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tions as the city OF NEW YORK AND THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY shall determine, to enable the metropolitan transportation
authority and Metro-North commuter railroad company, [an affiliate] A
SUBSIDIARY of the metropolitan transportation authority, to [construct
improvements and] gain ingress and egress to and from railroad equip-
ment, stations and right-of-way on such former parkland, [and to
construct below surface and surface utility infrastructure,] in order to
bring Metro-North commuter railroad company service to four new stations
in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county of New York IN
CONNECTION WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECT KNOWN AS PENN STATION ACCESS.
§ 2. Section 2 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, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an
amount equal to or greater than the fair market VALUE of the parklands
being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or capi-
tal improvements to existing parklands and recreational facilities with-
in the borough of the Bronx.
§ 3. Section 3 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, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 3. The lands hereby authorized to be discontinued as parklands and
for which easements may be granted to the metropolitan transportation
authority are located in the county of the Bronx, city and state of New
York, and are bounded and described as follows:
Easement 1 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14:
ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND
BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF
NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
AREA STE-115-03: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
Beginning at a point in the southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, as
depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page
1136, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York,
Borough of the Bronx, same being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 8,
being N 65°40'15" W, distant 242.23 feet from the intersection of the
northeast line of E. 172nd Street (60 feet wide) and the northwest line
of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide) to a common corner of said Lots 14
and 8, N 30°52'59" E, distant 246.92 feet along a common line between
said Lots 14 and 8 to the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N
242,522.5836, E 1,016,853.7105, and running thence;
Northwesterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 14, N
59°07'01" W, a distance of 7.66 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 30°52'59" E, a
distance of 103.45 feet to a point, thence;
Southeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 59°07'01" E, a
distance of 7.66 feet to a point, said point being in the common line
between said Lots 14 and 8, thence;
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Southwesterly, along said common line, S 30°52'59" W, a distance of
103.45 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 792 square
feet (0.018 acres) of land more or less.
Easement 2 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS:
AREA STE-116-02A: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
Beginning at a point in Block 3861, Lot 14, as depicted to the City of
New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page 1136, as recorded in the
Register's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, same
being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 8, being N 65°40'15" W,
distant 242.23 feet from the intersection of the northeast line of E.
172nd Street (60 feet wide) and the northwest line of Bronx River Avenue
(100 feet wide) to a common corner of said Lots 14, and 8, N 30°52'59"
E, distant 246.92 feet along a common line between said Lots 14 and 8, N
59°07'01" W, distant 7.66 feet leaving said common line and crossing
said Lot 14 to the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N
242,526.5132, E 1,016,847.1402, and running thence;
Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 59°07'01" W, a
distance of 17.31 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 30°00'36" E, a
distance of 50.98 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N30°49'33"E, a distance
of 70.57 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 31°33'35" E, a
distance of 88.39 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 32°14'48" E, a
distance of 107.82 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 33°04'35" E, a
distance of 60.89 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 33°35'42" E, a
distance of 42.32 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14 along a curve to the
left, having a radius 771.90 feet, an arc length of 133.13 feet, and a
chord that bears N 27°40'31" E, a distance of 132.97 feet to a point,
thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14 along a curve to the
left, having a radius 626.87 feet, an arc length of 27.45 feet, and a
chord that bears N 22°38'50" E, a distance of 27.45 feet to a point,
said point being in a northeast line of said Lot 14, same being a south-
west line of Block 3861, Lot 114, thence;
Southwesterly, along said common line, S 10°22'48" W, a distance of
77.44 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, leaving said common line and crossing said Lot 14 along
a curve to the right, having a radius 789.90 feet, an arc length of
88.00 feet, and a chord that bears S 29°25'29" W, a distance of 87.96
feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 33°35'29" W, a
distance of [42.47] 42.63 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, [S 32°58'25" W] S
33°04'32" W, a distance of [60.76] 60.00 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, [S 32°18'18" W] S
32°14'48" W, a distance of 107.59 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 31°33'35" W, a
distance of 88.17 feet to a point, thence;
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Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 30°22'14" W, a
distance of 18.00 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 30°52'59" W, a
distance of 103.45 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and contain-
ing 9,767 square feet (0.224 acres) of land more or less.
