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WHEREAS, The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of The City of New 
York, on January 10, 1912, transferred the said two parcels of land hereinafter 
described to the Department of Parks of the Borough of Brooklyn for use as a 
Botanic Garden and Arboretum through the passing of the following resolution: 
RESOLVED, That, pursuant to the provisions of Section 205 of the Greater 
New York Charter, as amended, the Commissioners of the Sinking Tund 
hereby assign to the Department of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn, for the 
establishment of a Botanic Garden and Arboretum, property bounded and 
described as follows: 
lirst Parcel 
Beginning at the southwesterly corner of old Grand avenue and old 
Sackett street as formerly laid out on the Commissioner’s map of the 
County of Kings, and continuing in a southerly direction along the west 
side of said Grand avenue to the northerly side of old President street, as 
formerly laid out on said map, for a distance of 594 feet, more or less: thence 
ina westerly direction along the northerly side of said old President street to 
the easterly side of Flatbush avenue 725 feet, more or less; thence northerly 
along the easterly side of Flatbush avenue for a distance of 27.94 feet, more 
or less, to a point where a line parallel to the northerly side of old President 
street and 20 feet north of said line intersects the easterly side of Flatbush 
avenue, and thence in an easterly direction along said line parallel to 
President street, to a point situated 20 feet from the northerly side of old 
President street and 250 feet west of the westerly side of Grand avenue; 
and thence in a northerly direction parallel to the westerly side of said old 
Grand avenue to the southerly side of old Sackett street, a distance of 574 
feet; thence in an easterly direction along the southerly line of old Sackett 
street, a distance of 250 feet, to the westerly side of old Grand avenue at the 
point of beginning. 
Second Parcel 
Beginning at the southwesterly corner of Grand avenue and Sackett 
street, as formerly laid out on the Commissioner’s map of the County of 
Kings and continuing in a westerly direction along the southerly side of 
Sackett street 250 feet to a point; thence northerly and parallel to Grand 
avenue to a point on the southerly side of the Eastern parkway; thence in 
an easterly direction along the southerly side of the Eastern parkway to 
its intersection with the westerly side of Grand avenue; thence southerly 
along the westerly side of Grand avenue 18 feet to the point of beginning. 
jan 
—said assignment being made under the following conditions: 
First—That the iron fence shall be rebuilt by the Park Department or 
the Botanic Garden along the easterly side of the remaining reservoir property, 
and :f the adjoining lands shall be graded to a lower elevation, a slope of 2 
to 1 shall be left with a berm of sufficient width to secure the stability of the 
fence, and means of access to the reservoir property by vehicles shall be 
provided to the lower berm on the north side of the reservoir and to the 
roadway at the south side of the reservoir. 
