Listen, in Paris street cafes with sidewalk seating are no biggie. But, they have the room to accommodate pedestrians. Yeah the cars are smaller and kinda odd looking sometimes but yeah. My point is that NYC (particularly below Houston) was not built with the same kind of planning. That plus the car centric American society didn't really call for it anyway.

However, NYC is often an incubator and instigator in movements of all types. Since my epileptic ass can't drive, I'd support more traffic patterns like what they did on 32nd between 6th and 7th. Blocked off a lane of traffic with boulders (which also double as much needed public seating for those who can't stand/walk for long periods), painted the lane green and labeled it a "pedestrian flow zone".