Easement 3 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS:
AREA STE-116-02B: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
Beginning at a point in a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, as
depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 770 Page
1136, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York,
Borough of the Bronx, same being a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot
114, being N 65°39'02" W, distant 315.96 feet from the intersection of
the southwest line of East 174th Street (80 feet wide) and the northwest
line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
the common corner of said Lot 14 and Block 3861, Lot 114, S 25°23'15" W,
distant 75.09 feet along the common line between said Lots 14 and 114 to
the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 243,353.3499, E
1,017,273.8724, and running thence;
Southwesterly, continuing along said common line, S 25°23'15" W, a
distance of 37.54 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 14, along a
curve to the left, having a radius of 201.86 feet, an arc length of
97.38 feet, and a chord that bears S 33°57'13" W, a distance of 96.45
feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 14, S 15°04'20" W, a
distance of 80.23 feet to a point said point being on the said common
line between Lots 14 and 114, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing along said common line, S 25°23'15" W, a
distance of 107.08 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 14, N
18°52'55" E, a distance of 11.88 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 16°41'14" E, a
distance of 49.13 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, N 14°24'26" E, a
distance of 107.98 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, along a curve to the
right, having a radius of 201.08 feet, an arc length of 121.59 feet, and
a chord that bears N 31°33'40" E, a distance of 119.74 feet to a point,
thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 14, along a curve to the
right, having a radius of 185.72 feet, an arc length of 37.40 feet, and
a chord that bears N 51°33'21" E, a distance of 37.34 feet to the Point
or Place of Beginning and containing 4,406 square feet (0.101 acres) of
land more or less.
Easement 4 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 114: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS:
AREA STE-116-03: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
Beginning at a point in a northwest line of Block 3861, Lot 114, as
depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 290 Page
20, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York,
Borough of the Bronx, same being a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14,
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being N 65°39'02" W, distant 315.96 feet from the intersection of the
southwest line of East 174th Street (80 feet wide) and the northwest
line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
the common corner of said Lot 14 and Block 3861, Lot 114, S 25°23'15" W,
distant 286.95 feet along the common line between said Lots 14 and 114
to the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 243,161.9562, E
1,017,183.0434, and running thence;
Southwesterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 114, S
15°04'20" W, a distance of 25.49 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 15°15'32" W, a
distance of 35.28 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 16°14'46" W, a
distance of 24.96 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 18°16'10" W, a
distance of 16.37 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 19°27'15" W, a
distance of 28.06 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 21°36'23" W, a
distance of 47.44 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a curve to the
right, having a radius of 789.88 feet, an arc length of 36.79 feet, and
a chord that bears S 24°49'11" W, a distance of 36.78 feet to a point.
Said point being on the common line between said Lots 114 and 14,
thence;
Northeasterly, along said common line, N 10°22'48" E, a distance of
89.42 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing along said common line, N 25°23'15" E, a
distance of 126.35 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and contain-
ing 2,257 square feet (0.052 acres) of land more or less.
