§ 2-202 Division into boroughs and boundaries thereof. The city of New
  York   is   hereby   divided   into  five  boroughs  to  be  designated,
  respectively: Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
    1.  The borough of Manhattan shall consist of the territory  known  as
  New York county which shall contain all that part of the city and state,
  including  that  portion  of  land  commonly  known  as  Marble Hill and
  included within the county of New York and borough of Manhattan for  all
  purposes  pursuant  to  chapter  nine hundred thirty-nine of the laws of
  nineteen hundred eighty-four and further including  the  islands  called
  Manhattan  Island,  Governor's  Island,  Bedloe's  Island, Ellis Island,
  Franklin D.  Roosevelt  Island,  Randall's  Island  and  Oyster  Island,
  bounded  by  the  following  described  line: Beginning at the northerly
  United States bulkhead line of the Harlem river at the junction  of  the
  Hudson and Harlem rivers; thence along the northerly and easterly United
  States  bulkhead  lines of the Harlem river to the low-water mark on the
  westerly bank of the Spuyten Duyvil creek as it  existed  prior  to  its
  being  filled  in;  thence  along  said low-water mark of Spuyten Duyvil
  creek to the easterly United States bulkhead line of the  Harlem  river;
  thence  southerly  along the easterly United States bulkhead line of the
  Harlem river to a point where said United States bulkhead  line  of  the
  Harlem river intersects the northerly United States bulkhead line of the
  Bronx  kills;  thence  along  the  northerly  line  of the United States
  bulkhead line of the Bronx kills to the intersection  of  the  northerly
  United  States  bulkhead  line of the East river; thence across the East
  river to the low-water mark on the  shore  of  Long  Island,  so  as  to
  include  Randall's  Island and Ward's Island; thence along the low-water
  mark on the shore of Long Island to the  southerly  side  of  Red  Hook;
  thence  across  the  Upper  bay  to  the westerly boundary of the state;
  thence northerly along such westerly boundary of the state  to  a  point
  where  a  perpendicular  drawn  from  the  point  or  place of beginning
  intersects such westerly boundary of the state;  thence  easterly  along
  such perpendicular to the point or place of beginning; including all the
  islands or parts thereof situated within the aforedescribed bounds.
    2.  The  borough  of The Bronx shall consist of the territory known as
  Bronx county which shall contain all that part of  the  city  and  state
  bounded  on  the  east  by the middle of the main channel of Long Island
  sound; bounded on the south by the following described  line:  Beginning
  at  a  point  in the middle of the channel of Long Island sound where it
  intersects the middle of the channel  of  the  East  river  easterly  of
  Throgg's  neck;  thence  westerly along the middle of the channel of the
  East river to a point where such channel crosses a  straight  line  from
  the Clason point in the borough and county of the Bronx to College point
  on  Long  Island; thence southwesterly to the most easterly point of the
  United States bulkhead line of Rikers Island; thence generally southerly
  and westerly along said United States bulkhead line of Rikers Island  to
  the  most  southerly  point  of said United States bulkhead line; thence
  westerly still along said  United  States  bulkhead  line  to  the  most
  southwesterly  point  of  said  United  States  bulkhead  line of Rikers
  Island; thence northwesterly in a straight line to the junction  of  the
  northerly  United  States  bulkhead  line  of  the  Bronx  kills and the
  northerly United States bulkhead line of the East river; thence  bounded
  on  the  west  by the borough of Manhattan and county of New York and by
  the westerly boundary of the state, and bounded  on  the  north  by  the
  following described line: Beginning at a point in the Hudson river where
  the  westerly boundary of the state crosses the westerly prolongation of
  a straight line drawn from a point on the easterly bank  of  the  Hudson
  river at latitude 40° 54' 53.21" north and longitude 73° 54' 38.64" west
  of  Greenwich  to  a  point in the center of the former bed of the Bronx

