HOFSTRA to Brooklyn via LIRR
Total travel time ranges from 1 hr 3 minutes to 1 hr 44 min.
Daytime service via Hempstead
Buses leave from California Ave near the Hofstra Deli. 1.63 miles (24-34 minutes to walk @ 3-4mph).
Most buses are slower than walking.
Walking directions to Hempstead train station: East on Hempstead Turnpike, becomes
Fulton Ave (1.2 mile). Then Right on Washington Ave (2 block) to Columbia, Left ½ block.
| Leave Hofstra Deli | Arrive Hempstead | LIRR Departs | Bus time (MPH) | Arrive Flatbush Ave | Train time | Total Travel Time |
7:10a |
7:30a |
7:36 |
26min (3.9mph) |
8:28 |
52 min | 1 hr 18 min |
8:24a |
8:38a |
8:45 |
21min (4.8mph) |
9:34 |
49 min | 1 hr 10 min |
9:19a |
9:33a |
10:11 |
52min (2mph) |
11:03 |
52 min | 1 hr 44 min |
| Every hour at X:19 until 2:19p | X:33 until 2:33p | (X+1):ll until 3:11 | 52min (2mph) | (X+2):03 until 4:03p | 52 min | 1 hr 44 min |
3:19p |
3:33p |
4:04p |
45min (2.3mph) |
4:52p |
48 min | 1hr 33 min |
4:24p |
4:38p |
4:53p |
29min (3.5mph) |
5:43p |
50 min | 1hr 19 min |
5:19p |
5:28p (sic) |
5:41p |
22min (4.6mph) |
6:34p |
53 min | 1hr 15 min |
6:24p |
6:38p |
7:09p |
45min (2.3mph) |
8:00p |
51 min | 1hr 36 min |
8:34p |
8:48p |
9:01p |
27min (3.8mph) |
9:53p |
52 min | 1hr 19 min |
Extra RUSH HOUR SERVICE
Leaves from near the Public Safety Building, via Mineola (3.9 miles)
Lv Pub Safety |
Bus time/mph |
Lv on LIRR |
Arr Flatbush |
Train Travel Time | Total Travel Time |
5:07p |
31min (7.5mph) |
5:38p |
6:23p |
45 min | 1hr 16 |
6:07p |
13min (18mph) |
6:20 Hempstead |
7:10 |
50 min | 1 hr 3 min |
7:07p |
26min (9mph) |
7:33p |
8:21p |
48 min | 1 hr 14 |
8:07p |
26min (9mph) |
8:33p |
9:26p |
53 min | 1 hr 19 |
Nights: buses leave from Hofstra Deli - via Mineola (3.9 miles)
Lv Deli |
Arr Mineola |
Lv on LIRR |
Arr Flatbush |
9:24p |
9:45p |
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every hr x:24p to 12:24a |
X:45p to 12:45a |
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LIRR: http://lirr42.mta.info/DepartSchedule.asp.
Hofstra Bus: http://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/about/infocenter/info_bussched.pdf
If the Hofstra Bus were scheduled to meet the LIRR, mass transit would be faster than driving at almost all times of day.
Driving time without traffic (per Mapquest): 43 min (30 miles). Rush hour driving is usually twice that. Allow 30 minutes for parking at Hofstra after 10 am.