Easement 5 on BLOCK 3861, PART OF LOT 114: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE
OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX,
COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS:
AREA STE-116-05: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
Beginning at a point in a northeast line of Block 3861, Lot 114, as
depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per Reel 290 Page
20, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of New York,
Borough of the Bronx, same being a southwest line of E. 174th Street (80
feet wide) being N 65°39'02" W, distant 266.86 feet from the inter-
section of the southwest line of East 174th Street and the northwest
line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), along said southwest line to
the said Point of Beginning having coordinates N 243,400.9477, E
1,017,350.8040, and running thence;
Southwesterly, leaving said common line, along a curve to the right,
having a radius of 181.58 feet, an arc length of 6.77 feet, and a chord
that bears S 39°37'44" W, a distance of 6.77 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, crossing said Lot 114, along a curve to the right,
having a radius of 140.49 feet, an arc length of 47.24 feet, and a chord
that bears S 43°22'54" W, a distance of 47.02 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 51°25'10" W, a
distance of 9.40 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a curve to the
right, having a radius of 112.86 feet, an arc length of 20.56 feet, and
a chord that bears S 53°51'05" W, a distance of 20.53 feet to a point,
thence;
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Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, along a curve to the
left, having a radius of 201.86 feet, an arc length of 24.58 feet, and a
chord that bears S 55°36'56" W, a distance of 24.56 feet to a point,
thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 114, S 49°54'54" W, a
distance of 15.96 feet to a point, said point being a northwest line of
said Lot 114, same being a southeast line of Block 3861, Lot 14, thence;
Northeasterly, along said common line, N 25°23'15" E, a distance of
37.54 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, leaving said common line, crossing said Lot 114 along a
curve to the right, having a radius of 185.72 feet, an arc length of
6.94 feet, and a chord that bears N 58°23'47" E, a distance of 6.94 feet
to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 114 along a curve to the
left, having a radius of 209.63 feet, an arc length of 61.64 feet, and a
chord that bears N 48°31'41" E, a distance of 61.42 feet to a point,
thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 114, N 41°28'18" E, a
distance of 13.91 feet to a point, said point being on the common line
between said Lot 114 and E. 174th Street, thence;
Southeasterly, along said common line, S 65°39'02" E, a distance of
17.31 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 1,772
square feet (0.041 acres) of land more or less.
Easement 6 [on E. 174TH ST. ROW BETWEEN BRONX RIVER AVE. AND SHERIDAN
BLVD.: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND
BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, COUNTY OF BRONX, CITY, AND STATE OF
NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
AREA STE-116-06: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
Beginning at a point in the northeast line of Block 3861, Lot 114,
same being a southwest line of E. 174th Street (80 feet wide), as
depicted to City of New York (Reputed Owner) as per the Tax Maps of the
City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, being northwesterly from the
intersection of the southwest line of said E. 174th Street and the
northwest line of Bronx River Avenue (100 feet wide), N 65°39'02" W,
distant 266.87 feet, to said Point of Beginning having coordinates N
243,400.9539, E 1,017,350.7903, and running thence;
Northwesterly, continuing along said common line, N 65°39'02" W, a
distance of 17.31 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, leaving said common line and crossing said E. 174th
Street right-of-way along a curve to the left, having a radius of 902.29
feet, an arc length of 70.50 feet, and a chord that bears N 27°49'05" E,
a distance of 70.49 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said E. 174th Street right-of-way
along a curve to the left, having a radius of 40.00 feet, an arc length
of 9.52 feet, and a chord that bears N 20°29'28" E, a distance of 9.50
feet to a point, said point being in the northeast line of said E. 174th
Street, same being the southeast line of Block 3904, thence;
Southeasterly, along said common line, S 65°38'27" E, a distance of
18.21 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly, leaving said common line and crossing said E. 174th
Street right-of-way along a curve to the right, having a radius of
900.26 feet, an arc length of 79.98 feet, and a chord that bears S
27°35'36" W, a distance of 79.96 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning
and containing 1,388 square feet (0.032 acres) of land more or less.