  river at latitude 40° 53' 59.23" north and longitude 73° 51' 35.67" west
  of Greenwich; thence easterly along such line to a point formed  by  the
  intersection  of  such  line  with  the  center line of East Two hundred
  fortieth street; thence easterly along the center line of such street, a
  distance  of  62.23  feet;  thence  easterly  on  a line parallel to the
  northerly line of McLean avenue as it existed the  twenty-sixth  day  of
  May,   nineteen   hundred  seventeen,  and  distant  60  feet  southerly
  therefrom, a distance of 159.46 feet to the aforementioned straight line
  drawn from a point on the easterly bank of the Hudson river to  a  point
  in  the  center  of  the  former bed of the Bronx river; thence easterly
  along such line to a point fomed by the intersection of such  line  with
  the  center  line of Webster avenue, distant 618.47 feet from a point in
  the former bed of the Bronx river whose coordinates are north  43554.440
  and  west 31924.769 based on the United States Coast and Geodetic system
  which is used in that part of the borough of The Bronx to  the  east  of
  and  including the Bronx river; thence northeasterly, a distance of 65.6
  feet to a point in the westerly prolongation of the  northerly  line  of
  East  Two  hundred  thirty-eighth  street,  as  such  street existed the
  twenty-sixth day of May, nineteen hundred seventeen,  such  point  being
  distant  604.16 feet from the center line of the former bed of the Bronx
  river; thence easterly along the northerly  line  of  East  Two  hundred
  thirty-eighth  street  and its westerly prolongation as such street then
  existed, a distance of 604.16 feet to the center line of the former  bed
  of  such  river;  thence along the center line of the former bed of such
  river as follows: North 38° 56' 26.8" east to a point whose  coordinates
  are  north  43614.718  and  west  31876.060; north 32° 57' 36.8" east, a
  distance of 93.010 feet; north 5° 46' 44.8" east, a distance  of  31.308
  feet; north 38° 37' 49.2" west, a distance of 30.679 feet; north 55° 23'
  21.2"  west,  a  distance  of  70.043  feet; north 37° 16' 46.2" west, a
  distance of 37.339 feet; north 23° 36' 36.2" west, a distance of  44.655
  feet;  north 14° 27' 02.2" west, a distance of 38.418 feet; north 5° 05'
  18.8" east, a distance of 37.124 feet;  north  25°  45'  43.8"  east,  a
  distance  of 26.174 feet; south 79° 49' 21.2" east, a distance of 29.157
  feet; south 32° 58' 44.2" east, a distance of 40.723 feet; south 84° 54'
  41.2" east, a distance of 37.124 feet;  north  76°  03'  53.8"  east,  a
  distance  of 33.207 feet; north 19° 22' 52.8" east, a distance of 71.159
  feet; north 9° 58' 04.2" west, a distance of 47.004 feet; north 82°  31'
  04.2"  west,  a  distance  of  50.004  feet; north 65° 13' 04.2" west, a
  distance of 75.007 feet; north 49° 31' 04.2" west, a distance of  47.004
  feet;  north 22° 57' 04.2" west, a distance of 51.005 feet; north 4° 53'
  04.2" west, a distance of 61.006 feet;  north  19°  17'  04.2"  west,  a
  distance  of  21.002 feet; north 3° 15' 04.2" west, a distance of 61.006
  feet; north 27° 46' 55.8" east, a distance of 22.002 feet; north 51° 19'
  55.8" east, a distance of 91.008 feet;  south  66°  24'  04.2"  east,  a
  distance  of 48.004 feet; south 46° 12' 04.2" east, a distance of 45.004
  feet; south 36° 46' 04.2" east, a distance of 123.011  feet;  south  62°
  06'  04.2"  east, a distance of 48.004 feet; south 84° 19' 04.2" east, a
  distance of 41.004 feet; north 73° 41' 55.8" east, a distance of  80.007
  feet; north 57° 45' 55.8" east, a distance of 51.005 feet; north 15° 47'
  04.2"  west,  a  distance  of  46.004  feet;  north 1° 45' 55.8" east, a
  distance of 50.004 feet; north 26° 46' 55.8" east, a distance of  71.006
  feet; north 62° 25' 55.8" east, a distance of 28.002 feet; south 48° 31'
  04.2"  east,  a  distance  of  44.004  feet; south 67° 22' 04.2" east, a
  distance of 26.002 feet; north 87° 16' 55.8" east, a distance of  27.002
  feet; north 53° 39' 55.8" east, a distance of 47.004 feet; north 26° 30'
  55.8"  east,  a  distance  of  63.006  feet; north 21° 54' 55.8" east, a
  distance of 82.007 feet; north 22° 25' 55.8" east, a distance of  99.009
