Link Apartments QPN
Link Apartments QPN offers residents a variety of outdoor amenities, including a landscaped courtyard.
Link Apartments QPN is a new 417-unit rental building located directly north of the Queensboro Plaza subway station in Long Island City, Queens. The project includes 417 residential units and a variety of amenities. A portion of the ground and second floor along Queens Plaza North has been carved out for elevator access to the subway station, accessible via a bridge connection.
The building is organized as a slender tower on a podium. The podium takes up the width of the block and frames a central courtyard for the residents as well as offers outdoor space for F&B. The 26-story tower is organized to maximize views to the Manhattan skyline. A dark brick façade ties podium to tower and is defined by a pattern of alternating-sized windows. At the tower top, this pattern extends the facade past the top floor and encloses a rooftop amenity.
Interiors were inspired by the variety of art institutions and galleries in the Long Island City neighborhood.
The lobby was designed to be part of a gallery “art walk” that invites not only residents but people from the community to pass through. The art theme runs through the entire property and is reinforced with a minimalist color palette and material selections such as concrete floors and columns and exposed rough hewn wood beam ceilings that are meant to showcase the art in the spaces. The exposed wood beams were salvaged and repurposed from the buildings that were formerly on the site. Outside, the garden courtyard continues the gallery feel by doubling as a sculpture garden.
