Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York December 6, 2011 (Zhang v. George N. Coritsidis)

The defendants are the owners of certain residential property abutting the Long Island Sound, which they purchased in 1993. In May 2006 the plaintiffs purchased a parcel across the street from the defendants’ property. The plaintiffs’ deed contains a right-of-way over the westernmost five feet of the defendants’ property, from the street to the Long Island Sound, granting them access to the beach.