  feet;  north 9° 22' 55.8" east, a distance of 61.006 feet; north 18° 38'

  04.2" west, a distance of 69.006  feet;  north  1°  29'  04.2"  west,  a
  distance  of 60.005 feet; north 13° 50' 04.2" west, a distance of 64.006
  feet; north 4° 13' 55.8" east, a distance of 96.009 feet; north 18°  54'
  55.8"  east,  a  distance  of  100.009 feet; north 13° 48' 04.2" west, a
  distance of 20.002 feet; north 35° 22' 04.2" west, a distance of  42.004
  feet; south 59° 15' 55.8" west, a distance of 32.003 feet; north 69° 12'
  04.2"  west,  a  distance  of  43.004  feet; north 22° 47' 04.2" west, a
  distance of 35.003 feet; north 22° 44' 55.8" east, a distance of 168.015
  feet; north 79° 21' 55.8" east, a distance of 35.003 feet; south 41° 00'
  04.2" east, a distance of 54.005 feet;  south  59°  21'  04.2"  east,  a
  distance  of 91.008 feet; north 87° 42' 55.8" east, a distance of 30.003
  feet; north 70° 54' 55.8" east, a distance of 51.005 feet; north 49° 37'
  55.8" east, a distance of 64.006 feet;  north  59°  57'  55.8"  east,  a
  distance  of  69.006 feet; north 4° 57' 55.8" east, a distance of 44.624
  feet; north 11° 55' 04.2" west, a distance of 34.003 feet; north 68° 26'
  04.2" west, a distance of 104.009 feet; south  84°  15'  55.8"  west,  a
  distance  of  60.005 feet; north 58° 39' 04.2" west a distance of 23.002
  feet; north 18° 56' 04.2" west, a distance of 60.005 feet; north 22° 55'
  04.2" west, a distance of 110.010 feet; north  22°  20'  55.8"  east,  a
  distance  of 36.003 feet; north 64° 37' 55.8" east, a distance of 36.003
  feet; south 76° 29' 04.2" east, a distance of 72.006 feet; north 86° 36'
  55.8" east, a distance of 164.015 feet; north  65°  14'  55.8"  east,  a
  distance of 83.007 feet; north 46° 15' 55.8" east, a distance of 120.011
  feet;  north  17°  47' 55.8" east, a distance of 121.011 feet; north 50°
  21' 55.8" east, a distance of 44.004 feet; north 72° 52' 55.8"  east,  a
  distance of 68.006 feet; north 87° 30' 55.8" east, a distance of 101.009
  feet; north 74° 34' 55.8" east, a distance of 63.006 feet; north 30° 15'
  55.8"  east,  a  distance  of  101.009 feet; north 19° 08' 55.8" east, a
  distance of 206.018 feet; north 0° 14' 55.8" east, a distance of  40.004
  feet; north 42° 54' 04.2" west, a distance of 54.005 feet; north 82° 41'
  04.2"  west,  a  distance  of  120.011 feet; south 72° 14' 55.8" west, a
  distance of 85.008 feet; north 69° 14' 04.2" west, a distance of  63.006
  feet; north 37° 10' 04.2" west, a distance of 31.003 feet; north 22° 43'
  04.2"  west,  a  distance  of  42.004  feet;  north 8° 14' 55.8" east, a
  distance of 89.008 feet; north 19° 20' 55.8" east, a distance of 101.009
  feet; north 32° 44' 55.8" east, a distance of 120.011  feet;  north  44°
  04'  55.8" east, a distance of 238.021 feet; north 62° 50' 55.8" east, a
  distance of 104.009 feet; north  27°  34'  55.8"  east,  a  distance  of
  170.015  feet;  north  37°  30'  55.8" east, a distance of 165.015 feet;
  north 62° 47' 55.8" east, a distance of 47.004 feet; south 55° 08' 04.2"
  east, a distance of 59.005 feet; south 5° 40' 55.8" west, a distance  of
  70.006  feet; south 18° 48' 55.8" west, a distance of 42.004 feet; south
  36° 22' 04.2" east, a distance of 35.003 feet; south 52° 55' 04.2" east,
  a distance of 66.006 feet; south 85°  30'  04.2"  east,  a  distance  of
  41.004  feet; north 62° 16' 55.8" east, a distance of 51.005 feet; north
  43° 18' 55.8" east, a distance of 80.007 feet; north 45° 35' 55.8" east,
  a distance of 59.005 feet; north 59°  39'  55.8"  east,  a  distance  of
  88.008  feet;  north  11° 30' 59.7" east, a distance of 61.846 feet to a
  point in the center  of  the  former  bed  of  the  Bronx  river,  whose
  coordinates  are  north  47192.352  and west 29738.130; thence along the
  northerly boundary of the former village of Wakefield, as follows: South
  74° 13' 34.2" east, a distance of 100.88  feet;  thence  south  63°  35'
  49.2"  east,  a  distance of 34.801 feet to a monument whose coordinates
  are north 47149.453 and west 29609.878; thence south 32° 23' 55.8" west,
  a distance of 1229.627 feet to a monument whose  coordinates  are  north
  46111.231  and  west  30268.724;  thence  south  64°  45'  34.2" east, a
