2013 New York Consolidated Laws
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED
Article 1 - (100 - 160) Words and phrases defined.
120 - Intersection.

 
    § 120. Intersection.  (a) The area embraced within the prolongation or
  connection of the lateral curb lines, or,  if  none,  then  the  lateral
  boundary  lines  of  the roadways of two highways which join one another
  at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles
  traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in
  conflict.
    (b) Where a highway includes two roadways thirty feet or  more  apart,
  then  every  crossing  of  each  roadway  of  such divided highway by an
  intersecting highway shall be regarded as a  separate  intersection.  In
  the  event  such  intersecting highway also includes two roadways thirty
  feet or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such highways
  shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
    (c) A circular intersection contains an island, generally circular  in
  design,  located  in the center of the intersection where traffic passes
  to the right of the island.