§ 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.