	60	57	36	29	33
Thu	22	31	43	64	73	58	54	53	45	45	47	55	71	70	45	30	32
Fri	23	28	38	48	48	43	41	40	43	57	69	73	77	69	46	34	29
Sat	21	23	24	27	30	36	47	49	54	53	53	45	48	45	36	32	33
Sun	21	20	26	23	26	27	29	37	41	47	42	37	38	34	31	29	28

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	23	28	37	56	54	40	35	35	33	37	38	41	46	50	31	27	28
Tue	22	29	43	68	69	55	48	43	40	38	37	46	66	63	37	28	30
Wed	22	32	42	64	65	55	46	49	45	43	44	45	60	57	36	29	33
Thu	22	31	43	64	73	58	54	53	45	45	47	55	71	70	45	30	32
Fri	23	28	38	48	48	43	41	40	43	57	69	73	77	69	46	34	29
Sat	21	23	24	27	30	36	47	49	54	53	53	45	48	45	36	32	33
Sun	21	20	26	23	26	27	29	37	41	47	42	37	38	34	31	29	28