STATE OF NEW YORK
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7061--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 10, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Cities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend chapter 544 of the laws of 2022, authorizing the city of
New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county of
the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to the
railroad right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four
new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county,
in relation to authorizing the city of New York to discontinue a
portion of real property in the county of the Bronx as parkland and to
grant easements for improvements to the railroad right-of-way to bring
Metro-North railroad service to four new stations in the Bronx and to
Pennsylvania Station in the county of New York and making technical
corrections thereto; and to repeal section 6 of chapter 544 of the
laws of 2022, authorizing the city of New York to discontinue a
portion of real property in the county of the Bronx as parkland and to
grant easements for improvements to the railroad right-of-way to
bring Metro-North railroad service to four new stations in the Bronx
and to Pennsylvania Station in the county
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 544 of the laws of 2022, authorizing
2 the city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the
3 county of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements
4 to the railroad right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to
5 four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the coun-
6 ty, is amended to read as follows:
7 Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, but notwithstanding
8 any provision of law to the contrary, the city of New York is hereby
9 authorized to discontinue the use as parklands [of] the lands described
10 in [section] sections three and three-a of this act and to grant ease-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ments affecting such lands to the metropolitan transportation authority,
2 upon such terms and conditions as the city of New York shall determine,
3 to enable the metropolitan transportation authority and Metro-North
4 commuter railroad company, [an affiliate] a subsidiary of the metropol-
5 itan transportation authority, to construct improvements and gain
6 ingress and egress to and from railroad equipment, stations and right-
7 of-way on such former parkland, [and to construct below surface and
8 surface utility infrastructure,] in order to bring Metro-North commuter
9 railroad company service to four new stations in the Bronx and to Penn-
10 sylvania Station in the county of New York in connection with the capi-
11 tal project known as Penn Station Access.
12 § 2. Section 2 of chapter 544 of the laws of 2022, authorizing the
13 city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county
14 of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to the
15 railroad right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four new
16 stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county, is
17 amended to read as follows:
18 § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
19 effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an
20 amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands
21 being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or capi-
22 tal improvements to existing parklands and recreational facilities with-
23 in the borough of the Bronx.
24 § 3. Section 3 of chapter 544 of the laws of 2022, authorizing the
25 city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county
26 of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to the
27 railroad right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four new
28 stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county, is
29 amended to read as follows:
30 § 3. The lands hereby authorized to be discontinued as parklands and
31 for which easements may be granted to the metropolitan transportation
32 authority are located in the county of the Bronx, city and state of New
33 York, and are bounded and described as follows:
34 Easement 1 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14:
35 ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND
36 BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF
37 NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
38 AREA STE-115-03: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
39 Beginning at a point in the southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, as
40 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page
41 1136, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York,
42 Borough of the Bronx, same being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 8,
43 being N 65°40'15" W, distant 242.23 feet from the intersection of the
44 northeast line of E. 172nd Street (60 feet wide) and the northwest line
45 of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide) to a common corner of said Lots 14
46 and 8, N 30°52'59" E, distant 246.92 feet along a common line between
47 said Lots 14 and 8 to the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N
48 242,522.5836, E 1,016,853.7105, and running thence;
49 Northwesterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 14, N
50 59°07'01" W, a distance of 7.66 feet to a point, thence;
51 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 30°52'59" E, a
52 distance of 103.45 feet to a point, thence;
53 Southeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 59°07'01" E, a
54 distance of 7.66 feet to a point, said point being in the common line
55 between said Lots 14 and 8, thence;
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1 Southwesterly, along said common line, S 30°52'59" W, a distance of
2 103.45 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 792 square
3 feet (0.018 acres) of land more or less.
4 Easement 2 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
5 OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
6 COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
7 FOLLOWS:
8 AREA STE-116-02A: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
9 Beginning at a point in Block 3861, Lot 14, as depicted to the City of
10 New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page 1136, as recorded in the
11 Register's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, same
12 being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 8, being N 65°40'15" W,
13 distant 242.23 feet from the intersection of the northeast line of E.
