N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1161: U turns in certain areas prohibited

§ 1161. U turns in certain areas prohibited. a. No motor vehicle shall

make a U turn upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near the crest

of a grade, where such motor vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any

other motor vehicle approaching from either direction within five

hundred feet.

b. No motor vehicle shall make a U turn within a school zone. For the

purposes of this subdivision, the term "school zone" shall mean the

distance along a highway passing a school building, entrance or exit of

a school abutting on the highway for which a school sign (S1-1) has been

posted pursuant to this chapter and in compliance with the manual on

uniform traffic control devices maintained pursuant to section sixteen

hundred eighty of this chapter.

c. No altered motor vehicle commonly referred to as a "stretch

limousine" having a seating capacity of nine or more passengers

including the driver shall make a U-turn upon any public highway or

private road open to public motor vehicle traffic. Every person

convicted of a violation of this subdivision shall: for a first

conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred

fifty dollars nor more than four hundred dollars or by imprisonment for

not more than fifteen days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a

conviction of a second or subsequent violation, both of which were

committed within a period of eighteen months, such person shall be

punished by a fine of not less than six hundred dollars nor more than

seven hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than

forty-five days or by both such fine and imprisonment. A violation of

this subdivision wherein the violator is operating such altered motor

vehicle and such altered motor vehicle is carrying at least one

passenger other than the driver shall be punishable by a fine of not

less than seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars

or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty days or by both

such fine and imprisonment.