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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10443
IN ASSEMBLY
May 23, 2022
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Benedetto)
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
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 law to the contrary, the city of New York is hereby
3 authorized to discontinue the use as parklands of the lands described in
4 section three of this act and to grant easements to the metropolitan
5 transportation authority, upon such terms and conditions as the city
6 shall determine, to enable the metropolitan transportation authority and
7 Metro-North commuter railroad company, an affiliate of the metropolitan
8 transportation authority, to construct improvements and gain ingress and
9 egress to and from railroad equipment, stations and right-of-way on such
10 former parkland, and to construct below surface and surface utility
11 infrastructure, in order to bring Metro-North commuter railroad company
12 service to four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in
13 the county of New York.
14 § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
15 effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an
16 amount equal to or greater than the fair market of the parklands being
17 discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or capital
18 improvements to existing parklands and recreational facilities within
19 the borough of the Bronx.
20 § 3. The lands hereby authorized to be discontinued as parklands and
21 for which easements may be granted to the metropolitan transportation
22 authority are located in the county of the Bronx, city and state of New
23 York, and are bounded and described as follows:
24 Easement 1 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15933-02-2
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1 ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND
2 BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF
3 NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
4 AREA STE-115-03: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
5 Beginning at a point in the southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, as
6 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page
7 1136, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York,
8 Borough of the Bronx, same being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 8,
9 being N 65°40'15" W, distant 242.23 feet from the intersection of the
10 northeast line of E. 172nd Street (60 feet wide) and the northwest line
11 of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide) to a common corner of said Lots 14
12 and 8, N 30°52'59" E, distant 246.92 feet along a common line between
13 said Lots 14 and 8 to the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N
14 242,522.5836, E 1,016,853.7105, and running thence;
15 Northwesterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 14, N
16 59°07'01" W, a distance of 7.66 feet to a point, thence;
17 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 30°52'59" E, a
18 distance of 103.45 feet to a point, thence;
19 Southeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 59°07'01" E, a
20 distance of 7.66 feet to a point, said point being in the common line
21 between said Lots 14 and 8, thence;
22 Southwesterly, along said common line, S 30°52'59" W, a distance of
23 103.45 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 792 square
24 feet (0.018 acres) of land more or less.
25 Easement 2 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
26 OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
27 COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
28 FOLLOWS:
29 AREA STE-116-02A: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
30 Beginning at a point in Block 3861, Lot 14, as depicted to the City of
31 New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page 1136, as recorded in the
32 Register's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, same
33 being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 8, being N 65°40'15" W,
34 distant 242.23 feet from the intersection of the northeast line of E.
35 172nd Street (60 feet wide) and the northwest line of Bronx River Avenue
36 (100 feet wide) to a common corner of said Lots 14, and 8, N 30°52'59"
37 E, distant 246.92 feet along a common line between said Lots 14 and 8, N
38 59°07'01" W, distant 7.66 feet leaving said common line and crossing
39 said Lot 14 to the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N
40 242,526.5132, E 1,016,847.1402, and running thence;
41 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 59°07'01" W, a
42 distance of 17.31 feet to a point, thence;
43 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 30°00'36" E, a
44 distance of 50.98 feet to a point, thence;
45 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N30°49'33"E, a distance
46 of 70.57 feet to a point, thence;
47 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 31°33'35" E, a
48 distance of 88.39 feet to a point, thence;
49 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 32°14'48" E, a
50 distance of 107.82 feet to a point, thence;
51 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 33°04'35" E, a
52 distance of 60.89 feet to a point, thence;
53 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 33°35'42" E, a
54 distance of 42.32 feet to a point, thence;
55 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14 along a curve to the
56 left, having a radius 771.90 feet, an arc length of 133.13 feet, and a
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1 chord that bears N 27°40'31" E, a distance of 132.97 feet to a point,
2 thence;
3 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14 along a curve to the
4 left, having a radius 626.87 feet, an arc length of 27.45 feet, and a
5 chord that bears N 22°38'50" E, a distance of 27.45 feet to a point,
6 said point being in a northeast line of said Lot 14, same being a south-
7 west line of Block 3861, Lot 114, thence;
8 Southwesterly, along said common line, S 10°22'48" W, a distance of
9 77.44 feet to a point, thence;
10 Southwesterly, leaving said common line and crossing said Lot 14 along
11 a curve to the right, having a radius 789.90 feet, an arc length of
12 88.00 feet, and a chord that bears S 29°25'29" W, a distance of 87.96
13 feet to a point, thence;
14 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 33°35'29" W, a
15 distance of 42.47 feet to a point, thence;
16 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 32°58'25" W, a
17 distance of 60.76 feet to a point, thence;
18 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 32°18'18" W, a
19 distance of 107.59 feet to a point, thence;
20 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 31°33'35" W, a
21 distance of 88.17 feet to a point, thence;
22 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 30°22'14" W, a
23 distance of 18.00 feet to a point, thence;
24 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 30°52'59" W, a
25 distance of 103.45 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and contain-
26 ing 9,767 square feet (0.224 acres) of land more or less.
