Commute time by car Park Slope to Exit 49 LIE (Rt 110) (Ashland: live in, reverse commute)

[chicagomarc]

Anyone out there doing the reverse commute from Park Slope to Exit 49 on the LIE. How long at 7 or 8am and back to Brooklyn at 6 or 7pm?

Appreciate the advice.

[Cyclops99]

I would say it should take from an hour to an hour and a half depending on traffic. I go out to long island but live in Queens and take the Southern State usually. I think that leaving at 7am would be best to avoid traffic. There is usually more traffic when coming home...near the city.

[holden125]

It takes close to an hour with NO traffic, which happens rarely if ever.

If you go early, though, you might not do too badly going out. I suggest picking up the BQE at Prince St and Tillary. It's best to use Ashland Place and Myrtle to get up there. You bypass a lot of the mess near the Brooklyn/Manhattan Bridges. In the past you could access Ashland Place from 4th Ave near Flatbush, but they've closed that off. You can still get Ashland via 3rd Ave/Lafayette near BAM, or take Vanderbilt up.

Unfortunately, from 6 to 7 pm is a mess either direction.