Case Name: In the Matter of the Laying Out of Lawrence Street across the Right of Way of the Flushing and North Side Division of The Long Island Rail Road Company between 40th Road and 41st Avenue, Borough of Queens, City of New York. The Long Island Rail Road Company, Appellant; The City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1940-03-04
Citations: 259 A.D. 721
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Laying Out of Lawrence Street across the Right of Way of the Flushing and North Side Division of The Long Island Rail Road Company between 40th Road and 41st Avenue, Borough of Queens, City of New York. The Long Island Rail Road Company, Appellant; The City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 259
Pages: 721–722

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Laying Out of Lawrence Street across the Right of Way of the Flushing and North Side Division of The Long Island Rail Road Company between 40th Road and 41st Avenue, Borough of Queens, City of New York. The Long Island Rail Road Company, Appellant; The City of New York, Respondent.

Opinion:
Proceeding under section 90 of the Railroad Law to lay out and widen a street across appellant's right of way. On appeal by The Long Island Rail Road Company, the determination of the board of estimate of the city of New York made on December 1,1938, that public necessity requires that Lawrence street be laid out and widened across the right of way of the Flushing and North Side Division of The Long Island Rail Road Company between 40th road and 41st avenue, borough of Queens, city of New York, is unanimously confirmed, with costs. No opinion. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Johnston, Adel and Taylor, JJ.