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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6599
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 22, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. BROOK-KRASNY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          BRENNAN, P. RIVERA -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Cities
 
        AN ACT to authorize the city of New York to discontinue the use as park-
          land  of  parcels  of  real  property  in  the  borough of Brooklyn in

          exchange for the dedication of certain other lands in the  borough  of
          Brooklyn  for park purposes in furtherance of a comprehensive develop-
          ment plan for Coney Island
 
          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, the city of New York
     2  is  hereby  authorized  to  discontinue  the  use  as  parkland the land
     3  described in section three of this act and to transfer such land and any
     4  improvements thereon to the New York city  economic  development  corpo-
     5  ration  for  sale or other disposition in furtherance of a comprehensive
     6  development plan for Coney Island, Brooklyn. The transfer of  discontin-
     7  ued  parkland  pursuant to this section shall be subject to the require-
     8  ment that the improvement on such discontinued  parkland  known  as  the

     9  "Abe  Stark Rink" shall not be demolished prior to the construction of a
    10  replacement rink (unless such replacement rink  is  constructed  on  the
    11  same  site),  with  the goal of continuing normal ice skating activities
    12  until the replacement rink is complete and that  such  replacement  rink
    13  shall  be  constructed  within  the Coney Island area, including but not
    14  limited to on property under the jurisdiction of the department of parks
    15  and recreation of such city designated as #B280 and located on the Shore
    16  Parkway Service Road between 25th Avenue and Beach 41st Street.
    17    § 2. a. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
    18  effective only upon the condition that the city acquires  and  dedicates
    19  as parkland the land described in section four of this act. In the event
    20  that  such  land  acquired  and dedicated as parkland is not equal to or

    21  greater than the fair market value of the parklands and any improvements
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05667-01-1
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     1  thereon to be discontinued, the city of  New  York  shall  dedicate  the
     2  difference  between  the  fair market value of the discontinued parkland
     3  and the fair market value of the dedicated parkland for the  acquisition
     4  of  additional parkland and/or for capital improvements to existing park
     5  and recreational facilities within the borough of Brooklyn.
     6    b. Subject to the provisions of this act, the department of parks  and
     7  recreation  of  the  city  of New York is authorized to lease to the New

     8  York city economic development corporation  the  parkland  described  in
     9  section  five  of  this  act  for the operation of an amusement park and
    10  related facilities. Pursuant to the "Agreement for Special  Process  For
    11  New York City Council Review and Approval of Coney Island Amusement Park
    12  Project  Plan," Exhibit A of city council of the city of New York resol-
    13  ution 2163, adopted August 20,  2009,  for  a  period  of  twelve  years
    14  following  the  effective date of this act, the lease of parkland to the
    15  New York city economic development corporation pursuant to this subdivi-
    16  sion shall not be subject to review and approval  pursuant  to  sections
    17  197-c  and  197-d of the New York city charter; provided that such lease
    18  or any amendment thereof, sublease or assignment  of  rights  thereunder
    19  shall  be  consistent  in  all  material respects with the "Coney Island

    20  Amusement Park Project Plan" approved by the city council of the city of
    21  New York as set forth in  subdivision  e  of  this  section.  The  lease
    22  authorization  provided  in  this subdivision shall be effective only on
    23  the condition that the city of New York dedicates an amount equal to  or
    24  greater  than  the fair market value of the lease of the parkland to the
    25  acquisition of additional parkland and/or for  capital  improvements  to
    26  existing  park  and recreational facilities within the borough of Brook-
    27  lyn.
    28    c. The parkland described in section five of this act may be  acquired
    29  by the city of New York and leased by the department of parks and recre-
    30  ation of such city to the New York city economic development corporation
    31  subject  to  any  existing  lease, use or occupancy of such land that is
    32  consistent with and in furtherance of the operation of an amusement park