Easement 7] on BLOCK [4435] 4335 PART OF LOT 2: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT,
PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH [&] OF
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THE BRONX, COUNTY OF [THE] BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
AREA C10: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
Beginning at a point on a northwest line of Block 4335, Lot 2, as
depicted to the City of New York (Reputed Owner) for New York City Parks
and Recreation as per the Tax Map of the City of New York, Borough of
the Bronx, and as per NYC OpenData Records, being S 66°52'39" W, distant
711.41 feet from the intersection of the southwest line of De Reimer
Avenue (60 feet wide) and the northwest line of Erskine Place (60 feet
wide), along said northwest line of Erskine Place, S 23°07'21" E,
distant 385.00 feet perpendicular to the said northwest line to the said
Point of Beginning having coordinates N 251,935.6602, E 1,031,770.1341,
and running thence;
Southeasterly, leaving said common line and crossing said Lot 2, along
a curve to the left, having a radius of 155.94 feet, an arc length of
152.17 feet, and a chord that bears S 53°22'58" E, a distance of 146.21
feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
left, having a radius of 163.98 feet, an arc length of 142.47 feet, and
a chord that bears N 74°42'49" E, a distance of 138.03 feet to a point,
thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
right, having a radius of 283.96 feet, an arc length of 53.52 feet, and
a chord that bears S 35°02'31" W, a distance of 53.44 feet to a point,
thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
right, having a radius of 184.98 feet, an arc length of 108.34 feet, and
a chord that bears S 82°49'33" W, a distance of 106.80 feet to a point,
thence;
Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
right, having a radius of 176.94 feet, an arc length of 57.98 feet, and
a chord that bears N 71°54'00" W, a distance of 57.38 feet to a point,
thence;
Southeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
right, having a radius of 102.77 feet, an arc length of 149.48 feet, and
a chord that bears S 15°45'46" E, a distance of 136.65 feet to a point,
thence;
Southwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
right, having a radius of 4,476.34 feet, an arc length of 31.41 feet,
and a chord that bears S 45°42'22" W, a distance of 31.41 feet to a
point, thence;
Northeasterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
left, having a radius of 122.36 feet, an arc length of 82.21 feet, and a
chord that bears N 12°09'48" E, a distance of 80.67 feet to a point,
thence;
Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
left, having a radius of 96.79 feet, an arc length of 58.65 feet, and a
chord that bears N 27°41'20" W, a distance of 57.76 feet to a point,
thence;
Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 45°02'53" W, a distance
of 26.75 feet to a point, thence;
Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 45°14'14" W, a distance
of 30.65 feet to a point, thence;
Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, N 41°59'32" W, a distance
of 25.49 feet to a point, thence;
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Northwesterly, continuing across said Lot 2, along a curve to the
right, having a radius of 180.94 feet, an arc length of 49.78 feet, and
a chord that bears N 34°06'40" W, a distance of 49.62 feet to a point,
said point being on the northwest line of Lot 2, same being a southeast
right-of-line of said northwest line of Block 4335, Lot 2, thence;
Northeasterly, along said common line, N 58°46'49" E, a distance of
25.11 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing 8,874
square feet (0.204 acres) more or less.
[Subsurface easement 1 on PART OF PELHAM BAY PARK. ALL THAT CERTAIN
LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH &
COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS:
AREA STE-145-01: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
Beginning at a point on the southeasterly line of Block 5650 Lot 100,
as depicted to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
(Reputed Owner), as per Reel 374, Page 289, as recorded in the Regis-
ter's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, as the
successor in title to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
through the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and the Regional
Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, same being a point on the northwesterly
line of Block 5650 Lot 1, as depicted to the City of New York per the
Tax Map of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, being the follow-
ing two courses from the intersection of the physical centerline of
Orchard Beach Road with the monumented six track centerline as depicted
on Station Map-Lands The Harlem River and Port Chester R.R. Co. Oper-
ated by The New York and New Haven and Hartford R.R. Co. V81.82 S.L. 9
dated June 30, 1915, at station 454+39.9 more or less of the monumented
six track centerline; thence along the monumented six track centerline,
North 25°03'09"East 1,583.8 feet more or less, to a point at station
470+23.73 of the monumented six track centerline, said point also being
South 25°03'09"West 4,813.02 feet, measured along the monumented six
track centerline, from the intersection of the monumented six track
centerline with the Bronx / Westchester County Line, thence; South
64°56'51" East 61.50 feet to the southeasterly line of Block 5650 Lot
100 and the Point or Place of Beginning, having coordinates of N:
257,712.6802 E: 1,036,753.8721 and running thence;
Northeasterly along a line common to Lot 1 and Lot 100 North 25°03'09"
East a distance of 20.00 feet to a point, thence;
Southeasterly through a portion of Lot 1 South 63°25'40" East a
distance of 13.44 feet to a point, thence;
Southwesterly through a portion of Lot 1 South 25°26'32" West a
distance of 20.00 feet to a point, thence;
Northwesterly through a portion of Lot 1 North 63°25'40" West a
distance of 13.31 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and containing
267 square feet (0.006 acres) more or less.
