From the car centric US point of view,yes. However, being able to get everywhere anytime by car and be able to park anywhere is fundamentally incompatible with having a non-car centric city. It is two sides of the same coin. NYC is pretty much the only major city in the US where a large area is actually not totally car-centric.
its car free because its impossible to get anywhere in NYC with a car.
From the car centric US point of view,yes. However, being able to get everywhere anytime by car and be able to park anywhere is fundamentally incompatible with having a non-car centric city. It is two sides of the same coin. NYC is pretty much the only major city in the US where a large area is actually not totally car-centric.