Bill Text: NY S09120 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Authorizes 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-08-17 - SIGNED CHAP.544 [S09120 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S09120-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Authorizes 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-08-17 - SIGNED CHAP.544 [S09120 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S09120-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9120 IN SENATE May 10, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to authorize 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 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, but notwithstanding 2 any provision of any state or local law to the contrary, the city of New 3 York is hereby authorized to discontinue the use as parklands of the 4 lands described in section three of this act and to grant easements to 5 the metropolitan transportation authority to enable the metropolitan 6 transportation authority and Metro-North commuter railroad company, an 7 affiliate of the metropolitan transportation authority, to construct 8 improvements and gain ingress and egress to and from railroad equipment, 9 stations and right-of-way on such former parkland, and to construct 10 below surface and surface utility infrastructure, in order to bring 11 Metro-North commuter railroad company service to four new stations in 12 the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county of New York. Such 13 easements shall be granted upon such terms and conditions as the city of 14 New York and the metropolitan transportation authority shall determine, 15 including terms and conditions for the metropolitan transportation 16 authority to ensure that the city of New York can comply with section 17 five of this act. 18 § 2. The metropolitan transportation authority, as consideration for 19 being granted easements described in this act, shall pay to the city of 20 New York the fair market value of the parklands being discontinued. The 21 authorization provided in section one of this act shall be effective 22 only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an amount 23 equal to or greater than the fair market value payable by metropolitan 24 transportation authority, as such fair market value is determined in 25 such easements, for the parklands being discontinued towards the acqui- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15728-01-2S. 9120 2 1 sition of new parklands or capital improvements to existing parklands 2 and recreational facilities within the borough of the Bronx. 3 § 3. The lands hereby authorized to be discontinued as parklands and 4 for which easements may be granted to the metropolitan transportation 5 authority are located in the county of the Bronx, city and state of New 6 York, and are bounded and described as follows: 7 BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: 8 ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND 9 BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK 10 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 11 AREA STE-115-03: HORIZONTAL LIMITS 12 Beginning at a point in the southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, as 13 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page 14 1136, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York, 15 Borough of the Bronx, same being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 8, 16 being N 65°40'15" W, distant 242.23 feet from the intersection of the 17 northeast line of E. 172nd Street (60 feet wide) and the northwest line 18 of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide) to a common corner of said Lots 14 19 and 8, N 30°52'59" E, distant 246.92 feet along a common line between 20 said Lots 14 and 8 to the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 21 242,522.5836, E 1,016,853.7105, and running thence; 22 Northwesterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 14, N 23 59°07'01" W, a distance of 7.66 feet to a point, thence; 24 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 30°52'59" E, a 25 distance of 103.45 feet to a point, thence; 26 Southeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 59°07'01" E, a 27 distance of 7.66 feet to a point, said point being in the common line 28 between said Lots 14 and 8, thence; 29 Southwesterly, along said common line, S 30°52'59" W, a distance of 30 103.45 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 792 square 31 feet (0.018 acres) of land more or less. 32 BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF 33 LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY, 34 CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 35 AREA STE-116-02A: HORIZONTAL LIMITS 36 Beginning at a point in Block 3861, Lot 14, as depicted to the City of 37 New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page 1136, as recorded in the 38 Register's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, same 39 being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 8, being N 65°40'15" W, 40 distant 242.23 feet from the intersection of the northeast line of E. 41 172nd Street (60 feet wide) and the northwest line of Bronx River Avenue 42 (100 feet wide) to a common corner of said Lots 14, and 8, N 30°52'59" 43 E, distant 246.92 feet along a common line between said Lots 14 and 8, N 44 59°07'01" W, distant 7.66 feet leaving said common line and crossing 45 said Lot 14 to the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 46 242,526.5132, E 1,016,847.1402, and running thence; 47 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 59°07'01" W, a 48 distance of 17.31 feet to a point, thence; 49 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 30°00'36" E, a 50 distance of 50.98 feet to a point, thence; 