Subsurface easement 2 on PART OF PELHAM BAY PARK. ALL THAT CERTAIN
LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH &
COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS:
AREA STE-145-02: HORIZONTAL LIMITS
Beginning at a point on the northwesterly line of Block 5650 Lot 100,
as depicted to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
(Reputed Owner), as per Reel 374, Page 289, as recorded in the Regis-
ter's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, as successor
in title to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad through the
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and the Regional Rail Reorgan-
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ization Act of 1973, same being a point on the southeasterly line of
Block 5650 Lot 2, as depicted to the City of New York per the Tax Map of
the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx, being the following two
courses from the intersection of the physical centerline of Orchard
Beach Road with the monumented six track centerline as depicted on
Station Map-Lands The Harlem River and Port Chester R.R. Co. Operated
by The New York and New Haven and Hartford R.R. Co. V81.82 S.L. 9 dated
June 30, 1915, at station 454+39.9 more or less of the monumented six
track centerline; thence along the monumented six track centerline,
North 25°03'09" East 1602.5 feet more or less, to a point at station
470+42.42 of the monumented six track centerline, said point also being
South 25°03'09" West 4,794.33 feet, measured along the monumented six
track centerline, from the Bronx / Westchester County Line, thence;
North 64°56'51" West 67.71 feet to the northwesterly line of Block 5650
Lot 100 and the Point or Place of Beginning, having coordinates of N:
257,784.3343 E: 1,036,644.7326 and running thence;
Northwesterly through a portion of Block 5650 Lot 2 North 62°32'08"
West a distance of 13.90 feet to a point, thence;
Northeasterly through a portion of Lot 2 North 27°27'52" East a
distance of 76.16 feet to a point, thence;
Southeasterly through a portion of Lot 2 South 62°32'08" East a
distance of 16.91 feet to a point, said point being on the line common
to Lot 2 and Lot 100, thence;
Southwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 South 25°03'09"
West a distance of 29.72 feet to a point, said point being on common
corner of Lot 2 and Lot 100, at an offset of 61.50 feet to the northwest
from station 470+88.67 of the monumented six track centerline, thence;
Northwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 North 64°56'11"
West a distance of 6.00 feet to a point, said point being a common
corner of Lot 2 and Lot 100, at an offset of 67.50 feet to the northwest
from station 470+88.67 of the monumented six track centerline, thence;
Southwesterly along a line common to Lot 2 and Lot 100 South 25°19'01"
West a distance of 46.25 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning and
containing 1,127 square feet (0.026 acres) more or less.]
§ 4. Section 4 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, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 4. In the event that the city of New York received any funding,
support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase,
maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three
of this act OR SECTION EIGHT OF A CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY-THREE AMENDING CHAPTER 544 OF THE LAWS OF 2022, the discontin-
uance and alienation of such parkland authorized by the provisions of
this act shall not occur until the city of New York has complied with
any federal AND STATE requirements pertaining to the alienation or
conversion of such parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the
interior AND THE OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION
that the alienation or conversion complies with all conditions which the
secretary of the interior AND COMMISSIONER deems necessary to assure the
substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value
and RECREATIONAL usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
§ 5. 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
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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, is
REPEALED.
§ 6. Subject to the provisions of this act, but notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, the city of New York is hereby author-
ized to discontinue the use as parklands the lands described in section
eight of this act and to grant easements affecting such lands to the
metropolitan transportation authority, upon such terms and conditions as
the city of New York and the metropolitan transportation authority shall
determine, to enable the metropolitan transportation authority and
Metro-North commuter railroad company, a subsidiary of the metropolitan
transportation authority, to construct railroad utility infrastructure
improvements, in order to bring Metro-North commuter railroad company
service to four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in
the county of New York in connection with the capital project known as
Penn Station Access.
