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May 21, 2025 | 8:10 am

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Originally Posted by themicah

You can get estimates for specific dates/times from Google Maps. For 3pm on June 19 it estimates 55 minutes to 1:40 for EWR-JFK. I would budget 2 hours to be safe as traffic can definitely be brutal.

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Originally Posted by progapanda

A lot of the traffic between NYC and JFK is going away from the city. Construction around JFK has also made traffic a lot more congested. Getting from EWR to the NYC boros will be the easier part here, it will be the drive towards JFK from there that will be less predictable, especially due to construction right around JFK (I've spent 20+ minutes just trying to get to my Terminal after entering JFK's airport roadways recently!).

I agree 1h:45m to 2h:00 is what you'd want to bank on.

Thanks both. That is what I was thinking but glad to have some validation. I have done this several times lately, but always a bit later in the day.
I only have to make it to Federal Circle to Rental Car Return, and am budgeting 2 hours for the drive.

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