    33  and related facilities.
    34    d. The department of parks and recreation of the city of New York  may
    35  grant  the easements described in the city map amendment approved pursu-
    36  ant to sections 197-c and 197-d of the New York city charter  by  resol-
    37  ution  of  the  city  council of such city at a meeting held on July 29,
    38  2009 for pedestrians and vehicles to travel through the parcels of park-
    39  land described in section six of this act as necessary for  purposes  of
    40  the  operation of a designated landmark known as the "Wonder Wheel", and
    41  may grant an easement in a volume of air space over a parcel of parkland
    42  described in section seven of this act to accommodate the  Wonder  Wheel
    43  to the extent it extends over such parkland. The easement authorizations
    44  provided  in  this  subdivision shall be effective only on the condition

    45  that the city of New York dedicates an amount equal to the  fair  market
    46  value  of  the  easements  to the acquisition of new parkland and/or for
    47  capital improvements to existing parkland within the borough  of  Brook-
    48  lyn.
    49    e.  In lieu of the approval required pursuant to paragraph 4 of subdi-
    50  vision b of section 384 of the New York city charter and  in  accordance
    51  with  the  terms of the "Agreement for Special Process for New York City
    52  Council Review and Approval  of  Coney  Island  Amusement  Park  Project
    53  Plan,"  as  authorized  by resolution of the city council of the city of
    54  New York, adopted at a meeting held on August 20, 2009, for a period  of
    55  twelve  years  after  the  effective  date of this act, the lease by the
    56  department of parks and recreation of  the  city  of  New  York  of  the
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     1  parcels  of land described in section five of this act, once acquired by
     2  the city and dedicated as parkland, to the New York city economic devel-
     3  opment corporation pursuant to the authority conferred by subdivision  b
     4  of  this  section  shall  be subject exclusively to the requirement that
     5  such lease or any amendment thereof, sublease or  assignment  of  rights
     6  thereunder  shall be consistent in all material respects with the "Coney
     7  Island Amusement Park Project Plan" prepared by the department of  parks
     8  and  recreation of the city of New York and approved by the city council
     9  of the city of New York in the manner set forth in  the  "Agreement  for
    10  Special  Process  for New York City Council Review and Approval of Coney
    11  Island Amusement Park Project Plan" as authorized by resolution  of  the
    12  city  council  of  the  city of New York at a meeting held on August 20,
    13  2009.

    14    § 3. The lands authorized by this act to be discontinued  as  parkland
    15  are three parcels of parkland in the borough of Brooklyn and the city of
    16  New York as follows:
    17                                  PARCEL A
    18    A  parcel  of  parkland  generally  bounded  by Surf Avenue, West 22nd
    19  Street, West 21st Street and Ocean Way, in accordance with Borough Pres-
    20  ident Map No. X-2716, more particularly described as follows:
    21    Starting at a point of beginning located at the  southwesterly  corner
    22  of  Surf  Avenue  and West 21st Street, as those streets were heretofore
    23  laid out in the City Map, thence;
    24    1) Running 270.48 feet in a southerly  direction  along  the  westerly
    25  line of West 21st Street to a point, thence;
    26    2)  Running 170.00 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a
    27  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 90 degrees, 00

    28  minutes and 00 seconds, thence;
    29    3) Running 140.72 feet in southerly direction, said course  forming  a
    30  deflection  angle to the left with the previous course of 90 degrees, 00
    31  minutes and 00 seconds, thence;
    32    4) Running 86.03 feet in westerly direction,  said  course  forming  a
    33  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 90 degrees, 29
    34  minutes and 13 seconds, thence;
    35    5)  Running  354.66 feet in northerly direction, said course forming a
    36  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 90 degrees, 00
    37  minutes and 00 seconds, thence;
    38    6) Running 259.10 feet in easterly direction, said  course  forming  a
    39  deflection  angle to the right with the previous course of 77 degrees, 4
    40  minutes and 17 seconds to the point or place of beginning.
    41    Said parcel containing approximately 1.69 acre more or less.
    42                                  PARCEL B

    43    A parcel of parkland located in the street-bed of proposed  West  20th
    44  Street generally bounded by Surf Avenue and the public beach, in accord-
    45  ance  with Borough President Map No. X-2716, more particularly described
    46  as follows:
    47    Starting at a point of beginning located at the  southeasterly  corner
    48  of  Surf  Avenue and the proposed West 20th Street, as those streets are
    49  laid out in the City Map, thence;
    50    1) Running 466.96 feet in a southerly  direction  along  the  easterly
    51  line of the proposed West 20th Street to a point, thence;
    52    2)  Running  56.28 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a
    53  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 90 degrees, 00
    54  minutes and 28 seconds, thence;
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     1    3) Running 455.75 feet in a northerly direction, said course forming a