27 Easement 3 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
28 OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
29 COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
30 FOLLOWS:
31 AREA STE-116-02B: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
32 Beginning at a point in a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, as
33 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page
34 1136, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York,
35 Borough of the Bronx, same being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot
36 114, being N 65°39'02" W, distant 315.96 feet from the intersection of
37 the southwest line of East 174th Street (80 feet wide) and the northwest
38 line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
39 the common corner of said Lot 14 and Block 3861, Lot 114, S 25°23'15" W,
40 distant 75.09 feet along the common line between said Lots 14 and 114 to
41 the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 243,353.3499, E
42 1,017,273.8724, and running thence;
43 Southwesterly, continuing along said common line, S 25°23'15" W, a
44 distance of 37.54 feet to a point, thence;
45 Southwesterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 14, along a
46 curve to the left, having a radius of 201.86 feet, an arc length of
47 97.38 feet, and a chord that bears S 33°57'13" W, a distance of 96.45
48 feet to a point, thence;
49 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 15°04'20" W, a
50 distance of 80.23 feet to a point said point being on the said common
51 line between Lots 14 and 114, thence;
52 Southwesterly, continuing along said common line, S 25°23'15" W, a
53 distance of 107.08 feet to a point, thence;
54 Northeasterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 14, N
55 18°52'55" E, a distance of 11.88 feet to a point, thence;
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1 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 16°41'14" E, a
2 distance of 49.13 feet to a point, thence;
3 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 14°24'26" E, a
4 distance of 107.98 feet to a point, thence;
5 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, along a curve to the
6 right, having a radius of 201.08 feet, an arc length of 121.59 feet, and
7 a chord that bears N 31°33'40" E, a distance of 119.74 feet to a point,
8 thence;
9 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, along a curve to the
10 right, having a radius of 185.72 feet, an arc length of 37.40 feet, and
11 a chord that bears N 51°33'21" E, a distance of 37.34 feet to the Point
12 or Place of Beginning and containing 4,406 square feet (0.101 acres) of
13 land more or less.
14 Easement 4 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 114: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
15 OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
16 COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
17 FOLLOWS:
18 AREA STE-116-03: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
19 Beginning at a point in a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 114, as
20 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 290 Page
21 20, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York,
22 Borough of the Bronx, same being a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14,
23 being N 65°39'02" W, distant 315.96 feet from the intersection of the
24 southwest line of East 174th Street (80 feet wide) and the northwest
25 line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
26 the common corner of said Lot 14 and Block 3861, Lot 114, S 25°23'15" W,
27 distant 286.95 feet along the common line between said Lots 14 and 114
28 to the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 243,161.9562, E
29 1,017,183.0434, and running thence;
30 Southwesterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 114, S
31 15°04'20" W, a distance of 25.49 feet to a point, thence;
32 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 15°15'32" W, a
33 distance of 35.28 feet to a point, thence;
34 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 16°14'46" W, a
35 distance of 24.96 feet to a point, thence;
36 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 18°16'10" W, a
37 distance of 16.37 feet to a point, thence;
38 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 19°27'15" W, a
39 distance of 28.06 feet to a point, thence;
40 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 21°36'23" W, a
41 distance of 47.44 feet to a point, thence;
42 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a curve to the
43 right, having a radius of 789.88 feet, an arc length of 36.79 feet, and
44 a chord that bears S 24°49'11" W, a distance of 36.78 feet to a point.
45 Said point being on the common line between said Lots 114 and 14,
46 thence;
47 Northeasterly, along said common line, N 10°22'48" E, a distance of
48 89.42 feet to a point, thence;
49 Northeasterly, continuing along said common line, N 25°23'15" E, a
50 distance of 126.35 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and contain-
51 ing 2,257 square feet (0.052 acres) of land more or less.
