N.Y. Rapid Transit Law § 51: Right of board of transportation to enter upon property

§ 51. Right of board of transportation to enter upon property. It

shall and may be lawful for the board of transportation, and for all

persons acting under its authority, to enter in the day time into and

upon any and all property which it shall deem necessary to be acquired,

or to which there may be appurtenant property rights which it shall deem

necessary to be acquired or extinguished by the city, for the purpose of

making the maps or surveys provided for by section fifty-two, and also

to enter in like manner and for the same purpose upon any property

adjacent to and within five hundred feet of the property to be so

surveyed.