     2  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 90 degrees, 39
     3  minutes and 59 seconds, thence;
     4    4)  Running 52.20 feet in a northeasterly direction, said course form-
     5  ing a deflection angle to the right  with  the  previous  course  of  76
     6  degrees, 52 minutes and 38 seconds to the point or place of beginning.
     7    Said parcel containing approximately 0.57 acre more or less.
     8                                  PARCEL C
     9    A  parcel  of  parkland  generally  bounded  by Surf Avenue, West 20th
    10  Street, the easterly line of Parachute Way  and  the  public  beach,  in
    11  accordance  with  Borough  President  Map  No. X-2717, more particularly
    12  described as follows:
    13    Starting at a point of beginning located at the  southeasterly  corner
    14  of  Surf  Avenue and Parachute Way, as those streets are laid out in the
    15  City Map, thence;

    16    1) Running 465.03 feet in a southeasterly direction along the easterly
    17  line of Parachute Way to a point, thence;
    18    2) Running 412.05 feet in a southwesterly direction, said course form-
    19  ing a deflection angle to the right  with  the  previous  course  of  76
    20  degrees, 52 minutes and 38 seconds, thence;
    21    3)  Running  81.00  feet  in westerly direction, said course forming a
    22  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 76 degrees, 12
    23  minutes and 16 seconds, thence;
    24    4) Running 291.49 feet in westerly direction, said  course  forming  a
    25  deflection  angle to the right with the previous course of 7 degrees, 18
    26  minutes and 38 seconds, thence;
    27    5) Running 310.53 feet in northerly direction, said course  forming  a
    28  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 76 degrees, 59
    29  minutes and 25 seconds, thence;

    30    6)  Running  56.28  feet  in easterly direction, said course forming a
    31  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 89 degrees, 20
    32  minutes and 01 seconds, thence;
    33    7) Running 466.96 feet in northerly direction, said course  forming  a
    34  deflection  angle to the left with the previous course of 90 degrees, 00
    35  minutes and 00 seconds, thence;
    36    8) Running 50.47 feet in easterly direction,  said  course  forming  a
    37  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 77 degrees, 33
    38  minutes and 30 seconds to a point of curvature, thence;
    39    9) Running along a curve, to the right, with radius of 1940.00 feet, a
    40  central  angle  of  7  degrees, 18 minutes and 28 seconds, a distance of
    41  247.44 feet to the point or place of beginning.
    42    Said parcel containing approximately 7.04 acres more or less.

    43    § 4. The land required to be dedicated as parkland pursuant to  subdi-
    44  vision  a  of section two of this act is a parcel of land between Wonder
    45  Wheel Way and the public beach in the borough of Brooklyn  and  city  of
    46  New York more particularly described as follows:
    47    Starting  at a point of beginning located on the westerly line of West
    48  16th Street, said point lying 581.68 feet south of the southerly line of
    49  Surf Avenue, as those streets are laid out on the City Map, thence;
    50    1) Running along a curve, to the left, with a radius of 45.00 feet,  a
    51  central  angle  of  165 degrees, 3 minutes and 21 seconds, a distance of
    52  129.63 feet to a point of tangency, thence;
    53    2) Running 164.99 feet in an easterly direction, said  course  forming
    54  an  angle  of 25 degrees, 8 minutes and 12 seconds between a radial line
    55  to the center of the previous course, thence;

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     1    3) Running 26.42 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming  a
     2  deflection  angle  to the right with the previous course of 100 degrees,
     3  13 minutes and 49 seconds, thence;
     4    4)  Running 295.35 feet in an easterly direction, to a point of curva-
     5  ture, said course forming a deflection angle to the left with the previ-
     6  ous course of 100 degrees, 13 minutes and 49 seconds thence;
     7    5) Running along a curve, to the right, with radius of 300.00 feet,  a
     8  central  angle  of  14 degrees, 15 minutes and 24 seconds, a distance of
     9  74.65 feet to a point of tangency, thence;
    10    6) Running 346.02 feet in an easterly direction, thence;
    11    7) Running 62.57 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming  a
    12  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 94 degrees, 37