14 172nd Street (60 feet wide) and the northwest line of Bronx River Avenue
15 (100 feet wide) to a common corner of said Lots 14, and 8, N 30°52'59"
16 E, distant 246.92 feet along a common line between said Lots 14 and 8, N
17 59°07'01" W, distant 7.66 feet leaving said common line and crossing
18 said Lot 14 to the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N
19 242,526.5132, E 1,016,847.1402, and running thence;
20 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 59°07'01" W, a
21 distance of 17.31 feet to a point, thence;
22 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 30°00'36" E, a
23 distance of 50.98 feet to a point, thence;
24 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N30°49'33"E, a distance
25 of 70.57 feet to a point, thence;
26 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 31°33'35" E, a
27 distance of 88.39 feet to a point, thence;
28 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 32°14'48" E, a
29 distance of 107.82 feet to a point, thence;
30 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 33°04'35" E, a
31 distance of 60.89 feet to a point, thence;
32 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 33°35'42" E, a
33 distance of 42.32 feet to a point, thence;
34 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14 along a curve to the
35 left, having a radius 771.90 feet, an arc length of 133.13 feet, and a
36 chord that bears N 27°40'31" E, a distance of 132.97 feet to a point,
37 thence;
38 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14 along a curve to the
39 left, having a radius 626.87 feet, an arc length of 27.45 feet, and a
40 chord that bears N 22°38'50" E, a distance of 27.45 feet to a point,
41 said point being in a northeast line of said Lot 14, same being a south-
42 west line of Block 3861, Lot 114, thence;
43 Southwesterly, along said common line, S 10°22'48" W, a distance of
44 77.44 feet to a point, thence;
45 Southwesterly, leaving said common line and crossing said Lot 14 along
46 a curve to the right, having a radius 789.90 feet, an arc length of
47 88.00 feet, and a chord that bears S 29°25'29" W, a distance of 87.96
48 feet to a point, thence;
49 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 33°35'29" W, a
50 distance of [42.47] 42.63 feet to a point, thence;
51 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, [S 32°58'25" W] S
52 33°04'32" W, a distance of [60.76] 60.00 feet to a point, thence;
53 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, [S 32°18'18" W] S
54 32°14'48" W, a distance of 107.59 feet to a point, thence;
55 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 31°33'35" W, a
56 distance of 88.17 feet to a point, thence;
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1 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 30°22'14" W, a
2 distance of 18.00 feet to a point, thence;
3 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 30°52'59" W, a
4 distance of 103.45 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and contain-
5 ing 9,767 square feet (0.224 acres) of land more or less.
6 Easement 3 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
7 OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
8 COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
9 FOLLOWS:
10 AREA STE-116-02B: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
11 Beginning at a point in a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, as
12 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page
13 1136, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York,
14 Borough of the Bronx, same being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot
15 114, being N 65°39'02" W, distant 315.96 feet from the intersection of
16 the southwest line of East 174th Street (80 feet wide) and the northwest
17 line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
18 the common corner of said Lot 14 and Block 3861, Lot 114, S 25°23'15" W,
19 distant 75.09 feet along the common line between said Lots 14 and 114 to
20 the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 243,353.3499, E
21 1,017,273.8724, and running thence;
22 Southwesterly, continuing along said common line, S 25°23'15" W, a
23 distance of 37.54 feet to a point, thence;
24 Southwesterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 14, along a
25 curve to the left, having a radius of 201.86 feet, an arc length of
26 97.38 feet, and a chord that bears S 33°57'13" W, a distance of 96.45
27 feet to a point, thence;
28 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 15°04'20" W, a
29 distance of 80.23 feet to a point said point being on the said common
30 line between Lots 14 and 114, thence;
31 Southwesterly, continuing along said common line, S 25°23'15" W, a
32 distance of 107.08 feet to a point, thence;
33 Northeasterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 14, N
34 18°52'55" E, a distance of 11.88 feet to a point, thence;
35 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 16°41'14" E, a
36 distance of 49.13 feet to a point, thence;
37 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 14°24'26" E, a
38 distance of 107.98 feet to a point, thence;
39 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, along a curve to the
40 right, having a radius of 201.08 feet, an arc length of 121.59 feet, and
41 a chord that bears N 31°33'40" E, a distance of 119.74 feet to a point,
42 thence;
43 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, along a curve to the
44 right, having a radius of 185.72 feet, an arc length of 37.40 feet, and
45 a chord that bears N 51°33'21" E, a distance of 37.34 feet to the Point
46 or Place of Beginning and containing 4,406 square feet (0.101 acres) of
47 land more or less.