52 Easement 5 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 114: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
53 OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
54 COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
55 FOLLOWS:
56 AREA STE-116-05: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
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1 Beginning at a point in a northeast line of Block 3861, Lot 114, as
2 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 290 Page
3 20, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York,
4 Borough of the Bronx, same being a southwest line of E. 174th Street (80
5 feet wide) being N 65°39'02" W, distant 266.86 feet from the inter-
6 section of the southwest line of East 174th Street and the northwest
7 line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
8 the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 243,400.9477, E
9 1,017,350.8040, and running thence;
10 Southwesterly, leaving said common line, along a curve to the right,
11 having a radius of 181.58 feet, an arc length of 6.77 feet, and a chord
12 that bears S 39°37'44" W, a distance of 6.77 feet to a point, thence;
13 Southwesterly, crossing said Lot 114, along a curve to the right,
14 having a radius of 140.49 feet, an arc length of 47.24 feet, and a chord
15 that bears S 43°22'54" W, a distance of 47.02 feet to a point, thence;
16 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 51°25'10" W, a
17 distance of 9.40 feet to a point, thence;
18 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a curve to the
19 right, having a radius of 112.86 feet, an arc length of 20.56 feet, and
20 a chord that bears S 53°51'05" W, a distance of 20.53 feet to a point,
21 thence;
22 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a curve to the
23 left, having a radius of 201.86 feet, an arc length of 24.58 feet, and a
24 chord that bears S 55°36'56" W, a distance of 24.56 feet to a point,
25 thence;
26 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 49°54'54" W, a
27 distance of 15.96 feet to a point, said point being a northwest line of
28 said Lot 114, same being a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, thence;
29 Northeasterly, along said common line, N 25°23'15" E, a distance of
30 37.54 feet to a point, thence;
31 Northeasterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 114 along a
32 curve to the right, having a radius of 185.72 feet, an arc length of
33 6.94 feet, and a chord that bears N 58°23'47" E, a distance of 6.94 feet
34 to a point, thence;
35 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 114 along a curve to the
36 left, having a radius of 209.63 feet, an arc length of 61.64 feet, and a
37 chord that bears N 48°31'41" E, a distance of 61.42 feet to a point,
38 thence;
39 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 114, N 41°28'18" E, a
40 distance of 13.91 feet to a point, said point being on the common line
41 between said Lot 114 and E. 174th Street, thence;
42 Southeasterly, along said common line, S 65°39'02" E, a distance of
43 17.31 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 1,772
44 square feet (0.041 acres) of land more or less.
45 Easement 6 on E. 174TH ST. ROW BETWEEN BRONX RIVER AVE. AND SHERIDAN
46 BLVD.: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND
47 BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF
48 NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
49 AREA STE-116-06: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
50 Beginning at a point in the northeast line of Block 3861, Lot 114,
51 same being a southwest line of E. 174th Street (80 feet wide), as
52 depicted to City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per the Tax Maps of the
53 City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, being northwesterly from the
54 intersection of the southwest line of said E. 174th Street and the
55 northwest line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), N 65°39'02" W,
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1 distant 266.87 feet, to said Point of Beginning having coordinates N
2 243,400.9539, E 1,017,350.7903, and running thence;
3 Northwesterly, continuing along said common line, N 65°39'02" W, a
4 distance of 17.31 feet to a point, thence;
5 Northeasterly, leaving said common line and crossing said E. 174th
6 Street right-of-way along a curve to the left, having a radius of 902.29
7 feet, an arc length of 70.50 feet, and a chord that bears N 27°49'05" E,
8 a distance of 70.49 feet to a point, thence;
9 Northeasterly, continuing across said E. 174th Street right-of-way
10 along a curve to the left, having a radius of 40.00 feet, an arc length
11 of 9.52 feet, and a chord that bears N 20°29'28" E, a distance of 9.50
12 feet to a point, said point being in the northeast line of said E. 174th
13 Street, same being the southeast line of Block 3904, thence;
14 Southeasterly, along said common line, S 65°38'27" E, a distance of
15 18.21 feet to a point, thence;
16 Southwesterly, leaving said common line and crossing said E. 174th
17 Street right-of-way along a curve to the right, having a radius of
18 900.26 feet, an arc length of 79.98 feet, and a chord that bears S
19 27°35'36" W, a distance of 79.96 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning
20 and containing 1,388 square feet (0.032 acres) of land more or less.