51 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N30°49'33"E, a distance 52 of 70.57 feet to a point, thence; 53 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 31°33'35" E, a 54 distance of 88.39 feet to a point, thence; 55 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 32°14'48" E, a 56 distance of 107.82 feet to a point, thence;S. 9120 3 1 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 33°04'35" E, a 2 distance of 60.89 feet to a point, thence; 3 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 33°35'42" E, a 4 distance of 42.32 feet to a point, thence; 5 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14 along a curve to the 6 left, having a radius 771.90 feet, an arc length of 133.13 feet, and a 7 chord that bears N 27°40'31" E, a distance of 132.97 feet to a point, 8 thence; 9 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14 along a curve to the 10 left, having a radius 626.87 feet, an arc length of 27.45 feet, and a 11 chord that bears N 22°38'50" E, a distance of 27.45 feet to a point, 12 said point being in a northeast line of said Lot 14, same being a south- 13 west line of Block 3861, Lot 114, thence; 14 Southwesterly, along said common line, S 10°22'48" W, a distance of 15 77.44 feet to a point, thence; 16 Southwesterly, leaving said common line and crossing said Lot 14 along 17 a curve to the right, having a radius 789.90 feet, an arc length of 18 88.00 feet, and a chord that bears S 29°25'29" W, a distance of 87.96 19 feet to a point, thence; 20 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 33°35'29" W, a 21 distance of 42.47 feet to a point, thence; 22 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 32°58'25" W, a 23 distance of 60.76 feet to a point, thence; 24 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 32°18'18" W, a 25 distance of 107.59 feet to a point, thence; 26 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 31°33'35" W, a 27 distance of 88.17 feet to a point, thence; 28 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 30°22'14" W, a 29 distance of 18.00 feet to a point, thence; 30 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 30°52'59" W, a 31 distance of 103.45 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and contain- 32 ing 9,767 square feet (0.224 acres) of land more or less. 33 BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF 34 LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY, 35 CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 36 AREA STE-116-02B: HORIZONTAL LIMITS 37 Beginning at a point in a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, as 38 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page 39 1136, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York, 40 Borough of the Bronx, same being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 41 114, being N 65°39'02" W, distant 315.96 feet from the intersection of 42 the southwest line of East 174th Street (80 feet wide) and the northwest 43 line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to 44 the common corner of said Lot 14 and Block 3861, Lot 114, S 25°23'15" W, 45 distant 75.09 feet along the common line between said Lots 14 and 114 to 46 the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 243,353.3499, E 47 1,017,273.8724, and running thence; 48 Southwesterly, continuing along said common line, S 25°23'15" W, a 49 distance of 37.54 feet to a point, thence; 50 Southwesterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 14, along a 51 curve to the left, having a radius of 201.86 feet, an arc length of 52 97.38 feet, and a chord that bears S 33°57'13" W, a distance of 96.45 53 feet to a point, thence; 54 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 15°04'20" W, a 55 distance of 80.23 feet to a point said point being on the said common 56 line between Lots 14 and 114, thence;S. 9120 4 1 Southwesterly, continuing along said common line, S 25°23'15" W, a 2 distance of 107.08 feet to a point, thence; 3 Northeasterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 14, N 4 18°52'55" E, a distance of 11.88 feet to a point, thence; 5 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 16°41'14" E, a 6 distance of 49.13 feet to a point, thence; 7 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 14°24'26" E, a 8 distance of 107.98 feet to a point, thence; 9 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, along a curve to the 10 right, having a radius of 201.08 feet, an arc length of 121.59 feet, and 11 a chord that bears N 31°33'40" E, a distance of 119.74 feet to a point, 12 thence; 13 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, along a curve to the 14 right, having a radius of 185.72 feet, an arc length of 37.40 feet, and 15 a chord that bears N 51°33'21" E, a distance of 37.34 feet to the Point 16 or Place of Beginning and containing 4,406 square feet (0.101 acres) of 17 land more or less. 18 BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 114: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF 19 LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY, 20 CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 21 AREA STE-116-03: HORIZONTAL LIMITS 22 Beginning at a point in a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 114, as 23 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 290 Page 24 20, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York, 25 Borough of the Bronx, same being a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, 26 being N 65°39'02" W, distant 315.96 feet from the intersection of the 27 southwest line of East 174th Street (80 feet wide) and the northwest 28 line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to 29 the common corner of said Lot 14 and Block 3861, Lot 114, S 25°23'15" W, 30 distant 286.95 feet