Section 22-132. Plans

a.  The commissioner, when directed by the board of
  estimate, or when the commissioner deems it to be for  the  interest  of
  the  city,  shall  prepare  plans  for  terminal facilities, which shall
  consist of:
    1. A map or maps showing the area to be  included  in  such  terminal,
  together  with  the location of any buildings, railroad tracks, wharves,
  piers, bulkheads and other structures which are to form a part thereof;
    2. A description, by metes and bounds, of all  property  which  it  is
  proposed  to acquire by purchase or otherwise as a part of such terminal
  facilities.
    b. Such plans, or  any  modification  or  addition  thereto  shall  be
  submitted  to  the board of estimate and when adopted pursuant to and in
  accordance with section one hundred  ninety-nine  of  the  charter,  and
  filed  in  the  office of the commissioner, shall be the exclusive plans
  according to which any terminal facilities,  wharf  property,  or  other
  property  required  for  such  terminal facilities, shall be laid out or
  constructed by the city, its agents or contractors.
    c. Whenever such plans shall include the narrowing or  widening  of  a
  street  or  the  opening  and  construction  of  a  new  street  or  the
  abandonment of a street already  in  existence,  the  power  to  narrow,
  widen,  open, construct, abandon or close the same, or to cause the same
  to be narrowed, widened, opened, constructed, abandoned or closed, shall
  be exercised by the board of estimate which is hereby authorized to take
  such steps as may be necessary in that regard.