Travel time to midtown from Brooklyn?
If anyone still follows this, can anyone tell me a reasonable time estimate for taking either a Lyft / Uber from Bushwick to the east 58 Street area for a 10:00 AM appointment? My friend needs some help (assistance) to get to an appointment tomorrow morning. We can arrive early, but really trying to NOT be late.
Not sure if we will end up taking a downtown bridge, the Midtown Tunnel, or 59 Street Bridge, but time estimates and related tips appreciated.
UPDATED September 25, 2018: Forgot to update, but here's information weeks later. We scheduled a pick up that was just a bit over an hour to our appt. The estimated ETA according to the app was about 25-30 minutes, but it took 45 minutes to get to a location three blocks from our appointment. My friend and I opted to get off three blocks from our location and walk, as we believed (due to traffic patterns in that area), it would have taken us 10-15 minutes (most likely the longer time, 15 minutes) to get to our appointment because of one way traffic patterns, stop lights, etc. It took us 5 minutes to walk from the drop-off three blocks away and we just barely made it to appt. on time.
Thus the Uber / Lyft time estimates are NOT based on actual, real-time traffic patterns so please factor this in. We're glad we overestimated the time just in case.
Not sure if we will end up taking a downtown bridge, the Midtown Tunnel, or 59 Street Bridge, but time estimates and related tips appreciated.
UPDATED September 25, 2018: Forgot to update, but here's information weeks later. We scheduled a pick up that was just a bit over an hour to our appt. The estimated ETA according to the app was about 25-30 minutes, but it took 45 minutes to get to a location three blocks from our appointment. My friend and I opted to get off three blocks from our location and walk, as we believed (due to traffic patterns in that area), it would have taken us 10-15 minutes (most likely the longer time, 15 minutes) to get to our appointment because of one way traffic patterns, stop lights, etc. It took us 5 minutes to walk from the drop-off three blocks away and we just barely made it to appt. on time.
Thus the Uber / Lyft time estimates are NOT based on actual, real-time traffic patterns so please factor this in. We're glad we overestimated the time just in case.