New Jersey Statutes Title 12. Commerce and Navigation 12 § 3-33

Whenever a public park, place, street or highway has been or shall hereafter be laid out or provided for, either by or on behalf of the state or any municipal or other subdivision thereof, along, over, including or fronting upon any of the lands of the state now or formerly under tidewater, or whenever a public park, place, street or highway shall extend to such lands, the board of commerce and navigation, upon application of the proper authority of the state, or the municipal or other subdivision thereof, may grant to such proper authority the lands of the state now or formerly under tidewater, within the limits of or in front of said public park, place, street or highway.