  distance of 480.164 feet; thence south 64° 11' 09.2" east, a distance of
  277.635 feet to a monument whose coordinates  are  north  45785.584  and

  west  29584.473;  thence north 32° 08' 55.8" east, a distance of 425.636
  feet  to  a  point  whose  coordinates  are  north  46145.956  and  west
  29357.983;  thence south 57° 51' 04.2" east, a distance of 478.542 feet;
  thence south 56° 04' 12.0" east, a distance of 80.010 feet; thence south
  60°  57'  24.2"  east,  a  distance of 78.355 feet; thence south 63° 54'
  24.2" east, a distance of 50.363 feet; thence south 58° 40' 14.2"  east,
  a  distance  of 51.137 feet; thence south 61° 19' 24.2" east, a distance
  of 50.689 feet; thence south 59° 59' 24.2" east, a  distance  of  50.899
  feet; thence south 57° 49' 04.2" east, a distance of 51.310 feet; thence
  south  65°  02'  14.2" east, a distance of 50.253 feet; thence south 65°
  02' 55.2" east, a distance of 51.898 feet; thence south  69°  12'  34.2"
  east,  a  distance  of  505.164 feet; thence south 75° 22' 44.5" east, a
  distance of 169.308 feet to  a  monument  whose  coordinates  are  north
  45417.619 and west 27868.337; thence south 4° 58' 28.8" west, a distance
  of  148.989  feet; thence south 5° 30' 55.8" west, a distance of 135.573
  feet; thence south 4° 22' 00.6" west, a distance of 64.055 feet;  thence
  south  5°  12'  10"  east,  a  distance of 147.427 feet to a point whose
  coordinates are north 44923.557 and west 27885.795; thence north 89° 03'
  59" east, a distance of 104.018 feet; thence south 88° 11' 30"  east,  a
  distance  of  63.065  feet; thence south 89° 53' 34" east, a distance of
  109.370 feet; thence north 89° 49' 03" east, a distance of 109.219 feet;
  thence south 89° 55' 50" east, a distance of 62.480 feet;  thence  south
  89°  33'  48" east, a distance of 126.255 feet; thence south 89° 30' 06"
  east, a distance of 92.894 feet;  thence  south  89°  03'  12"  east,  a
  distance  of  62.767  feet; thence south 89° 39' 12" east, a distance of
  104.289 feet; thence south 89° 54' 42" east, a distance of 114.569  feet
  to  a  point  whose  coordinates are north 44919.715 and west 26936.931;
  thence south 16° 07' 28" east, a distance of 357.033 feet; thence  south
  6° 12' 48" east, a distance of 443.280 feet to a point whose coordinates
  are north 44136.052 and west 26789.798; thence deflecting to the left on
  the arc of a circle whose radius is 800.071 feet with a central angle of
  23° 43' 00", a distance of 331.177 feet to a point whose coordinates are
  north  43823.455  and  west  26687.796; thence south 29° 55' 48" east, a
  distance of 477.929 feet; thence south 31° 11' 18" east, a  distance  of
  176.911  feet  to a point whose coordinates are north 43257.923 and west
  26357.724; thence deflecting to the right on the arc of a  circle  whose
  radius  is  360.023 feet with a central angle of 52° 22' 50", a distance
  of 329.146 feet to a point whose coordinates  are  north  42941.329  and
  west  26330.036;  thence  south  21° 11' 32" west, a distance of 242.925
  feet  to  a  point  whose  coordinates  are  north  42714.832  and  west
  26417.853;  thence  deflecting  to the left on the arc of a circle whose
  radius is 520.046 feet with a central angle of 46° 33' 20",  a  distance
  of  422.562  feet  to  a point whose coordinates are north 42304.071 and
  west 26402.895; thence south 25° 21' 48" east,  a  distance  of  105.328
  feet;  thence  south  16°  45'  38.3"  east  to  a  point  formed by the
  intersection of the prolongation of the westerly side of Mundy lane  and
  the  prolongation of the northerly side of Kingsbridge road as such lane
  and road were laid out the twenty-second day of March, eighteen  hundred
  ninety-two; thence along a line due south until it is intersected by the
  easterly  prolongation  of  the  straight line drawn from a point in the
  center of the former bed of the Bronx river to a point on  the  easterly
  bank  of  the  Hudson river, which has been heretofore described; thence
  easterly along such line whose course is south 68° 39' 36.4" east, to  a
  point  in  the  center  line  of  the  Hutchinson  river or creek, whose
  coordinates are north 39554.098 and west  21685.628;  thence  along  the
  center  line of the bed of such river or creek as follows: North 44° 46'
