I take the Brooklyn Bridge during daytime to exit at the Holland tunnel. Otherwise at nite I take the Manhattan to the Holland. At nite Canal St. moves.
There is no guarantee this is faster. It depends on the meter maids. Last time I went up Hudson St. & the maids weren’t letting you make that left. So I saved no time either way I would have gone. Maybe next time I’ll go all the way to West St. & then turn on Canal going East. Almost always the maids let you make that left into the tunnel.
The problem with the city is that you need at least 50 IQ to direct traffic and the maids don’t even have that much!