§ 7. The authorization provided in section six of this act shall be
effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an
amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands
being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or capi-
tal improvements to existing parklands and recreational facilities with-
in the borough of the Bronx.
§ 8. The lands hereby authorized to be discontinued as parklands and
for which easements may be granted to the metropolitan transportation
authority are located in the county of the Bronx, city and state of New
York, and are bounded and described as follows:
Easement 7 on BRONX BLOCK 3861 PART OF LOT 14
ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND
BEING IN THE BOROUGH & COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK
BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
AREA OCS-81H 1/2: (PERMANENT EASEMENT)
Beginning at a point, said point being on the northwesterly side of
Block 3861 Lot 8, as depicted to National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak) (Reputed Owner), as per Reel 105 Page 1496, as recorded in the
Register's Office of the City of New York, Borough of The Bronx, as
successor in title to New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, through
the Consolidated Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, being the following
seven courses and distances from a point, said point being the inter-
section of the southwesterly side of East 174th Street (80 Feet Wide)
with the northwesterly side of Bronx River Avenue (100 Feet Wide), as
depicted on Bronx Record Map Section 38, amended and corrected to
01/20/1947, last revised 08/08/2001, as recorded in the Topographic
Bureau of the Bronx Borough President's Office,
1. Along said southwesterly side of East 174th Street, North 65°38'27"
West a distance of 237.44 feet, to a point, said point being the inter-
section of the northwesterly side of said National Railroad Passenger
Corporation with the southwesterly side of East 174th Street, also being
the northeasterly corner of property depicted to The City of New York
(Reputed Owner) as Parcel 1 as per Deed Liber 1111 Page 379, dated
December 23, 1940, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of
New York, Borough of the Bronx, thence;
2. Along the northwesterly side of said property of National Railroad
Passenger Corporation, southwesterly along the arc of a curve bearing to
the left, said curve having a radius of 2,345.01 feet, an arc length of
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5.92 feet, which bears a chord South 30°49'43" West a distance of 5.92
feet, to a point, thence;
3. Continuing along the same, southwesterly South 37°10'01" West a
distance of 183.61 feet, to a point, thence;
4. Continuing along the same, southwesterly South 24°39'41" West, a
distance of 183.61 feet, to a point, thence;
5. Continuing along the same, southeasterly South 59°05'10" East, a
distance of 5.00 feet, to a point, thence;
6. Continuing along the same, southwesterly South 30°54'50" West, a
distance of 165.46 feet, to an angle point in the United States pierhead
and bulkhead line established on August 9, 1940, also being the souther-
ly corner of said land depicted to The City of New York (Reputed Owner)
as Parcel 1 as per Deed Liber 1111 Page 379, also being a point on the
southeasterly side of Block 3861 Lot 14, as depicted to The City of New
York, as per Reel 770 Page 1176, dated June 25th 1987, as recorded in
the Register's Office of the City of New York, Borough of the Bronx,
thence;
7. Continuing along said common line of National Railroad Passenger
Corporation and The City of New York, southwesterly South 30°54'50"
West, a distance of 168.84 feet, to a point, said point being the Point
of Beginning, having coordinates N: 242,780.829 E: 1,017,019.931 and
running thence; Southwesterly, along said common line, South 30°54'50"
West, a distance of 14.00 feet, to a point, thence;
Through said land of The City of New York, northwesterly North
59°05'10" West, a distance of 10.00 feet, thence;
Continuing through land of The City of New York, northeasterly North
30°54'50" East, a distance of 14.00 feet, thence;
Continuing through land of The City of New York, southeasterly South
59°05'10" East, a distance of 10.00 feet, to a point on said common line
between National Railroad Passenger Corporation and The City of New
York, at the Point of Beginning and containing 140 square feet (0.003
acres) more or less.