along the common line between said Lots 14 and 114 31 to the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 243,161.9562, E 32 1,017,183.0434, and running thence; 33 Southwesterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 114, S 34 15°04'20" W, a distance of 25.49 feet to a point, thence; 35 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 15°15'32" W, a 36 distance of 35.28 feet to a point, thence; 37 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 16°14'46" W, a 38 distance of 24.96 feet to a point, thence; 39 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 18°16'10" W, a 40 distance of 16.37 feet to a point, thence; 41 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 19°27'15" W, a 42 distance of 28.06 feet to a point, thence; 43 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 21°36'23" W, a 44 distance of 47.44 feet to a point, thence; 45 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a curve to the 46 right, having a radius of 789.88 feet, an arc length of 36.79 feet, and 47 a chord that bears S 24°49'11" W, a distance of 36.78 feet to a point. 48 Said point being on the common line between said Lots 114 and 14, 49 thence; 50 Northeasterly, along said common line, N 10°22'48" E, a distance of 51 89.42 feet to a point, thence; 52 Northeasterly, continuing along said common line, N 25°23'15" E, a 53 distance of 126.35 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and contain- 54 ing 2,257 square feet (0.052 acres) of land more or less.S. 9120 5 1 BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 114: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF 2 LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY, 3 CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 4 AREA STE-116-05: HORIZONTAL LIMITS 5 Beginning at a point in a northeast line of Block 3861, Lot 114, as 6 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 290 Page 7 20, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York, 8 Borough of the Bronx, same being a southwest line of E. 174th Street (80 9 feet wide) being N 65°39'02" W, distant 266.86 feet from the inter- 10 section of the southwest line of East 174th Street and the northwest 11 line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to 12 the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 243,400.9477, E 13 1,017,350.8040, and running thence; 14 Southwesterly, leaving said common line, along a curve to the right, 15 having a radius of 181.58 feet, an arc length of 6.77 feet, and a chord 16 that bears S 39°37'44" W, a distance of 6.77 feet to a point, thence; 17 Southwesterly, crossing said Lot 114, along a curve to the right, 18 having a radius of 140.49 feet, an arc length of 47.24 feet, and a chord 19 that bears S 43°22'54" W, a distance of 47.02 feet to a point, thence; 20 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 51°25'10" W, a 21 distance of 9.40 feet to a point, thence; 22 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a curve to the 23 right, having a radius of 112.86 feet, an arc length of 20.56 feet, and 24 a chord that bears S 53°51'05" W, a distance of 20.53 feet to a point, 25 thence; 26 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a curve to the 27 left, having a radius of 201.86 feet, an arc length of 24.58 feet, and a 28 chord that bears S 55°36'56" W, a distance of 24.56 feet to a point, 29 thence; 30 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 49°54'54" W, a 31 distance of 15.96 feet to a point, said point being a northwest line of 32 said Lot 114, same being a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, thence; 33 Northeasterly, along said common line, N 25°23'15" E, a distance of 34 37.54 feet to a point, thence; 35 Northeasterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 114 along a 36 curve to the right, having a radius of 185.72 feet, an arc length of 37 6.94 feet, and a chord that bears N 58°23'47" E, a distance of 6.94 feet 38 to a point, thence; 39 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 114 along a curve to the 40 left, having a radius of 209.63 feet, an arc length of 61.64 feet, and a 41 chord that bears N 48°31'41" E, a distance of 61.42 feet to a point, 42 thence; 43 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 114, N 41°28'18" E, a 44 distance of 13.91 feet to a point, said point being on the common line 45 between said Lot 114 and E. 174th Street, thence; 46 Southeasterly, along said common line, S 65°39'02" E, a distance of 47 17.31 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 1,772 48 square feet (0.041 acres) of land more or less. 49 E. 174TH ST. ROW BETWEEN BRONX RIVER AVE. AND SHERIDAN BLVD.: ALL THAT 50 CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE 51 BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND 52 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 53 AREA STE-116-06: HORIZONTAL LIMITS 54 Beginning at a point in the northeast line of Block 3861, Lot 114, 55 same being a southwest line of E. 174th Street (80 feet wide), as 56 depicted to City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per the Tax Maps of theS. 9120 6 1 City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, being northwesterly from the 2 intersection of the southwest line of said E. 174th Street and the 3 northwest line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), N 65°39'02" W, 4 distant 266.87 feet, to said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 5 243,400.9539, E 1,017,350.7903, and running thence; 6 Northwesterly, continuing along said common line, N 65°39'02" W, a 7 distance of 17.31 feet to a point, thence; 8 Northeasterly, leaving said common line and crossing said E. 174th 9 Street right-of-way along a curve to the left, having a radius of 902.29 10 feet, an arc length