  14.6" east, a distance of 46.575  feet;  north  6°  12'  18.6"  east,  a
  distance  of  40.51  feet; north 31° 14' 34.4" west, a distance of 77.04

  feet; north 70° 15' 50.4" west, a distance of 49.77 feet; south 83°  21'
  48.6"  west,  a  distance  of  50.03  feet;  south 66° 33' 25.6" west, a
  distance of 52.91 feet; south 85° 37' 45.6" west, a  distance  of  30.94
  feet;  north  48° 39' 56.4" west, a distance of 74.50 feet; north 1° 57'
  56.4" west, a distance of 69.50  feet;  north  19°  50'  03.6"  east,  a
  distance  of  53.50  feet;  north  7° 35' 03.6" east, a distance of 42.0
  feet; north 0° 41' 56.4" west, a distance of 20.0 feet;  north  27°  59'
  56.4"  west,  a  distance  of  104.0  feet;  north 14° 03' 33.6" east, a
  distance of 115.39 feet; south 81° 15' 58.4" east, a distance  of  79.85
  feet;  south 68° 30' 52.4" east, a distance of 51.31 feet; south 89° 59'
  25.4" east, a distance of 16.24  feet;  north  68°  35'  54.6"  east,  a
  distance of 58.735 feet to a point whose coordinates are north 40l05.814
  and west 2l722.410, which point is on a straight line drawn from a point
  in  the center line of the former bed of the Bronx river at latitude 40°
  53' 59.23" north and longitude 73° 51' 35.67" west of Greenwich  to  the
  middle  of the channel between Hunters and Glen Islands; thence easterly
  along such line to the middle of the main channel of Long Island  sound;
  including Hunters Island, Hart Island, City Island, Rikers Island, North
  Brother's Island and all other Islands situate within the aforedescribed
  bounds except South Brother's Island.
    3.  The  borough  of  Brooklyn shall consist of the territory known as
  Kings county which shall contain all that part of  the  city  and  state
  bounded on the south by the Atlantic ocean; on the west by the following
  described  line:  Beginning  at a point on the southerly boundary of the
  state where it is intersected by the center line of the channel  in  the
  Lower  bay;  thence northerly along such center line and the center line
  of the channel of the Narrows to the westerly  boundary  of  the  state;
  thence  along  such boundary of the state to the boundary of the borough
  of Manhattan and county of New York; thence easterly and northerly along
  the boundary of such borough and county to a point on the center line of
  the channel in the mouth of Newtown creek where the  permanent  line  of
  the  East  river  if  prolonged would intersect such center line; thence
  bounded on the north and on the east by the borough and county of Queens
  to a point on the United States pierhead and bulkhead  line  of  Jamaica
  bay  approved  by  the  secretary  of  war  on  the  seventeenth  day of
  September, nineteen hundred twenty-five, which point  is  the  point  of
  intersection of such pierhead and bulkhead line with a line drawn from a
  point  in  the  center  of Spring creek (Old Mill creek), which point is
  south 7355.76 and east 30709.33 from  the  point  in  the  triangulation
  system  of the city of New York known as "Prospect Water tower" in Kings
  county and computed by rectilinear coordinates from the meridian through
  such tower, to a point on a marsh sometimes  called  Black  Bank  marsh,
  east  of  Pumpkin Patch channel (Big Pol channel), which latter point is
  south 37° 59' 08" east, a distance of l0,741.32 feet from the  point  in
  the center of Spring creek; thence southeasterly along such line to such
  point  on  the marsh, sometimes called Black Bank marsh; thence south 2°
  18' 25" west, a distance of 8,101.74 feet to a point on Black Wall marsh
  (Cart Wheel marsh); thence south 32° 28' 50" west,  in  range  with  the
  "Life  Saving  Station,  Rockaway Point", the coordinates of which point
  are south 37295.962 and east  28476.905  referred  to  the  point  above
  described  as the Prospect Water tower, a distance of 8,050.00 feet to a
  point in the center of Beach channel; thence westerly along  the  center
  of  Beach  channel  and Rockaway inlet as such channels are indicated by
  pierhead lines approved by the secretary of war, to the Atlantic  ocean;
  including   all   the  islands  or  parts  thereof  situate  within  the
  aforedescribed bounds.