Easement 8 on BRONX BLOCK 3861 PART OF LOT 114
ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND
BEING IN THE BOROUGH & COUNTY OF THE BRONX, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK
BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
AREA OCS-82H 1/3: (PERMANENT EASEMENT)
Beginning at a point, said point being on the northwesterly side of
Block 3861 Lot 8, as depicted to National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak) (Reputed Owner), as per Reel 105, Page 1496, as recorded in the
Register's Office of the City of New York, Borough of The Bronx, as
successor in title to New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, through
the Consolidated Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, being the following
seven courses and distances from a point, said point being the inter-
section of the southwesterly side of East 174th Street (80 Feet Wide)
with the northwesterly side of Bronx River Avenue (100 Feet Wide), as
depicted on Bronx Record Map Section 38, amended and corrected to
01/20/1947, last revised 08/08/2001, as recorded in the Topographic
Bureau of the Bronx Borough President's Office,
1. Along said southwesterly side of East 174th Street, North 65°38'27"
West a distance of 237.44 feet, to a point, said point being the inter-
section of the northwesterly side of said National Railroad Passenger
Corporation with the southwesterly side of East 174th Street, also being
the northeasterly corner of property depicted to The City of New York
(Reputed Owner) as Parcel 1 as per Deed Liber 1111 Page 379, dated
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December 23, 1940, as recorded in the Register's Office of the City of
New York, Borough of the Bronx, thence;
2. Along the northwesterly side of said property of National Railroad
Passenger Corporation, southwesterly along the arc of a curve bearing to
the left, said curve having a radius of 2,345.01 feet, an arc length of
5.92 feet, which bears a chord South 30°49'43" West a distance of 5.92
feet, to a point, thence;
3. Continuing along the same, southwesterly South 37°10'01" West a
distance of 183.61 feet, to a point, thence;
4. Continuing along the same, southwesterly South 24°39'41" West, a
distance of 183.61 feet, to a point, thence;
5. Continuing along the same, southeasterly South 59°05'10" East, a
distance of 5.00 feet, to a point, thence;
6. Continuing along the same, southwesterly South 30°54'50" West, a
distance of 64.31 feet, to a point, said point being the Point of Begin-
ning, having coordinates N: 243,012.463 E: 1,017,158.637 and running
thence;
Southwesterly, continuing along said common line, South 30°54'50"
West, a distance of 14.00 feet, to a point, thence;
Through said land of The City of New York, northwesterly North
59°05'10" West, a distance of 10.00 feet, thence;
Continuing through land of The City of New York, northeasterly North
30°54'50" East, a distance of 14.00 feet, thence;
Continuing through land of The City of New York, southeasterly South
59°05'10" East, a distance of 10.00 feet, to a point on said common line
between National Railroad Passenger Corporation and The City of New
York, at the Point of Beginning and containing 140 square feet (0.003
acres) more or less.
§ 9. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after August 17, 2022.
Co-op City's Section 5 needs a waiver to stop the destruction of the I-95N entrance ramp off the westbound Pelham Parkway that also leads to "the Hutch" and Palmer Ave. That would be Ramp C. Searching for waivers to other Pelham Bay Park alienation of parkland cases led me to this MTA PAC easement bill. The Bruckner-Hutch Mobility Improvement Project X731.27 includes the Hutch N exit ramp to Bartow –– which Senator Bailey aka "you" demonstrated against last year but which Section 5 residents who are paying attention realize is nothing compared to the damage to be caused by other parts of the plan and that includes the destruction of Ramp C.
The plan has been in play since 2012 but broke ground just last year. Project X's adherence to the alienation of parkland rule will be detrimental to Section 5 and to the ability to properly access the M-N RR station Platform and utilize a vitally needed Park 'n Ride for passengers from areas within and without the section.
Losing Ramp C cuts off one of very few ways into the section –– inviting potentially
dangerous situations for our section's 4000 plus apartment owners and 10,000 residents.
Time is running out. Once it's gone, Ramp C and it's usefulness will never be rebuilt or replicated.
I have maps and details galore. Could you possibly see your way to intervene? It's a huge confusing set of intertwining projects that will turn Section 5 into a parking lot.
Thanks
Mary