48 Easement 4 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 114: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
49 OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
50 COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
51 FOLLOWS:
52 AREA STE-116-03: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
53 Beginning at a point in a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 114, as
54 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 290 Page
55 20, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York,
56 Borough of the Bronx, same being a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14,
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1 being N 65°39'02" W, distant 315.96 feet from the intersection of the
2 southwest line of East 174th Street (80 feet wide) and the northwest
3 line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
4 the common corner of said Lot 14 and Block 3861, Lot 114, S 25°23'15" W,
5 distant 286.95 feet along the common line between said Lots 14 and 114
6 to the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 243,161.9562, E
7 1,017,183.0434, and running thence;
8 Southwesterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 114, S
9 15°04'20" W, a distance of 25.49 feet to a point, thence;
10 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 15°15'32" W, a
11 distance of 35.28 feet to a point, thence;
12 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 16°14'46" W, a
13 distance of 24.96 feet to a point, thence;
14 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 18°16'10" W, a
15 distance of 16.37 feet to a point, thence;
16 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 19°27'15" W, a
17 distance of 28.06 feet to a point, thence;
18 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 21°36'23" W, a
19 distance of 47.44 feet to a point, thence;
20 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a curve to the
21 right, having a radius of 789.88 feet, an arc length of 36.79 feet, and
22 a chord that bears S 24°49'11" W, a distance of 36.78 feet to a point.
23 Said point being on the common line between said Lots 114 and 14,
24 thence;
25 Northeasterly, along said common line, N 10°22'48" E, a distance of
26 89.42 feet to a point, thence;
27 Northeasterly, continuing along said common line, N 25°23'15" E, a
28 distance of 126.35 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and contain-
29 ing 2,257 square feet (0.052 acres) of land more or less.
30 Easement 5 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 114: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
31 OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
32 COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
33 FOLLOWS:
34 AREA STE-116-05: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
35 Beginning at a point in a northeast line of Block 3861, Lot 114, as
36 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 290 Page
37 20, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York,
38 Borough of the Bronx, same being a southwest line of E. 174th Street (80
39 feet wide) being N 65°39'02" W, distant 266.86 feet from the inter-
40 section of the southwest line of East 174th Street and the northwest
41 line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
42 the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 243,400.9477, E
43 1,017,350.8040, and running thence;
44 Southwesterly, leaving said common line, along a curve to the right,
45 having a radius of 181.58 feet, an arc length of 6.77 feet, and a chord
46 that bears S 39°37'44" W, a distance of 6.77 feet to a point, thence;
47 Southwesterly, crossing said Lot 114, along a curve to the right,
48 having a radius of 140.49 feet, an arc length of 47.24 feet, and a chord
49 that bears S 43°22'54" W, a distance of 47.02 feet to a point, thence;
50 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 51°25'10" W, a
51 distance of 9.40 feet to a point, thence;
52 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a curve to the
53 right, having a radius of 112.86 feet, an arc length of 20.56 feet, and
54 a chord that bears S 53°51'05" W, a distance of 20.53 feet to a point,
55 thence;
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1 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a curve to the
2 left, having a radius of 201.86 feet, an arc length of 24.58 feet, and a
3 chord that bears S 55°36'56" W, a distance of 24.56 feet to a point,
4 thence;
5 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 49°54'54" W, a
6 distance of 15.96 feet to a point, said point being a northwest line of
7 said Lot 114, same being a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, thence;
8 Northeasterly, along said common line, N 25°23'15" E, a distance of
9 37.54 feet to a point, thence;
10 Northeasterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 114 along a
11 curve to the right, having a radius of 185.72 feet, an arc length of
12 6.94 feet, and a chord that bears N 58°23'47" E, a distance of 6.94 feet
13 to a point, thence;
14 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 114 along a curve to the
15 left, having a radius of 209.63 feet, an arc length of 61.64 feet, and a
16 chord that bears N 48°31'41" E, a distance of 61.42 feet to a point,
17 thence;
18 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 114, N 41°28'18" E, a
19 distance of 13.91 feet to a point, said point being on the common line
20 between said Lot 114 and E. 174th Street, thence;
21 Southeasterly, along said common line, S 65°39'02" E, a distance of
22 17.31 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 1,772
23 square feet (0.041 acres) of land more or less.