of 70.50 feet, and a chord that bears N 27°49'05" E, 11 a distance of 70.49 feet to a point, thence; 12 Northeasterly, continuing across said E. 174th Street right-of-way 13 along a curve to the left, having a radius of 40.00 feet, an arc length 14 of 9.52 feet, and a chord that bears N 20°29'28" E, a distance of 9.50 15 feet to a point, said point being in the northeast line of said E. 174th 16 Street, same being the southeast line of Block 3904, thence; 17 Southeasterly, along said common line, S 65°38'27" E, a distance of 18 18.21 feet to a point, thence; 19 Southwesterly, leaving said common line and crossing said E. 174th 20 Street right-of-way along a curve to the right, having a radius of 21 900.26 feet, an arc length of 79.98 feet, and a chord that bears S 22 27°35'36" W, a distance of 79.96 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning 23 and containing 1,388 square feet (0.032 acres) of land more or less. 24 BLOCK 4435 PART OF LOT 2: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF 25 LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH & COUNTY OF THE BRONX, 26 CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 27 AREA C10: HORIZONTAL LIMITS 28 Beginning at a point on a northwest line of Block 4335, Lot 2, as 29 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) for New York City Parks 30 and Recreation as per the Tax Map of the City of New York, Borough of 31 the Bronx, and as per NYC OpenData Records, being S 66°52'39" W, distant 32 711.41 feet from the intersection of the southwest line of De Reimer 33 Avenue (60 feet wide) and the northwest line of Erskine Place (60 feet 34 wide), along said northwest line of Erskine Place, S 23°07'21" E, 35 distant 385.00 feet perpendicular to the said northwest line to the said 36 Point of Beginning having coordinates N 251,935.6602, E 1,031,770.1341, 37 and running thence; 38 Southeasterly, leaving said common line and crossing said Lot 2, along 39 a curve to the left, having a radius of 155.94 feet, an arc length of 40 152.17 feet, and a chord that bears S 53°22'58" E, a distance of 146.21 41 feet to a point, thence; 42 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the 43 left, having a radius of 163.98 feet, an arc length of 142.47 feet, and 44 a chord that bears N 74°42'49" E, a distance of 138.03 feet to a point, 45 thence; 46 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the 47 right, having a radius of 283.96 feet, an arc length of 53.52 feet, and 48 a chord that bears S 35°02'31" W, a distance of 53.44 feet to a point, 49 thence; 50 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the 51 right, having a radius of 184.98 feet, an arc length of 108.34 feet, and 52 a chord that bears S 82°49'33" W, a distance of 106.80 feet to a point, 53 thence; 54 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the 55 right, having a radius of 176.94 feet, an arc length of 57.98 feet, andS. 9120 7 1 a chord that bears N 71°54'00" W, a distance of 57.38 feet to a point, 2 thence; 3 Southeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the 4 right, having a radius of 102.77 feet, an arc length of 149.48 feet, and 5 a chord that bears S 15°45'46" E, a distance of 136.65 feet to a point, 6 thence; 7 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the 8 right, having a radius of 4,476.34 feet, an arc length of 31.41 feet, 9 and a chord that bears S 45°42'22" W, a distance of 31.41 feet to a 10 point, thence; 11 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the 12 left, having a radius of 122.36 feet, an arc length of 82.21 feet, and a 13 chord that bears N 12°09'48" E, a distance of 80.67 feet to a point, 14 thence; 15 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the 16 left, having a radius of 96.79 feet, an arc length of 58.65 feet, and a 17 chord that bears N 27°41'20" W, a distance of 57.76 feet to a point, 18 thence; 19 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 45°02'53" W, a distance 20 of 26.75 feet to a point, thence; 21 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 45°14'14" W, a distance 22 of 30.65 feet to a point, thence; 23 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 41°59'32" W, a distance 24 of 25.49 feet to a point, thence; 25 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the 26 right, having a radius of 180.94 feet, an arc length of 49.78 feet, and 27 a chord that bears N 34°06'40" W, a distance of 49.62 feet to a point, 28 said point being on the northwest line of Lot 2, same being a southeast 29 right-of-line of said northwest line of Block 4335, Lot 2, thence; 30 Northeasterly, along said common line, N 58°46'49" E, a distance of 31 25.11 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 8,874 32 square feet (0.204 Ac.) more or less. 33 PART OF PELHAM BAY PARK. ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND 34 SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH & COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND 35 STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 36 AREA STE-145-01: HORIZONTAL LIMITS 37 Beginning at a point on the southeasterly line of Block 5650 Lot 100, 38 as depicted to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) 39 (Reputed Owner), as per Reel 374, Page 289, as recorded in the Regis- 40 ter's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, as the 41 successor in title to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad 42 through the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and the Regional 43 Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, same being a point on the northwesterly 44 line of Block 5650 Lot 1, as depicted to the City of New York per the 45 Tax Map of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, being the follow- 46 ing two courses from the intersection of the physical centerline of 47 Orchard Beach Road with the monumented six track centerline as depicted 48 on Station Map-Lands The Harlem River and Port Chester R.R. Co. Oper- 49 ated by The New York and New Haven and Hartford R.R. Co. V81.82 S.L. 9 50 dated June 30, 1915, at station 454+39.9 more or less of the monumented 51 six track centerline; thence along the monumented six track centerline, 52 North 25°03'09"East 1,583.8 feet more or less, to a point at station 53 470+23.73 of the monumented six track centerline, said point also being 54 South 25°03'09"West 4,813.02 feet, measured along the monumented six 55 track centerline, from the intersection of the monumented six track 56 centerline with the Bronx / Westchester County Line, thence; SouthS. 