TRIBECA TRAGEDY: The woman fell from the 26th floor of this building — and might have been drunkenly trying to reach for her cell. (NY Post: Chad Rachman)
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A beer-swilling shindig turned tragic early yesterday when a young woman mysteriously plunged to her death from a 26th-floor condo in a luxurious TriBeCa high-rise, cops said.
Hana Lin, 26, fell from the balcony of apartment 2640 at 101 Warren St. and landed on an elevated, park-like common area on the fifth-floor roof of a Barnes & Noble, police said. No foul play is suspected.
A source at the scene suspected that Lin stumbled over the waist-high rail trying to retrieve her cellphone, which was found next to her.
But investigators also haven’t ruled out suicide.
Lin, who was visiting the $2.8 million pad, was drinking beer with the two men who reside there at about 2 a.m.
When the suds ran out, the men went out on a beer run and were shocked to find that Lin was gone when they returned, cops said.
The unidentified party animals, ages 26 and 30, thought she was elsewhere in the 35-story, 227-unit complex, and stumbled off to find her, a search that was captured on the building’s surveillance video.
When they didn’t find Lin, they assumed she had left and they returned to the apartment. They eventually went to sleep.
A sixth-floor resident spotted the mangled body when the sun rose at about 6:45 a.m.
Cops woke the drunken partiers, and that’s when the hosts learned of the deadly plunge.
The luxury apartment’s balcony — or “loggia,” as it’s described on a real-estate Web site — faces south and overlooks the elevated, park-like courtyard dotted with evergreens.
The balcony is flush with the building’s facade and can be entered from the living room, dining room and a second bedroom, an online floor plan shows.
There are three glass walls, but the outer space is open and protected only by a waist-high barrier and rail.
A 26th-floor neighbor said the men were quiet and not known to host loud or frequent parties. She did not see or hear anything unusual, but added that the units are solidly built and virtually soundproof.
Another neighbor, stay-at-home mom Maria Mesce, came across the grisly scene.
“It’s so sad. I went to the gym this morning but the scene was covered with plastic. It destroyed my day. I’m not going to be able to sleep tonight,” she said.
The two-bedroom apartment is owned by Byung Ho Yoo of Port Washington, LI. It was recently listed for $2.85 million, but was taken off the market about five weeks ago.
Additional reporting by Larry Celona