    13  minutes and 34 seconds, thence;
    14    8) Running 185.04 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming a
    15  deflection  angle to the left with the previous course of 89 degrees, 42
    16  minutes and 24 seconds, thence;
    17    9) Running 105.49 feet in a northerly direction, said course forming a
    18  deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 86  degrees,  2
    19  minutes and 45 seconds, thence;
    20    10)  Running 140.09 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming
    21  a deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 81  degrees,
    22  7 minutes and 35 seconds, thence;
    23    11)  Running along a curve, to the right, with a radius of 44.00 feet,
    24  a central angle of 179 degrees, 51 minutes and 15 seconds, a distance of
    25  138.12 feet, to a point of tangency, said course forming an angle  of  8
    26  degrees,  44  minutes and 38 seconds between a radial line to the center

    27  and the previous course, thence;
    28    12) Running 391.69 feet in a northerly direction, to a point of curva-
    29  ture on the southerly line of Surf Avenue, thence;
    30    13) Running along the southerly line of Surf Avenue on a curve, to the
    31  right, with radius of 7940.00 feet, a central angle of 19 minutes and  3
    32  seconds,  a  distance  of  44.01 feet, said course forming an angle of 0
    33  degrees, 46 minutes and 2 seconds between the radial line to the  center
    34  and the previous course thence;
    35    14)  Running  655.57  in a southerly direction, said course forming an
    36  angle of 1 degree 5 minutes and 5 seconds between the radial line to the
    37  curve center and the previous course, thence;
    38    15) Running 931.43 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a
    39  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 76 degrees, 37
    40  minutes and 12 seconds, thence;

    41    16) Running 435.77 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a
    42  deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 50 minutes  and
    43  36 seconds, thence;
    44    17)  Running 278.88 feet in a northerly direction, said course forming
    45  a deflection angle to the right with the previous course of  91  degrees
    46  16 minutes and 10 seconds to the point or place of beginning.
    47  Said parcel containing approximately 9.24 acres more or less.
    48    § 5. The parkland authorized to be leased to the New York city econom-
    49  ic  development  corporation pursuant to subdivision b of section two of
    50  this act is a parcel of parkland in between Wonder  Wheel  Way  and  the
    51  public beach in the borough of Brooklyn and city of New York, in accord-
    52  ance  with  Borough President Map No. Y-2715 more particularly described
    53  as follows:

    54  Starting at a point of beginning located on the westerly  line  of  West
    55  16th Street, said point lying 581.68 feet south of the southerly line of
    56  Surf Avenue, as those streets are laid out on the City Map, thence;
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     1    1)  Running along a curve, to the left, with a radius of 45.00 feet, a
     2  central angle of 165 degrees, 3 minutes and 21 seconds,  a  distance  of
     3  129.63 feet to a point of tangency, thence;
     4    2)  Running  164.99 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming
     5  an angle of 25 degrees, 8 minutes and 12 seconds between a  radial  line
     6  to the center of the previous course thence;
     7    3)  Running 26.42 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming a
     8  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of  100  degrees,
     9  13 minutes and 49 seconds thence;

    10    4)  Running 295.35 feet in an easterly direction, to a point of curva-
    11  ture, said course forming a deflection angle to the left with the previ-
    12  ous course of 100 degrees, 13 minutes and 49 seconds thence;
    13    5) Running along a curve, to the right, with radius of 300.00 feet,  a
    14  central  angle  of  14 degrees, 15 minutes and 24 seconds, a distance of
    15  74.65 feet to a point of tangency thence;
    16    6) Running 346.02 feet in an easterly direction, thence;
    17    7) Running 26.09 feet in a northerly direction, said course forming  a
    18  deflection  angle to the left with the previous course of 85 degrees, 22
    19  minutes and 26 seconds, thence;
    20    8) Running 100.23 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming a
    21  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 85 degrees, 22
    22  minutes and 26 seconds, thence;
    23    9) Running 15.57 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming  a