24 Easement 6 [on E. 174TH ST. ROW BETWEEN BRONX RIVER AVE. AND SHERIDAN
25 BLVD.: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND
26 BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF
27 NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
28 AREA STE-116-06: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
29 Beginning at a point in the northeast line of Block 3861, Lot 114,
30 same being a southwest line of E. 174th Street (80 feet wide), as
31 depicted to City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per the Tax Maps of the
32 City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, being northwesterly from the
33 intersection of the southwest line of said E. 174th Street and the
34 northwest line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), N 65°39'02" W,
35 distant 266.87 feet, to said Point of Beginning having coordinates N
36 243,400.9539, E 1,017,350.7903, and running thence;
37 Northwesterly, continuing along said common line, N 65°39'02" W, a
38 distance of 17.31 feet to a point, thence;
39 Northeasterly, leaving said common line and crossing said E. 174th
40 Street right-of-way along a curve to the left, having a radius of 902.29
41 feet, an arc length of 70.50 feet, and a chord that bears N 27°49'05" E,
42 a distance of 70.49 feet to a point, thence;
43 Northeasterly, continuing across said E. 174th Street right-of-way
44 along a curve to the left, having a radius of 40.00 feet, an arc length
45 of 9.52 feet, and a chord that bears N 20°29'28" E, a distance of 9.50
46 feet to a point, said point being in the northeast line of said E. 174th
47 Street, same being the southeast line of Block 3904, thence;
48 Southeasterly, along said common line, S 65°38'27" E, a distance of
49 18.21 feet to a point, thence;
50 Southwesterly, leaving said common line and crossing said E. 174th
51 Street right-of-way along a curve to the right, having a radius of
52 900.26 feet, an arc length of 79.98 feet, and a chord that bears S
53 27°35'36" W, a distance of 79.96 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning
54 and containing 1,388 square feet (0.032 acres) of land more or less.
