Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The petitioner Edward Gross is not the biological grandfather of the children with whom he seeks visitation rights and he is not a legal grandparent by virtue of adoption. Accordingly, he is not the children's grandparent within the meaning of Domestic Relations Law § 72 and has no right thereunder to seek visitation ( see, Matter of Hantman v. Heller, 213 A.D.2d 637; Matter of Alison D. v. Virginia M., 77 N.Y.2d 651, 656). Balletta, J.P., Thompson, Santucci and Florio, JJ., concur.