    24  deflection  angle to the right with the previous course of 98 degrees, 3
    25  minutes and 54 seconds, thence;
    26    10) Running 25.30 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming  a
    27  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 90 degrees, 11
    28  minutes and 37 seconds, thence;
    29    11)  Running 0.68 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming a
    30  deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 93 degrees,  37
    31  minutes and 53 seconds, thence;
    32    12)  Running 13.83 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a
    33  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 61 degrees, 23
    34  minutes and 46 seconds, thence;
    35    13) Running 30.84 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming a
    36  deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 80 degrees,  44
    37  minutes and 51 seconds, thence;

    38    14) Running 27.85 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming a
    39  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 24 degrees, 59
    40  minutes and 54 seconds, thence;
    41    15)  Running  7.15 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a
    42  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 88 degrees, 41
    43  minutes and 3 seconds, thence;
    44    16) Running 11.35 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming  a
    45  deflection  angle to the left with the previous course of 39 degrees, 30
    46  minutes and 19 seconds, thence;
    47    17) Running 10.83 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming  a
    48  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 17 degrees, 59
    49  minutes and 37 seconds, thence;
    50    18)  Running 10.78 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a
    51  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 13 degrees, 49

    52  minutes and 46 seconds, thence;
    53    19) Running 10.23 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming  a
    54  deflection  angle  to the right with the previous course of 7 degrees, 6
    55  minutes and 45 seconds, thence;
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     1    20) Running 24.52 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming  a
     2  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 25 degrees, 46
     3  minutes and 34 seconds, thence;
     4    21) Running 21.62 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming a
     5  deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 119 degrees, 32
     6  minutes and 19 seconds, thence;
     7    22)  Running 185.04 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming
     8  a deflection angle to the left with the previous course of  89  degrees,
     9  42 minutes and 24 seconds, thence;

    10    23) Running 105.49 feet in an northerly direction, said course forming
    11  a deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 86 degrees, 2
    12  minutes and 45 seconds, thence;
    13    24) Running 140.09 feet in an easterly direction, to a point of curva-
    14  ture,  said  course  forming  a  deflection  angle to the right with the
    15  previous course of 81 degrees, 7 minutes and 35 seconds, thence;
    16    25) Running along a curve, to the right, with a radius of 44.00  feet,
    17  a central angle of 179 degrees, 51 minutes and 15 seconds, a distance of
    18  138.12  feet,  to a point of tangency, said course forming an angle of 8
    19  degrees, 44 minutes and 38 seconds between a radial line to  the  center
    20  and the previous course, thence;
    21    26) Running 391.69 feet in a northerly direction, to a point of curva-
    22  ture on the southerly line of Surf Avenue, thence;

    23    27) Running along the southerly line of Surf Avenue on a curve, to the
    24  right,  with radius of 7940.00 feet, a central angle of 19 minutes and 3
    25  seconds, a distance of 44.01 feet, said course forming  an  angle  of  0
    26  degrees,  46  minutes  and 2 seconds between a radial line to the center
    27  and the previous course thence;
    28    28) Running 655.57 feet in a southerly direction, said course  forming
    29  an  angle of 1 degree 5 minutes and 5 seconds between the radial line to
    30  the curve center and the previous course, thence;
    31    29) Running 931.43 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a
    32  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 76 degrees, 37
    33  minutes and 12 seconds, thence;
    34    30) Running 435.77 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a
    35  deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 50 minutes  and
    36  36 seconds, thence;

    37    31)  Running 278.88 feet in a northerly direction, said course forming
    38  a deflection angle to the right with the previous course of  91  degrees
    39  16 minutes and 10 seconds to the point or place of beginning.
    40  Said parcel containing approximately 9.37 acres more or less.
    41    §  6.  The parkland through which easements may be granted pursuant to
    42  subdivision d of section two of this act is two parcels of  parkland  in
    43  the borough of Brooklyn and city of New York as follows:
    44                                   PARCEL A
    45  An  east-west easement located to the south and east of the intersection
    46  West 12th Street and Wonder Wheel Way  more  particularly  described  as
    47  follows:
    48  Starting  at a point of beginning located on the former easterly line of
    49  West 12th Street, said point lying 265.11 feet south of the intersection

