{"id":315285,"date":"2026-08-06T16:08:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315285\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:08:48","slug":"manhattan-like-youve-never-seen-it-no-cars-just-people-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315285\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Like You\u2019ve Never Seen It: No Cars, Just People Everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Imagine 20 miles of iconic Manhattan avenues, usually packed with bumper-to-bumper traffic and endless horn-honking, suddenly wiped completely clean of cars.Captured by @nyc_by_tk, this footage shows the return of Summer Streets\u2014an annual transformation where NYC shuts down engine noise to give the pavement back to the people. Thousands of runners, cyclists on free Citi Bikes, and families took over the open asphalt, surrounded by public art, fitness classes, and food trucks.Want to experience a silent Manhattan? The rare transformation returns for the next two Saturdays\u2014August 8 and August 15\u2014before moving to Brooklyn and the Bronx. Press play to see the city in a whole new light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Imagine 20 miles of iconic Manhattan avenues, usually packed with bumper-to-bumper traffic and endless horn-honking, suddenly wiped completely&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[118958,75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-315285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-citi-bikes","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}