Precinct Station House — Dattner Architects

116th Precinct Station House

116th Precinct Station House

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 as a relational intermediary between neighborhood scales of residential and rail—and a physical connector for residents and the Rosedale Station entrance. It serves as an important social connector between law enforcement and the public, in the progressive, community-based policing model.

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 as a relational intermediary between neighborhood scales of residential and rail—and a physical connector for residents and the Rosedale Station entrance. It serves as an important social connector between law enforcement and the public, in the progressive, community-based policing model.

116th Precinct Massing Strategy

116th Precinct Massing Strategy

116th Precinct Massing Strategy

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 physically with massing that opens up toward the public areas, and an enclosure treatment that dematerializes the traditional heavy facade of the precinct.

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 physically with massing that opens up toward the public areas, and an enclosure treatment that dematerializes the traditional heavy facade of the precinct.

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

Community Room 1

Community Room 3

A key siting strategy for this project is to locate the new building along the street and place the parking behind, shielded 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, shielded 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.

18 1213 NYPD116PrecinctStation 1741 Axonometric View Of Project Site

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

116th Precinct Station House

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