9120 8 1 64°56'51" East 61.50 feet to the southeasterly line of Block 5650 Lot 2 100 and the Point or Place of Beginning, having coordinates of N: 3 257,712.6802 E: 1,036,753.8721 and running thence; 4 Northeasterly along a line common to Lot 1 and Lot 100 North 25°03'09" 5 East a distance of 20.00 feet to a point, thence; 6 Southeasterly through a portion of Lot 1 South 63°25'40" East a 7 distance of 13.44 feet to a point, thence; 8 Southwesterly through a portion of Lot 1 South 25°26'32" West a 9 distance of 20.00 feet to a point, thence; 10 Northwesterly through a portion of Lot 1 North 63°25'40" West a 11 distance of 13.31 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 12 267 square feet (0.006 Ac.) more or less. 13 PART OF PELHAM BAY PARK. ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND 14 SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH & COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND 15 STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 16 AREA STE-145-02: HORIZONTAL LIMITS 17 Beginning at a point on the northwesterly line of Block 5650 Lot 100, 18 as depicted to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) 19 (Reputed Owner), as per Reel 374, Page 289, as recorded in the Regis- 20 ter's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, as successor 21 in title to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad through the 22 Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and the Regional Rail Reorgan- 23 ization Act of 1973, same being a point on the southeasterly line of 24 Block 5650 Lot 2, as depicted to the City of New York per the Tax Map of 25 the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, being the following two 26 courses from the intersection of the physical centerline of Orchard 27 Beach Road with the monumented six track centerline as depicted on 28 Station Map-Lands The Harlem River and Port Chester R.R. Co. Operated 29 by The New York and New Haven and Hartford R.R. Co. V81.82 S.L. 9 dated 30 June 30, 1915, at station 454+39.9 more or less of the monumented six 31 track centerline; thence along the monumented six track centerline, 32 North 25°03'09" East 1602.5 feet more or less, to a point at station 33 470+42.42 of the monumented six track centerline, said point also being 34 South 25°03'09" West 4,794.33 feet, measured along the monumented six 35 track centerline, from the Bronx / Westchester County Line, thence; 36 North 64°56'51" West 67.71 feet to the northwesterly line of Block 5650 37 Lot 100 and the Point or Place of Beginning, having coordinates of N: 38 257,784.3343 E: 1,036,644.7326 and running thence; 39 Northwesterly through a portion of Block 5650 Lot 2 North 62°32'08" 40 West a distance of 13.90 feet to a point, thence; 41 Northeasterly through a portion of Lot 2 North 27°27'52" East a 42 distance of 76.16 feet to a point, thence; 43 Southeasterly through a portion of Lot 2 South 62°32'08" East a 44 distance of 16.91 feet to a point, said point being on the line common 45 to Lot 2 and Lot 100, thence; 46 Southwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 South 25°03'09" 47 West a distance of 29.72 feet to a point, said point being on common 48 corner of Lot 2 and Lot 100, at an offset of 61.50 feet to the northwest 49 from station 470+88.67 of the monumented six track centerline, thence; 50 Northwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 North 64°56'11" 51 West a distance of 6.00 feet to a point, said point being a common 52 corner of Lot 2 and Lot 100, at an offset of 67.50 feet to the northwest 53 from station 470+88.67 of the monumented six track centerline, thence; 54 Southwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 South 25°19'01" 55 West a distance of 46.25 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and 56 containing 1,127 square feet (0.026 Ac.) more or less.S. 9120 9 1 § 4. After completion of improvements to the former parkland granted 2 to the metropolitan transportation authority pursuant to this act, the 3 metropolitan transportation authority may, in its discretion, assign or 4 otherwise transfer some or all of the easements described in this act to 5 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation or the successor thereto, 6 subject to retention of such rights and obligations of the metropolitan 7 transportation authority on behalf of Metro-North commuter railroad 8 company as the metropolitan transportation authority may deem appropri- 9 ate. 10 § 5. The discontinuance of parkland authorized by this act shall not 11 occur until the city of New York has complied with any federal require- 12 ments pertaining to the alienation or conversion of the parklands, 13 including satisfying the secretary of the interior that the conversion 14 complies with all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems 15 necessary to assure the provision of adequate recreation properties and 16 opportunities of reasonably equivalent location and usefulness. 17 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
