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ceased; thence again northerly in continuation of said direct line 

 until it meets a line drawn westerly at right angles to Flatbush 

 avenue from a point on the westerly side of said avenue, which is 

 distant six hundred feet southerly from the intersection of said 

 avenue with the southerly boundary of said park ; thence easterly 

 on said right angled line to Flatbush avenue; thence northerly along 

 said avenue to the southeasterly boundary of said park ; thence 

 southwesterly along the southeasterly line of said park to the south- 

 westerly corner thereof; thence northwesterly along the southwest- 

 erly side of said park to the Tenth avenue, at the place of begin- 

 ning. Excepting and reserving out of the above described lands 

 and premises all those certain pieces or parcels of land now occupied 

 by the religious societies of Friends for a cemetery, bounded and 

 described as follows : Beginning at a point in the central line of the 

 Eleventh avenue which is distant one hundred and twenty-five feet 

 northeasterly from the intersection of said central line with the 

 northeasterly side or line of Fourteenth street, running thence north- 

 easterly along said central line of said avenue five hundred and six 

 feet and eleven inches ; thence southeasterly to a point on the north- 

 westerly side of the Coney Island plank road which is distant two 

 feet and nine inches southwesterly from Eleventh street ; thence 

 southwesterly and parallel to Eleventh avenue to a point which is 

 distant one hundred and twenty-five feet northeasterly from Four- 

 teenth street, and thence northerly parallel to Fourteenth street to 

 the place of beginning. 



§ 2. The lands described in the last preceding section of this act 

 (omitting the reservation therein contained) are hereby declared to 

 be a public place, and shall be deemed to have been taken by the 

 said city of Brooklyn, and to have been opened for public use as an 

 additional part of Prospect Park ; and from and after the passage 

 of this act the said lands shall be annexed to, and shall form a part 

 of the said city, and of the Commissioners' map of the said city, 

 and shall be laid down upon said map as if the same had been taken 

 and declared open as a park, pursuant to the provisions of the act 

 entitled " An Act to revise and amend the several acts relating to 

 the city of Brooklyn," passed April fourth, one thousand eight hun- 

 dred and fifty ; and all streets, avenues, and highways intersecting 

 the said lands, or any parts thereof, except Ninth avenue and Fif- 

 teenth street and the Coney Island road, are hereby closed and dis- 

 continued, and are stricken from the said Commissioners' map, so 

 far as they run through or intersect the said lands ; and Fifteenth 

 street is hereby extended at its present width southeasterly, parallel 

 with the southwesterly boundary of the said park, through the 

 hereinbefore described circle, having a radius of one hundred and 

 ten feet, until the said street meets the Coney Island road, and shall 

 be so laid down on the said map. 



§ 3. Whenever the right of the said Board of Commissioners to 

 enter upon that portion of the property of the said society of Friends 

 hereby authorized to be taken, shall be perfected, the said Commis- 

 sioners shall provide and open a suitable and sufficiently commodious 