    4. The borough of Queens shall  consist  of  the  territory  known  as
  Queens  county  which  shall contain all that part of the city and state

  bounded on the north by the borough and county of The Bronx; bounded  on
  the east by the following described line: Beginning at a point where the
  middle  of  the  channel  of  Long  Island sound intersects the easterly
  boundary  of  the  former  town  of  Flushing;  thence southeasterly and
  southwesterly along  such  easterly  boundary  of  the  former  town  of
  Flushing  to  a  point where it meets the boundary of the former town of
  Jamaica; thence following the easterly and  southerly  boundary  of  the
  former  town  of  Jamaica to a point on such southerly boundary which is
  due north of the northwest corner of the former village of Far Rockaway;
  thence due south to such point; then easterly along the boundary of such
  village to a point described in the articles of  incorporation  of  such
  village  as a certain large pepperidge tree, whose coordinates, based on
  the Tenth Avenue system which is used in  the  borough  of  Queens,  are
  south  62552.329  and  east  85574.915;  thence  northeasterly along the
  boundary of the former village of Far Rockaway to its intersection  with
  a  line  parallel  to  the  southwesterly  line  of McNeil boulevard and
  distant 475 feet westerly therefrom; thence  southeasterly  parallel  to
  the southwesterly line of McNeil boulevard and distant 475 feet westerly
  therefrom  to  its intersection with the northwesterly right-of-way line
  of the Long Island railroad; thence  easterly  along  the  northwesterly
  right-of-way line of the Long Island railroad to its intersection with a
  line  parallel to the southwesterly line of McNeil boulevard and distant
  100 feet therefrom; thence southeasterly along a line  parallel  to  the
  southwesterly   line   of   McNeil   boulevard   and  distant  100  feet
  southwesterly therefrom to its intersection with a line parallel to  the
  northwesterly  line  of Empire avenue and distant 100 feet northwesterly
  therefrom;  thence  southwesterly  along  a   line   parallel   to   the
  northwesterly  line  of Empire avenue and distant 100 feet northwesterly
  therefrom to its intersection with the  northerly  prolongation  of  the
  middle  line  of the block between McNeil boulevard and Virginia street;
  thence southeasterly along the middle line of the block  between  McNeil
  boulevard  and  Virginia street to its intersection with a line parallel
  to the southwesterly side of McNeil boulevard, as shown on  the  amended
  map  of Cedar Lawn, and distant 100 feet southwesterly therefrom; thence
  southeasterly  along  a  line  parallel  to   and   distant   100   feet
  southwesterly  from  the  southwesterly  side  of McNeil boulevard as it
  winds and turns as shown on the amended map of Cedar Lawn and  on  final
  map  number  two hundred thirty-three of the borough of Queens, until it
  intersects a line parallel to and 100 feet westerly  from  the  westerly
  side  of  Beach  Second  street  prolonged;  thence  southerly on a line
  parallel to the westerly line of Beach Second  street  and  distant  100
  feet  westerly therefrom to the northerly side of Seagirt avenue; thence
  easterly along the northerly side of Seagirt avenue until it  intersects
  the former village boundary at Bannister creek; thence south 10° 21' 10"
  east,  a  distance  of  291.20  feet;  thence  south  4° 51' 30" east, a
  distance of 780 feet to approximately the center line  of  Far  Rockaway
  bay  or  inlet  as  it  existed the fifth day of April, nineteen hundred
  twenty-eight; thence westerly along this approximate center line of  Far
  Rockaway  bay  or  inlet to the Atlantic ocean the following courses and
  distances: South 85° 22' 25" west, a distance of  1805.50  feet  to  the
  easterly   boundary  of  Beach  Ninth  street  (Jarvis  lane)  prolonged
  southerly in a straight line; thence south 84° 44' 44" west, a  distance
  of  504.52  feet;  thence  south 61° 35' 04" west, a distance of 1106.22
  feet; thence south 68° 45' 10" west, a distance of 1150.00 feet;  thence
  south 18° 45' 10" west, a distance of 500.00 feet; thence bounded on the
  south by the southerly boundary of the state, beginning at a point where
  the  easterly boundary of the borough and county or prolongation thereof
  intersects such southerly boundary of the state; thence  westerly  along

  such  line to a point where it intersects the boundary of the borough of
  Brooklyn and county of Kings or prolongation thereof; thence bounded  on
  the  west by the borough of Brooklyn and county of Kings and the borough
  of  Manhattan  and  county  of New York by the following described line:
  Beginning  at  a  point  where  the  southerly  boundary  of  the  state