    50  of the southerly line of Bowery and West 12th Street, as  those  streets
    51  are laid out on the City Map, thence;
    52    1) Running 61.97 feet in an easterly direction, thence;
    53    2)  Running  11.35 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a
    54  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of  322  degrees,
    55  36 minutes and 50 seconds, thence;
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     1    3)  Running  10.83 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a
     2  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 17 degrees, 59
     3  minutes and 37 seconds, thence;
     4    4)  Running  10.78 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a
     5  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 13 degrees, 49
     6  minutes and 46 seconds, thence;
     7    5) Running 10.23 feet in a westerly direction, said course  forming  a

     8  deflection  angle  to the right with the previous course of 7 degrees, 6
     9  minutes and 45 seconds, thence;
    10    6) Running 24.52 feet in a westerly direction, said course  forming  a
    11  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 25 degrees, 46
    12  minutes and 34 seconds to the point or place of beginning.
    13  Said parcel containing approximately 0.01 acre more or less.
    14                                  PARCEL B
    15  A  north-south  easement  located  in the street bed of a portion of the
    16  former West 12th Street near/at the intersection West  12th  Street  and
    17  Wonder Wheel Way more particularly described as follows:
    18  Starting  at  a  point of beginning located on the easterly line of West
    19  12th Street, said point lying 224.17 feet south of the  intersection  of
    20  the  southerly line of Bowery and West 12th Street, as those streets are
    21  laid out on the City Map, thence;

    22    1) Running 62.57 feet in a southerly direction, thence;
    23    2) Running 60.00 feet in a westerly direction, said course  forming  a
    24  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 90 degrees, 17
    25  minutes and 36 seconds, thence;
    26    3)  Running 57.41 feet in a northerly direction, said course forming a
    27  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 89 degrees, 42
    28  minutes and 24 seconds, thence;
    29    4) Running 60.20 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming  a
    30  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 85 degrees, 22
    31  minutes and 26 seconds to the point or place of beginning.
    32  Said parcel containing approximately 0.08 acre more or less.
    33    §  7.  The  parkland  over  which an air right easement may be granted
    34  pursuant to subdivision d of section two of this  act  is  a  parcel  of

    35  parkland near the intersection of West 12th Street and Wonder Wheel Way,
    36  more particularly described as follows:
    37  Starting  at a point of beginning, said point lying 237.00 feet south of
    38  the intersection of the southerly line of Bowery and  West  12th  Street
    39  and  71.80  feet  to  the  east  of  the previously said point, as those
    40  streets are laid out on the City Map, thence;
    41    1) Running 9.00 feet in a northeasterly direction, thence;
    42    2) Running 23.67 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming  a
    43  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 89 degrees, 53
    44  minutes and 22 seconds, thence;
    45    3)  Running 7.72 feet in a southerly direction along a park line, said
    46  course forming a deflection angle to the right with the previous  course
    47  of 66 degrees, 28 minutes and 11 seconds, thence;
    48    4)  Running 1.93 feet in a southerly direction along a park line, said

    49  course forming a deflection angle to the right with the previous  course
    50  of 24 degrees, 59 minutes and 54 seconds, thence;
    51    5) Running 26.72 feet in the westerly direction, said course forming a
    52  deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 88 degrees, 32
    53  minutes and 52 seconds to the point or place of beginning.
    54  Said parcel containing approximately 0.005 acre more or less.
    55    §  8.  If  the  parkland  that is the subject of this act has received
    56  funding pursuant to the federal land and water  conservation  fund,  the
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     1  discontinuance  of  parkland  authorized  by  the provisions of this act
     2  shall not occur until the municipality has  complied  with  the  federal
     3  requirements pertaining to the conversion of parklands, including satis-

     4  fying the secretary of the interior that the discontinuance will include
     5  all  conditions  which  the secretary of the interior deems necessary to
     6  assure the substitution of other  lands  shall  be  equivalent  in  fair
     7  market  value  and recreational usefulness to the lands being discontin-
     8  ued.
     9    § 9. This act shall take effect immediately.