In re City of New York

This is a condemnation proceeding instituted by the respondent, The City of New York, on the 19th day of January, 1925, for the establishment and development of a marine park in the county of Kings on both sides of a creek known as Gerritsen creek and extending from a highway on the north, known as Fillmore avenue, to the ocean or Rockaway inlet on the south. Included within this extensive territory are damage parcels of land known as Nos. 240, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 323, 326, 328, 329 and 330 and also lands under water known as damage parcels 189, 324, and a portion of 112, title to…