N.Y. Railroad Law § 52-c: Fences in Queens county

§ 52-c. Fences in Queens county. Notwithstanding the provisions of

section fifty-two or of any other law, general or special, within Queens

county every railroad corporation operating a railroad shall erect and

thereafter maintain a fence or fences along the boundary line of its

right of way contiguous and adjacent to a public highway running

generally parallel to or terminating at such boundary line whenever the

commissioner of transportation after a hearing on notice to such

railroad corporation shall determine it to be necessary for the public

welfare and shall by order so direct. The order of the commissioner of

transportation may prescribe the height, length, materials and design of

such fence or fences.