55 Easement 7] on BLOCK [4435] 4335 PART OF LOT 2: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT,
56 PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH [&] OF
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1 THE BRONX, COUNTY OF [THE] BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND
2 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
3 AREA C10: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
4 Beginning at a point on a northwest line of Block 4335, Lot 2, as
5 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) for New York City Parks
6 and Recreation as per the Tax Map of the City of New York, Borough of
7 the Bronx, and as per NYC OpenData Records, being S 66°52'39" W, distant
8 711.41 feet from the intersection of the southwest line of De Reimer
9 Avenue (60 feet wide) and the northwest line of Erskine Place (60 feet
10 wide), along said northwest line of Erskine Place, S 23°07'21" E,
11 distant 385.00 feet perpendicular to the said northwest line to the said
12 Point of Beginning having coordinates N 251,935.6602, E 1,031,770.1341,
13 and running thence;
14 Southeasterly, leaving said common line and crossing said Lot 2, along
15 a curve to the left, having a radius of 155.94 feet, an arc length of
16 152.17 feet, and a chord that bears S 53°22'58" E, a distance of 146.21
17 feet to a point, thence;
18 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
19 left, having a radius of 163.98 feet, an arc length of 142.47 feet, and
20 a chord that bears N 74°42'49" E, a distance of 138.03 feet to a point,
21 thence;
22 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
23 right, having a radius of 283.96 feet, an arc length of 53.52 feet, and
24 a chord that bears S 35°02'31" W, a distance of 53.44 feet to a point,
25 thence;
26 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
27 right, having a radius of 184.98 feet, an arc length of 108.34 feet, and
28 a chord that bears S 82°49'33" W, a distance of 106.80 feet to a point,
29 thence;
30 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
31 right, having a radius of 176.94 feet, an arc length of 57.98 feet, and
32 a chord that bears N 71°54'00" W, a distance of 57.38 feet to a point,
33 thence;
34 Southeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
35 right, having a radius of 102.77 feet, an arc length of 149.48 feet, and
36 a chord that bears S 15°45'46" E, a distance of 136.65 feet to a point,
37 thence;
38 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
39 right, having a radius of 4,476.34 feet, an arc length of 31.41 feet,
40 and a chord that bears S 45°42'22" W, a distance of 31.41 feet to a
41 point, thence;
42 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
43 left, having a radius of 122.36 feet, an arc length of 82.21 feet, and a
44 chord that bears N 12°09'48" E, a distance of 80.67 feet to a point,
45 thence;
46 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
47 left, having a radius of 96.79 feet, an arc length of 58.65 feet, and a
48 chord that bears N 27°41'20" W, a distance of 57.76 feet to a point,
49 thence;
50 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 45°02'53" W, a distance
51 of 26.75 feet to a point, thence;
52 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 45°14'14" W, a distance
53 of 30.65 feet to a point, thence;
54 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 41°59'32" W, a distance
55 of 25.49 feet to a point, thence;
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1 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
2 right, having a radius of 180.94 feet, an arc length of 49.78 feet, and
3 a chord that bears N 34°06'40" W, a distance of 49.62 feet to a point,
4 said point being on the northwest line of Lot 2, same being a southeast
5 right-of-line of said northwest line of Block 4335, Lot 2, thence;
6 Northeasterly, along said common line, N 58°46'49" E, a distance of
7 25.11 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 8,874
8 square feet (0.204 acres) more or less.
9 [Subsurface easement 1 on PART OF PELHAM BAY PARK. ALL THAT CERTAIN
10 LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH &
11 COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
12 FOLLOWS:
13 AREA STE-145-01: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
14 Beginning at a point on the southeasterly line of Block 5650 Lot 100,
15 as depicted to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
16 (Reputed Owner), as per Reel 374, Page 289, as recorded in the Regis-
17 ter's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, as the
18 successor in title to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
19 through the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and the Regional
20 Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, same being a point on the northwesterly
21 line of Block 5650 Lot 1, as depicted to the City of New York per the
22 Tax Map of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, being the follow-
23 ing two courses from the intersection of the physical centerline of
24 Orchard Beach Road with the monumented six track centerline as depicted
25 on Station Map-Lands The Harlem River and Port Chester R.R. Co. Oper-
26 ated by The New York and New Haven and Hartford R.R. Co. V81.82 S.L. 9
27 dated June 30, 1915, at station 454+39.9 more or less of the monumented
28 six track centerline; thence along the monumented six track centerline,
29 North 25°03'09"East 1,583.8 feet more or less, to a point at station
30 470+23.73 of the monumented six track centerline, said point also being
31 South 25°03'09"West 4,813.02 feet, measured along the monumented six
32 track centerline, from the intersection of the monumented six track
33 centerline with the Bronx / Westchester County Line, thence; South
34 64°56'51" East 61.50 feet to the southeasterly line of Block 5650 Lot
35 100 and the Point or Place of Beginning, having coordinates of N:
36 257,712.6802 E: 1,036,753.8721 and running thence;
37 Northeasterly along a line common to Lot 1 and Lot 100 North 25°03'09"
38 East a distance of 20.00 feet to a point, thence;
39 Southeasterly through a portion of Lot 1 South 63°25'40" East a
40 distance of 13.44 feet to a point, thence;
41 Southwesterly through a portion of Lot 1 South 25°26'32" West a
42 distance of 20.00 feet to a point, thence;
43 Northwesterly through a portion of Lot 1 North 63°25'40" West a
44 distance of 13.31 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing
45 267 square feet (0.006 acres) more or less.