  intersects  the boundary of the borough of Brooklyn and county of Kings;
  thence along such boundary of the borough  of  Brooklyn  and  county  of
  Kings  described  heretofore,  to a point where such line intersects the
  United States pierhead and bulkhead line of Jamaica bay approved by  the
  secretary  of  war on the seventeenth day of September, nineteen hundred
  twenty-five; thence  westerly  along  the  United  States  pierhead  and
  bulkhead  line  of Jamaica bay to a point where it intersects the center
  line of Spring creek basin; thence northerly along the  center  line  of
  Spring  creek  basin  to  a  point where such line is intersected by the
  prolongation of the center line of  One  hundred  fifty-seventh  avenue;
  thence easterly along such prolongation and along the center line of One
  hundred  fifty-seventh  avenue to the center line of Ruby street; thence
  northerly along the center line of Ruby street to the center line of One
  hundred fifty-fifth avenue; thence easterly along the center line of One
  hundred fifty-fifth avenue; to  the  center  line  of  Sapphire  street;
  thence  northerly along the center line of Sapphire street to the center
  line of Dumont avenue; thence westerly along the center line  of  Dumont
  avenue  to  the  center  line of Ruby street; thence northerly along the
  center line of Ruby street to the center line of Liberty avenue;  thence
  westerly  along  the center line of Liberty avenue to the center line of
  Drew street; thence northerly along the center line of  Drew  street  to
  the center line of Ninety-fifth avenue; thence westerly along the center
  line  of Ninety-fifth avenue to the center line of Eldert's lane; thence
  northerly along the center line of Eldert's lane to a  monument  at  the
  intersection  of  such line and Atlantic avenue whose coordinates, based
  on the Tenth Avenue system which is used in the borough of  Queens,  are
  south 55443.500 and east 44730.878; thence northerly along such lane the
  following courses and distances: North 37° 51' 25.8" west, a distance of
  272.246  feet;  thence  north  33° 35' 42.8" west, a distance of 463.010
  feet; thence north 41° 00' 44.1"  west,  a  distance  of  550.184  feet;
  thence  north  40°  46'  42.5"  west, a distance of 646.842 feet; thence
  north 38° 42' 43.9" west, a distance of 936.995 feet to a monument whose
  coordinates are south 53197.022 and east 42929.252; thence north 37° 46'
  54.9" west, a distance of 1500.385 feet to a monument at the juncture of
  the former towns of Newtown, Jamaica and New Lots whose coordinates  are
  south  52011.195  and east 42010.030; thence south 47° 41' 47.8" west, a
  distance of 1467.270 feet to a tower in  Cypress  Hills  cemetery  whose
  coordinates are south 52998.750 and east 40924.850; thence south 26° 34'
  08.3"  west,  a  distance  of  1696.272  feet to a flagstaff in National
  (Soldiers') cemetery whose coordinates  are  south  54515.893  and  east
  40166.155; thence south 14° 09' 54.4" west, a distance of 1886.082 feet;
  thence  south 29° 03' 31.6" west, a distance of 1206.000 feet to a point
  in the southeast corner of Ridgewood  reservoir;  thence  south  6°  24'
  12.4" west, a distance of 631.417 feet; thence south 23° 15' 26.2" west,
  a  distance  of  300.533  feet  to  a point in Highland boulevard on the
  southerly prolongation of the easterly  line  of  Robert  place;  thence
  northerly,  westerly,  northerly, westerly and northerly again along the
  boundary line of Highland park, the  following  courses  and  distances:
  North  55°  27'  12.8" west, a distance of 390.350 feet to a monument at
  the intersection of the southerly line of Highland park and the easterly
  line of Robert place whose coordinates  are  south  58081.052  and  east
  38608.229;  thence south 21° 04' 32.7" west, a distance of 882.877 feet;
  thence north 55° 57' 04.9" west, a  distance  of  232.464  feet;  thence

  south  21°  04'  30.6" west, a distance of 20.017 feet; thence north 55°
  57' 04.9" west, a distance of 24.187 feet; thence north  56°  07'  20.9"
  west,   a   distance   of  511.414  feet  to  the  intersection  of  the
  northwesterly  line of the former Vermont avenue, now within the present
  lines of Interborough parkway, as such former northwesterly line existed
  the eighth day of May, nineteen hundred  seventeen,  and  the  northerly
  prolongation of the westerly line of Highland park; thence southwesterly
  along such northwesterly line of the former Vermont avenue the following
  courses and distances: South 2° 15' 44" west, a distance of 37.600 feet;
  thence south 28° 06' 15.3" west, a distance of 11.675 feet; thence south
  0° 42' 46.6" west, a distance of 186.387 feet; thence south 2° 16' 40.2"
  west,  a  distance  of  368.271 feet; thence south 56° 11' 18.9" east, a
