Best Time to Drive from Syosset 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 Syosset 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	59	80	83	76	81	112	110	117	94	87	78	92	106	102	87	68	62
Tue	56	90	84	89	89	123	125	107	98	93	80	96	113	113	93	73	62
Wed	56	97	93	91	89	124	123	109	93	87	83	98	123	124	113	72	63
Thu	61	82	76	79	88	132	122	99	94	92	86	101	129	132	116	76	64
Fri	59	86	77	73	73	98	90	106	102	100	95	112	124	132	122	99	69
Sat	53	54	55	60	73	81	81	76	78	79	79	86	89	96	91	90	86
Sun	52	50	52	52	58	68	76	83	78	77	81	83	86	87	100	98	88

About this drive

On weekdays the 34-mile drive from Syosset to Brooklyn (via I-495 West and Cross Island Pkwy South and Belt Pkwy West) usually takes as little as 56 minutes and up to 134 minutes, when leaving around 5:30 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 103 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 7 pm on Sundays (100 minutes).

About 18 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 15 miles surface streets (29 to 85 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Syosset 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 Syosset to Brooklyn?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 56 minutes then, versus up to 134 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 34-mile drive usually takes 56 to 134 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 103 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Syosset to Brooklyn?

Leaving around 5:30 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 134 minutes.

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Brooklyn to Syosset (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	59	80	83	76	81	112	110	117	94	87	78	92	106	102	87	68	62
Tue	56	90	84	89	89	123	125	107	98	93	80	96	113	113	93	73	62
Wed	56	97	93	91	89	124	123	109	93	87	83	98	123	124	113	72	63
Thu	61	82	76	79	88	132	122	99	94	92	86	101	129	132	116	76	64
Fri	59	86	77	73	73	98	90	106	102	100	95	112	124	132	122	99	69
Sat	53	54	55	60	73	81	81	76	78	79	79	86	89	96	91	90	86
Sun	52	50	52	52	58	68	76	83	78	77	81	83	86	87	100	98	88

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	59	80	83	76	81	112	110	117	94	87	78	92	106	102	87	68	62
Tue	56	90	84	89	89	123	125	107	98	93	80	96	113	113	93	73	62
Wed	56	97	93	91	89	124	123	109	93	87	83	98	123	124	113	72	63
Thu	61	82	76	79	88	132	122	99	94	92	86	101	129	132	116	76	64
Fri	59	86	77	73	73	98	90	106	102	100	95	112	124	132	122	99	69
Sat	53	54	55	60	73	81	81	76	78	79	79	86	89	96	91	90	86
Sun	52	50	52	52	58	68	76	83	78	77	81	83	86	87	100	98	88

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	59	80	83	76	81	112	110	117	94	87	78	92	106	102	87	68	62
Tue	56	90	84	89	89	123	125	107	98	93	80	96	113	113	93	73	62
Wed	56	97	93	91	89	124	123	109	93	87	83	98	123	124	113	72	63
Thu	61	82	76	79	88	132	122	99	94	92	86	101	129	132	116	76	64
Fri	59	86	77	73	73	98	90	106	102	100	95	112	124	132	122	99	69
Sat	53	54	55	60	73	81	81	76	78	79	79	86	89	96	91	90	86
Sun	52	50	52	52	58	68	76	83	78	77	81	83	86	87	100	98	88