Precinct Station House — Dattner Architects

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Precinct Station House

Located in southern Queens, the new 116th Precinct Station House is a part of the NYC Department of Design and Construction’s Design Excellence program. The station house is sited to mediate between the scales of the residential neighborhood and the adjacent Long Island Railroad. A new public plaza creates an enhanced connection to the Rosedale Station entrance, and encourages public engagement. Designed to reflect the Neighborhood Policing tenets of improved communication and collaboration between local officers and community residents, the station house serves as an important piece of social infrastructure.

Located in southern Queens, the new 116th Precinct Station House is a part of the NYC Department of Design and Construction’s Design Excellence program. The station house is sited to mediate between the scales of the residential neighborhood and the adjacent Long Island Railroad. A new public plaza creates an enhanced connection to the Rosedale Station entrance, and encourages public engagement. Designed to reflect the Neighborhood Policing tenets of improved communication and collaboration between local officers and community residents, the station house serves as an important piece of social infrastructure.

Creating Civic Connections through Public Engagement

The 116th Precinct acts as a civic connector socially through public engagement programming in the community room and with the creation of a new public open space, and physical massing that opens toward the public areas, with an enclosure treatment that dematerializes the facade.

The 116th Precinct acts as a civic connector socially through public engagement programming in the community room and with the creation of a new public open space, and physical massing that opens toward the public areas, with an enclosure treatment that dematerializes the facade.

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A new community room anchors the corner of the building and serves as a prime programmatic element of the plaza. The room was designed for maximum flexibility as well as physical and relational transparency for the public.

A new community room anchors the corner of the building and serves as a prime programmatic element of the plaza. The room was designed for maximum flexibility as well as physical and relational transparency for the public.

A key siting strategy for this project is to locate the new building along the street and place the parking behind, away from public view. This move both gives the police station a presence along the street frontage, and protects the character of the residential streetscape and sidewalk from vehicular activity. Extending a single-story wing back to the LIRR embankment frames a new public plaza designed to encourage community interaction and engagement with the NYPD 116th Precinct team, as well as connect the neighborhood with the LIRR Rosedale station entrance.

A key siting strategy for this project is to locate the new building along the street and place the parking behind, away from public view. This move both gives the police station a presence along the street frontage, and protects the character of the residential streetscape and sidewalk from vehicular activity. Extending a single-story wing back to the LIRR embankment frames a new public plaza designed to encourage community interaction and engagement with the NYPD 116th Precinct team, as well as connect the neighborhood with the LIRR Rosedale station entrance.

Precinct Station House

Location

Queens, NY

Area

45,000 sf

Clients

NYC Department of Design and Construction
New York Police Department

Recognition

AIA NY Exhibit: Reflecting on 15 Years of Project Excellence for New York City

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Location

Queens, NY

Area

45,000 sf

Clients

NYC Department of Design and Construction
New York Police Department

Recognition

AIA NY Exhibit: Reflecting on 15 Years of Project Excellence for New York City

Precinct Station House

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