  distance of 0.068 feet; thence south 2° 15' 12.4" west,  a  distance  of
  395.956  feet;  thence  south  1°  57' 40.2" west, a distance of 172.507
  feet; thence deflecting to the left on the arc of a circle whose  radius
  is  281.370  feet  with  a central angle of 29° 45' 48.7", a distance of
  146.476 feet, and thence south 27° 48' 08.5" east, a distance  of  9.123
  feet; thence proceeding north 60° 52' 34.6" west, a distance of 2441.495
  feet  to the southerly boundary line of Trinity Roman Catholic cemetery;
  thence northeasterly and northwesterly along the boundary  line  of  the
  Trinity  Roman  Catholic  cemetery to the northwesterly boundary line of
  the cemetery of the Evergreens; thence northeasterly along such line  to
  a  point  in  the  southerly  prolongation  of the center line of Irving
  avenue; thence northwesterly  along  such  prolongation  and  along  the
  center line of Irving avenue to the center line of Eldert street; thence
  northeasterly  along the center line of Eldert street to the center line
  of Wyckoff avenue; thence northwesterly along the center line of Wyckoff
  avenue to the center line of Gates avenue;  thence  northeasterly  along
  the  center  line  of  Gates avenue to the center line of Saint Nicholas
  avenue; thence northwesterly along the center  line  of  Saint  Nicholas
  avenue  to the center line of Menahan street; thence northeasterly along
  the center line of Menahan street to the center line of Cypress  avenue;
  thence  northwesterly  along  the  center  line of Cypress avenue to the
  center line of Flushing avenue; thence northeasterly  along  the  center
  line  of  Flushing  avenue  to  the center line of Seneca avenue; thence
  northwesterly along the center line of Seneca avenue to the center  line
  of  Onderdonk  avenue;  thence  northwesterly  along  the center line of
  Onderdonk avenue 603.262 feet to a point in Metropolitan avenue;  thence
  deflecting  to  the  right  on  an angle of 55° 55' 45.3", a distance of
  61.998 feet  to  the  northerly  line  of  Metropolitan  avenue;  thence
  deflecting  to  the  left  on  an  angle of 22° 52' 33.0", a distance of
  54.508 feet to a point in the center line  of  Newtown  creek  where  it
  intersects  the  southerly  United  States  pierhead  and  bulkhead line
  approved by the secretary of war on the  twenty-first  day  of  January,
  nineteen   hundred   twenty;  thence  northwesterly,  northeasterly  and
  northwesterly along the center line of Newtown creek to a point where it
  is intersected  by  the  easterly  prolongation  of  the  United  States
  pierhead  and  bulkhead  line located 105 feet northerly of and parallel
  with Maspeth avenue; thence northwesterly on a straight line to a  point
  formed  by  the  intersection of the easterly prolongation of the center
  line of Withers street with a straight line  parallel  to  the  westerly
  United  States  pierhead  and bulkhead line approved by the secretary of
  war on the sixteenth day of  September,  nineteen  hundred  twenty-nine,
  which line intersects the easterly prolongation of Anthony street at the
  center  line  of  Newtown  creek;  thence  northwesterly along such line
  parallel to the pierhead and bulkhead line, a distance of 1560 feet to a
  point on the center line of Newtown creek which is  intersected  by  the
  easterly  prolongation  of  the  center  line  of Anthony street; thence

  northwesterly, westerly and  southwesterly  along  the  center  line  of
  Newtown  creek  to  a point in the mouth of such creek where such center
  line would intersect the permanent line of the East river if  prolonged;
  thence  bounded  on the west by the boundary of the borough of Manhattan
  and county of New York; thence bounded on the north by the  boundary  of
  the  borough and county of The Bronx; including all the islands or parts
  thereof situate within the aforedescribed  bounds  and  South  Brother's
  Island.
    5.  The  borough of Staten Island shall consist of the territory known
  as Richmond county, which shall contain all that part of  the  city  and
  state,  bounded  on the north, on the west and on the south by the state
  boundary line, and bounded on the east by the borough  of  Brooklyn  and
  county  of  Kings,  including  Staten  Island, Island of Meadows, Pralls
  Island, Hoffman Island, Swinburne Island, that part of  Shooters  Island
  within  the  state  of  New York, and all other islands or parts thereof
  situate within the aforedescribed bounds.
    6.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  to  the  contrary  contained   in
  subdivisions  two and four of this section, South Brother's Island shall
  be excluded from the borough of Queens and shall be included within  and
  be a part of the borough of the Bronx.