46 Subsurface easement 2 on PART OF PELHAM BAY PARK. ALL THAT CERTAIN
47 LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH &
48 COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
49 FOLLOWS:
50 AREA STE-145-02: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
51 Beginning at a point on the northwesterly line of Block 5650 Lot 100,
52 as depicted to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
53 (Reputed Owner), as per Reel 374, Page 289, as recorded in the Regis-
54 ter's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, as successor
55 in title to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad through the
56 Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and the Regional Rail Reorgan-
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1 ization Act of 1973, same being a point on the southeasterly line of
2 Block 5650 Lot 2, as depicted to the City of New York per the Tax Map of
3 the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, being the following two
4 courses from the intersection of the physical centerline of Orchard
5 Beach Road with the monumented six track centerline as depicted on
6 Station Map-Lands The Harlem River and Port Chester R.R. Co. Operated
7 by The New York and New Haven and Hartford R.R. Co. V81.82 S.L. 9 dated
8 June 30, 1915, at station 454+39.9 more or less of the monumented six
9 track centerline; thence along the monumented six track centerline,
10 North 25°03'09" East 1602.5 feet more or less, to a point at station
11 470+42.42 of the monumented six track centerline, said point also being
12 South 25°03'09" West 4,794.33 feet, measured along the monumented six
13 track centerline, from the Bronx / Westchester County Line, thence;
14 North 64°56'51" West 67.71 feet to the northwesterly line of Block 5650
15 Lot 100 and the Point or Place of Beginning, having coordinates of N:
16 257,784.3343 E: 1,036,644.7326 and running thence;
17 Northwesterly through a portion of Block 5650 Lot 2 North 62°32'08"
18 West a distance of 13.90 feet to a point, thence;
19 Northeasterly through a portion of Lot 2 North 27°27'52" East a
20 distance of 76.16 feet to a point, thence;
21 Southeasterly through a portion of Lot 2 South 62°32'08" East a
22 distance of 16.91 feet to a point, said point being on the line common
23 to Lot 2 and Lot 100, thence;
24 Southwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 South 25°03'09"
25 West a distance of 29.72 feet to a point, said point being on common
26 corner of Lot 2 and Lot 100, at an offset of 61.50 feet to the northwest
27 from station 470+88.67 of the monumented six track centerline, thence;
28 Northwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 North 64°56'11"
29 West a distance of 6.00 feet to a point, said point being a common
30 corner of Lot 2 and Lot 100, at an offset of 67.50 feet to the northwest
31 from station 470+88.67 of the monumented six track centerline, thence;
32 Southwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 South 25°19'01"
33 West a distance of 46.25 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and
34 containing 1,127 square feet (0.026 acres) more or less.]
35 § 4. Section 4 of chapter 544 of the laws of 2022, authorizing the
36 city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county
37 of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to the
38 railroad right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four new
39 stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county, is
40 amended to read as follows:
41 § 4. In the event that the city of New York received any funding,
42 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase,
43 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in [section]
44 sections three and three-a of this act, the discontinuance and alien-
45 ation of such parkland authorized by the provisions of this act shall
46 not occur until the city of New York has complied with any federal
47 requirements pertaining to the alienation or conversion of such park-
48 lands, including satisfying the secretary of the interior that the
49 alienation or conversion complies with all conditions which the secre-
50 tary of the interior deems necessary to assure the substitution of other
51 lands shall be equivalent in fair market value and recreational useful-
52 ness to the lands being alienated or converted.
