N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 16-101: § 16-101 Definitions.

When used in this title the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Department" shall mean the department of sanitation.

(2) "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of sanitation.

(3) "Street" includes street, avenue, road, alley, lane, highway, boulevard, concourse, driveway, culvert and crosswalk, and every class of road, square and place, and all parkways and through vehicular park drives except a road within any park or a wharf, pier, bulkhead, or slip by law committed to the custody, and control of the department of ports and terminals.