21 Easement 7 on BLOCK 4435 PART OF LOT 2: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR
22 PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH & COUNTY OF THE
23 BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
24 AREA C10: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
25 Beginning at a point on a northwest line of Block 4335, Lot 2, as
26 depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) for New York City Parks
27 and Recreation as per the Tax Map of the City of New York, Borough of
28 the Bronx, and as per NYC OpenData Records, being S 66°52'39" W, distant
29 711.41 feet from the intersection of the southwest line of De Reimer
30 Avenue (60 feet wide) and the northwest line of Erskine Place (60 feet
31 wide), along said northwest line of Erskine Place, S 23°07'21" E,
32 distant 385.00 feet perpendicular to the said northwest line to the said
33 Point of Beginning having coordinates N 251,935.6602, E 1,031,770.1341,
34 and running thence;
35 Southeasterly, leaving said common line and crossing said Lot 2, along
36 a curve to the left, having a radius of 155.94 feet, an arc length of
37 152.17 feet, and a chord that bears S 53°22'58" E, a distance of 146.21
38 feet to a point, thence;
39 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
40 left, having a radius of 163.98 feet, an arc length of 142.47 feet, and
41 a chord that bears N 74°42'49" E, a distance of 138.03 feet to a point,
42 thence;
43 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
44 right, having a radius of 283.96 feet, an arc length of 53.52 feet, and
45 a chord that bears S 35°02'31" W, a distance of 53.44 feet to a point,
46 thence;
47 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
48 right, having a radius of 184.98 feet, an arc length of 108.34 feet, and
49 a chord that bears S 82°49'33" W, a distance of 106.80 feet to a point,
50 thence;
51 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
52 right, having a radius of 176.94 feet, an arc length of 57.98 feet, and
53 a chord that bears N 71°54'00" W, a distance of 57.38 feet to a point,
54 thence;
55 Southeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
56 right, having a radius of 102.77 feet, an arc length of 149.48 feet, and
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1 a chord that bears S 15°45'46" E, a distance of 136.65 feet to a point,
2 thence;
3 Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
4 right, having a radius of 4,476.34 feet, an arc length of 31.41 feet,
5 and a chord that bears S 45°42'22" W, a distance of 31.41 feet to a
6 point, thence;
7 Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
8 left, having a radius of 122.36 feet, an arc length of 82.21 feet, and a
9 chord that bears N 12°09'48" E, a distance of 80.67 feet to a point,
10 thence;
11 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
12 left, having a radius of 96.79 feet, an arc length of 58.65 feet, and a
13 chord that bears N 27°41'20" W, a distance of 57.76 feet to a point,
14 thence;
15 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 45°02'53" W, a distance
16 of 26.75 feet to a point, thence;
17 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 45°14'14" W, a distance
18 of 30.65 feet to a point, thence;
19 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 41°59'32" W, a distance
20 of 25.49 feet to a point, thence;
21 Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
22 right, having a radius of 180.94 feet, an arc length of 49.78 feet, and
23 a chord that bears N 34°06'40" W, a distance of 49.62 feet to a point,
24 said point being on the northwest line of Lot 2, same being a southeast
25 right-of-line of said northwest line of Block 4335, Lot 2, thence;
26 Northeasterly, along said common line, N 58°46'49" E, a distance of
27 25.11 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 8,874
28 square feet (0.204 acres) more or less.
29 Subsurface easement 1 on PART OF PELHAM BAY PARK. ALL THAT CERTAIN
30 LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH &
31 COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
32 FOLLOWS:
33 AREA STE-145-01: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
34 Beginning at a point on the southeasterly line of Block 5650 Lot 100,
35 as depicted to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
36 (Reputed Owner), as per Reel 374, Page 289, as recorded in the Regis-
37 ter's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, as the
38 successor in title to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
39 through the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and the Regional
40 Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, same being a point on the northwesterly
41 line of Block 5650 Lot 1, as depicted to the City of New York per the
42 Tax Map of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, being the follow-
43 ing two courses from the intersection of the physical centerline of
44 Orchard Beach Road with the monumented six track centerline as depicted
45 on Station Map-Lands The Harlem River and Port Chester R.R. Co. Oper-
46 ated by The New York and New Haven and Hartford R.R. Co. V81.82 S.L. 9
47 dated June 30, 1915, at station 454+39.9 more or less of the monumented
48 six track centerline; thence along the monumented six track centerline,
49 North 25°03'09"East 1,583.8 feet more or less, to a point at station
50 470+23.73 of the monumented six track centerline, said point also being
51 South 25°03'09"West 4,813.02 feet, measured along the monumented six
52 track centerline, from the intersection of the monumented six track
53 centerline with the Bronx / Westchester County Line, thence; South
54 64°56'51" East 61.50 feet to the southeasterly line of Block 5650 Lot
55 100 and the Point or Place of Beginning, having coordinates of N:
56 257,712.6802 E: 1,036,753.8721 and running thence;
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1 Northeasterly along a line common to Lot 1 and Lot 100 North 25°03'09"
2 East a distance of 20.00 feet to a point, thence;
3 Southeasterly through a portion of Lot 1 South 63°25'40" East a
4 distance of 13.44 feet to a point, thence;
5 Southwesterly through a portion of Lot 1 South 25°26'32" West a
6 distance of 20.00 feet to a point, thence;
7 Northwesterly through a portion of Lot 1 North 63°25'40" West a
8 distance of 13.31 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing
9 267 square feet (0.006 acres) more or less.