53 § 5. Section 6 of chapter 544 of the laws of 2022, authorizing the
54 city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county
55 of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to the
56 railroad right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four new
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1 stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county, is
2 REPEALED.
3 § 6. Chapter 544 of the laws of 2022, authorizing the city of New York
4 to discontinue a portion of real property in the county of the Bronx as
5 parkland and to grant easements for improvements to the railroad right-
6 of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four new stations in the
7 Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county, is amended by adding a
8 new section 3-a to read as follows:
9 § 3-a. The lands hereby authorized to be discontinued as parklands and
10 for which easements may be granted to the metropolitan transportation
11 authority are located in the county of the Bronx, city and state of New
12 York, and are bounded and described as follows:
13 Easement 7 on BRONX BLOCK 3861 PART OF LOT 14
14 ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND
15 BEING IN THE BOROUGH & COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK
16 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
17 AREA OCS-81H 1/2: (PERMANENT EASEMENT)
18 Beginning at a point, said point being on the northwesterly side of
19 Block 3861 Lot 8, as depicted to National Railroad Passenger Corporation
20 (Amtrak) (Reputed Owner), as per Reel 105 Page 1496, as recorded in the
21 Register's Office of the City of New York, Borough of The Bronx, as
22 successor in title to New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, through
23 the Consolidated Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, being the following
24 seven courses and distances from a point, said point being the inter-
25 section of the southwesterly side of East 174th Street (80 Feet Wide)
26 with the northwesterly side of Bronx River Avenue (100 Feet Wide), as
27 depicted on Bronx Record Map Section 38, amended and corrected to
28 01/20/1947, last revised 08/08/2001, as recorded in the Topographic
29 Bureau of the Bronx Borough President's Office,
30 1. Along said southwesterly side of East 174th Street, North 65°38'27"
31 West a distance of 237.44 feet, to a point, said point being the inter-
32 section of the northwesterly side of said National Railroad Passenger
33 Corporation with the southwesterly side of East 174th Street, also being
34 the northeasterly corner of property depicted to The City of New York
35 (Reputed Owner) as Parcel 1 as per Deed Liber 1111 Page 379, dated
36 December 23, 1940, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of
37 New York, Borough of the Bronx, thence;
38 2. Along the northwesterly side of said property of National Railroad
39 Passenger Corporation, southwesterly along the arc of a curve bearing to
40 the left, said curve having a radius of 2,345.01 feet, an arc length of
41 5.92 feet, which bears a chord South 30°49'43" West a distance of 5.92
42 feet, to a point, thence;
43 3. Continuing along the same, southwesterly South 37°10'01" West a
44 distance of 183.61 feet, to a point, thence;
45 4. Continuing along the same, southwesterly South 24°39'41" West, a
46 distance of 183.61 feet, to a point, thence;
47 5. Continuing along the same, southeasterly South 59°05'10" East, a
48 distance of 5.00 feet, to a point, thence;
49 6. Continuing along the same, southwesterly South 30°54'50" West, a
50 distance of 165.46 feet, to an angle point in the United States pierhead
51 and bulkhead line established on August 9, 1940, also being the souther-
52 ly corner of said land depicted to The City of New York (Reputed Owner)
53 as Parcel 1 as per Deed Liber 1111 Page 379, also being a point on the
54 southeasterly side of Block 3861 Lot 14, as depicted to The City of New
55 York, as per Reel 770 Page 1176, dated June 25th 1987, as recorded in
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1 the Register's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx,
2 thence;
3 7. Continuing along said common line of National Railroad Passenger
4 Corporation and The City of New York, southwesterly South 30°54'50"
5 West, a distance of 168.84 feet, to a point, said point being the Point
6 of Beginning, having coordinates N: 242,780.829 E: 1,017,019.931 and
7 running thence; Southwesterly, along said common line, South 30°54'50"
8 West, a distance of 14.00 feet, to a point, thence;
9 Through said land of The City of New York, northwesterly North
10 59°05'10" West, a distance of 10.00 feet, thence;
11 Continuing through land of The City of New York, northeasterly North
12 30°54'50" East, a distance of 14.00 feet, thence;
13 Continuing through land of The City of New York, southeasterly South
14 59°05'10" East, a distance of 10.00 feet, to a point on said common line
15 between National Railroad Passenger Corporation and The City of New
16 York, at the Point of Beginning and containing 140 square feet (0.003
17 acres) more or less.
