SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549


FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Getty Realty Holding Corp.
(Name to be changed to Getty Realty Corp.)


(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                 Maryland                              11-3412575

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(State of Incorporation or Organization)  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

        125 Jericho Turnpike
         Jericho, New York                              11753

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(Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)

 If this form relates to the               If this form relates to the
 registration of a class of                registration of a class of
 securities pursuant to                    securities pursuant to Section
 Section 12(b) of the                      12(g) of the Exchange Act
 Exchange Act and is                       and is effective pursuant to
 effective pursuant to                     General Instruction A.(d),
 General Instruction A.(c),                please check the following box./ /
 please check the following box./x/

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:
333-44065 (If applicable)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act

   Title of Each Class                       Name of Each Exchange on which
   to be so Registered                       Each class is to be Registered

Common Stock, $.01 Par Value          New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
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Series A Participating
Convertible Redeemable Preferred
Stock, $.01 Par Value                 New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of class)


(Title of Class)

Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

The information under the caption "Description of Holdings Capital Stock" in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated January 12, 1998, which is part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-44065), filed with under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Exhibits

Exhibit
Number  Description
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3.1     Articles of Incorporation of Getty Realty Holding Corp.,
        incorporated by reference to Appendix D to the Joint Proxy
        Statement/Prospectus dated January 12, 1998, which is part of the
        Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-44065) filed with
        the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant (the
        "Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus").

3.2     Articles Supplementary of Getty Realty Holding Corp.,
        incorporated by reference to Appendix E to the Joint Proxy
        Statement/Prospectus.

3.3     Bylaws of Getty Realty Holding Corp., incorporated by
        reference to Appendix F to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

3.4     Specimen Common Stock Certificate.

3.5     Specimen Series A Participating Convertible Redeemable Preferred
        Stock Certificate.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

Getty Realty Holding Corp.

Dated:  January 13, 1998                  By: /s/ John J. Fitteron
                                             -----------------------------------
                                          John J. Fitteron
                                          Senior Vice President, Treasurer and
                                          Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number     Description
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3.1        Articles of Incorporation of Getty Realty Holding Corp.,
           incorporated by reference to Appendix D to the Joint Proxy
           Statement/Prospectus dated January 12, 1998, which is part of
           the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-44065) filed
           with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant (the
           "Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus").

3.2        Articles Supplementary of Getty Realty Holding Corp.,
           incorporated by reference to Appendix E to the Joint Proxy
           Statement/Prospectus.

3.3        Bylaws of Getty Realty Holding Corp., incorporated by
           reference to Appendix F to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

3.4        Specimen Common Stock Certificate.

3.5        Specimen Series A Participating Convertible Redeemable
           Preferred Stock Certificate.


EXHIBIT 3.4

COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK

NUMBER SHARES
GRC

                                 [GETTY LOGO]
[GETTY LOGO]                                                    SEE REVERSE FOR
                                                                     CERTAIN
                                                                   DEFINITIONS
                              GETTY REALTY CORP.

a Corporation Formed Under the Laws of the State of Maryland

THIS CERTIFIES THAT SPECIMEN CUSIP 374297 10 9

is the owner of

fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, of Getty Realty Corp. (the "Corporation") transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by its duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the charter of the Corporation (the "Charter") and the Bylaws of the Corporation and any amendments thereto. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.

In Witness Whereof, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officers.

Dated

/s/ Leo Liebowitz                           Countersigned and Registered:
---------------------
President                                                         Transfer Agent
                                    [SEAL]                        and Registrar
/s/ Randi Young Filip                       By:
---------------------
Secretary                                                   Authorized Signature


IMPORTANT NOTICE

The Corporation will furnish to any stockholder, on request and without charge, a full statement of the information required by Section 2-211(b) of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland with respect to the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the stock of each class which the Corporation has authority to issue and, [if the Corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series,]
(i) the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series to the extent set, and (ii) the authority of the Board of Directors to set such rights and preferences of subsequent series. The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the charter of the Corporation (the "Charter"), a copy of which will be sent without charge to each stockholder who so requests. Such request must be made to the Secretary of the Corporation at its principal office or to the Transfer Agent.


KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN
OR DESTROYED, THE CORPORATION WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A
CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.


The following abbreviations, when used in the description on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM  - as tenants in common                         UNIF GIFT MIN ACT                       CUSTODIAN
TEN ENT  - as tenants by the entireties                                    ----------------               --------------
JT TEN   - as joint tenants with                                           (Custodian)                    (Minor)
           right of survivorship                                           under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of
           and not as tenants in
           common                                                          ------------------------------------
                                                                           (State)
                                                Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.


FOR VALUE RECEIVED,                             HEREBY SELLS, ASSIGNS AND TRANSFERS UNTO
                    ----------------------------
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
                                                                     ------------------------------

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(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address, Including Zip Code, of Assignee)

                                  (                 )  shares of Common Stock of the Corporation represented by this Certificate
--------------------------------   -----------------
and do hereby irrevocably consitute and appoint                                       attorney to transfer the said shares of
                                               ---------------------------------------
Common Stock on the books of the Corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.


Dated
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                                                                        NOTICE:  The Signature To This Assignment Must Correspond
                                                                        With The Name As Written Upon The Face Of The Certificate
                                                                        In Every Particular, Without Alteration Or Enlargement
                                                                        Or Any Change Whatever.


EXHIBIT 3.5 SERIES A PARTICIPATING CONVERTIBLE SERIES A PARTICIPATING CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

NUMBER SHARES
GRP
[GETTY LOGO] [GETTY LOGO]

SEE REVERSE FOR
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
GETTY REALTY CORP.

a Corporation Formed Under the Laws of the State of Maryland

THIS CERTIFIES THAT SPECIMEN CUSIP 374297 20 8

is the owner of

fully paid and nonassessable shares of Series A Participating Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, of Getty Realty Corp. (the "Corporation") transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by its duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the charter of the Corporation (the "Charter") and the Bylaws of the Corporation and any amendments thereto. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.

In Witness Whereof, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officers.

Dated

/S/ Leo Liebowitz                          Countersigned and Registered:
---------------------
President                                  By:                   Transfer Agent
                                    [SEAL]                       and Registrar
/s/ Randi Young Filip
---------------------                                       Authorized Signature
Secretary


IMPORTANT NOTICE

The Corporation will furnish to any stockholder, on request and without charge, a full statement of the information required by Section 2-211(b) of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland with respect to the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the stock of each class which the Corporation has authority to issue and, [if the Corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series,]
(i) the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series to the extent set, and (ii) the authority of the Board of Directors to set such rights and preferences of subsequent series. The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the charter of the Corporation (the "Charter"), a copy of which will be sent without charge to each stockholder who so requests. Such request must be made to the Secretary of the Corporation at its principal office or to the Transfer Agent.


KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN
OR DESTROYED, THE CORPORATION WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A
CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.


The following abbreviations, when used in the description on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM  - as tenants in common                         UNIF GIFT MIN ACT                       CUSTODIAN
TEN ENT  - as tenants by the entireties                                    ----------------               --------------
JT TEN   - as joint tenants with                                           (Custodian)                    (Minor)
           right of survivorship                                           under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of
           and not as tenants in
           common                                                          ------------------------------------
                                                                           (State)
                                                Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.


FOR VALUE RECEIVED,                             HEREBY SELLS, ASSIGNS AND TRANSFERS UNTO
                    ----------------------------
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
                                                                      ------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address, Including Zip Code, of Assignee)


                                  (                 )  shares of Series A Participating Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock of
--------------------------------   -----------------
the Corporation represented by this Certificate and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
                                                                                                -----------------------------------
attorney to transfer the said shares of Series A Participating Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock on the books of the
Corporation, with full power of substitution in the  premises.


Dated
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                                                                        NOTICE:  The Signature To This Assignment Must Correspond
                                                                        With The Name As Written Upon The Face Of The Certificate
                                                                        In Every Particular, Without Alteration Or Enlargement
                                                                        Or Any Change Whatever.