10 Subsurface easement 2 on PART OF PELHAM BAY PARK. ALL THAT CERTAIN
11 LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH &
12 COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
13 FOLLOWS:
14 AREA STE-145-02: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
15 Beginning at a point on the northwesterly line of Block 5650 Lot 100,
16 as depicted to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
17 (Reputed Owner), as per Reel 374, Page 289, as recorded in the Regis-
18 ter's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, as successor
19 in title to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad through the
20 Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and the Regional Rail Reorgan-
21 ization Act of 1973, same being a point on the southeasterly line of
22 Block 5650 Lot 2, as depicted to the City of New York per the Tax Map of
23 the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, being the following two
24 courses from the intersection of the physical centerline of Orchard
25 Beach Road with the monumented six track centerline as depicted on
26 Station Map-Lands The Harlem River and Port Chester R.R. Co. Operated
27 by The New York and New Haven and Hartford R.R. Co. V81.82 S.L. 9 dated
28 June 30, 1915, at station 454+39.9 more or less of the monumented six
29 track centerline; thence along the monumented six track centerline,
30 North 25°03'09" East 1602.5 feet more or less, to a point at station
31 470+42.42 of the monumented six track centerline, said point also being
32 South 25°03'09" West 4,794.33 feet, measured along the monumented six
33 track centerline, from the Bronx / Westchester County Line, thence;
34 North 64°56'51" West 67.71 feet to the northwesterly line of Block 5650
35 Lot 100 and the Point or Place of Beginning, having coordinates of N:
36 257,784.3343 E: 1,036,644.7326 and running thence;
37 Northwesterly through a portion of Block 5650 Lot 2 North 62°32'08"
38 West a distance of 13.90 feet to a point, thence;
39 Northeasterly through a portion of Lot 2 North 27°27'52" East a
40 distance of 76.16 feet to a point, thence;
41 Southeasterly through a portion of Lot 2 South 62°32'08" East a
42 distance of 16.91 feet to a point, said point being on the line common
43 to Lot 2 and Lot 100, thence;
44 Southwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 South 25°03'09"
45 West a distance of 29.72 feet to a point, said point being on common
46 corner of Lot 2 and Lot 100, at an offset of 61.50 feet to the northwest
47 from station 470+88.67 of the monumented six track centerline, thence;
48 Northwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 North 64°56'11"
49 West a distance of 6.00 feet to a point, said point being a common
50 corner of Lot 2 and Lot 100, at an offset of 67.50 feet to the northwest
51 from station 470+88.67 of the monumented six track centerline, thence;
52 Southwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 South 25°19'01"
53 West a distance of 46.25 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and
54 containing 1,127 square feet (0.026 acres) more or less.
55 § 4. In the event that the city of New York received any funding,
56 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase,
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1 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three
2 of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland author-
3 ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the city of New
4 York has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the alien-
5 ation or conversion of such parklands, including satisfying the secre-
6 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
7 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure
8 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market
9 value and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
10 § 5. After completion of improvements to the former parkland discon-
11 tinued and alienated by the city of New York pursuant to this act, the
12 metropolitan transportation authority may, in its discretion, assign or
13 otherwise transfer some or all of the easements granted pursuant to this
14 act to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation or the successor
15 thereto, subject to retention of such rights and obligations of the
16 metropolitan transportation authority on behalf of Metro-North
17 commuter railroad company as the metropolitan transportation authority
18 may deem appropriate.
19 § 6. Upon the completion of construction, the metropolitan transporta-
20 tion authority shall, in agreement with the city of New York and in
21 consultation with the local community board, restore the surface of the
22 lands described in section three of this act and such lands shall
23 continue to be used for park purposes.
24 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