18 Easement 8 on BRONX BLOCK 3861 PART OF LOT 114
19 ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND
20 BEING IN THE BOROUGH & COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK
21 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
22 AREA OCS-82H 1/3: (PERMANENT EASEMENT)
23 Beginning at a point, said point being on the northwesterly side of
24 Block 3861 Lot 8, as depicted to National Railroad Passenger Corporation
25 (Amtrak) (Reputed Owner), as per Reel 105, Page 1496, as recorded in the
26 Register's Office of the City of New York, Borough of The Bronx, as
27 successor in title to New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, through
28 the Consolidated Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, being the following
29 seven courses and distances from a point, said point being the inter-
30 section of the southwesterly side of East 174th Street (80 Feet Wide)
31 with the northwesterly side of Bronx River Avenue (100 Feet Wide), as
32 depicted on Bronx Record Map Section 38, amended and corrected to
33 01/20/1947, last revised 08/08/2001, as recorded in the Topographic
34 Bureau of the Bronx Borough President's Office,
35 1. Along said southwesterly side of East 174th Street, North 65°38'27"
36 West a distance of 237.44 feet, to a point, said point being the inter-
37 section of the northwesterly side of said National Railroad Passenger
38 Corporation with the southwesterly side of East 174th Street, also being
39 the northeasterly corner of property depicted to The City of New York
40 (Reputed Owner) as Parcel 1 as per Deed Liber 1111 Page 379, dated
41 December 23, 1940, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of
42 New York, Borough of the Bronx, thence;
43 2. Along the northwesterly side of said property of National Railroad
44 Passenger Corporation, southwesterly along the arc of a curve bearing to
45 the left, said curve having a radius of 2,345.01 feet, an arc length of
46 5.92 feet, which bears a chord South 30°49'43" West a distance of 5.92
47 feet, to a point, thence;
48 3. Continuing along the same, southwesterly South 37°10'01" West a
49 distance of 183.61 feet, to a point, thence;
50 4. Continuing along the same, southwesterly South 24°39'41" West, a
51 distance of 183.61 feet, to a point, thence;
52 5. Continuing along the same, southeasterly South 59°05'10" East, a
53 distance of 5.00 feet, to a point, thence;
54 6. Continuing along the same, southwesterly South 30°54'50" West, a
55 distance of 64.31 feet, to a point, said point being the Point of Begin-
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1 ning, having coordinates N: 243,012.463 E: 1,017,158.637 and running
2 thence;
3 Southwesterly, continuing along said common line, South 30°54'50"
4 West, a distance of 14.00 feet, to a point, thence;
5 Through said land of The City of New York, northwesterly North
6 59°05'10" West, a distance of 10.00 feet, thence;
7 Continuing through land of The City of New York, northeasterly North
8 30°54'50" East, a distance of 14.00 feet, thence;
9 Continuing through land of The City of New York, southeasterly South
10 59°05'10" East, a distance of 10.00 feet, to a point on said common line
11 between National Railroad Passenger Corporation and The City of New
12 York, at the Point of Beginning and containing 140 square feet (0.003
13 acres) more or less.
14 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
15 have been in full force and effect on and after August 17, 2022.