Beacon station
Beacon station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line located in Beacon, New York. The station has three tracks, with one island platform and one side platform.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: train station in New York State
- Also known as: “Beacon” and “Beacon Station”
- Address: 1 Railroad Dr, Beacon, NY 12508
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dia Beacon and Reformed Church of Beacon.
Dia Beacon
Museum
Photo: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dia Beacon is the museum for the Dia Art Foundation's collection of art from the 1960s to the present and is one of the 12 locations and sites they manage. Dia Beacon is situated 2,200 feet south of Beacon station.
Reformed Church of Beacon
Church
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Reformed Church of Beacon, originally the Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Landing, is a historic and architecturally-significant church in Beacon, New York. Reformed Church of Beacon is situated 1,200 feet east of Beacon station.
Madam Brett Homestead
Park
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The Madam Brett Homestead is an early-18th-century home located in the city of Beacon, New York, United States. It is the oldest standing building in southern Dutchess County and has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1976. Madam Brett Homestead is situated 1 mile east of Beacon station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newburgh and Balmville.
Newburgh
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newburgh is a city in Orange County, New York, United States. With a population of 28,856 as of the 2020 census, it is a principal city of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area with an estimated 712,000 residents.
Balmville
Village
Balmville is a hamlet in Orange County, New York, United States. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. Balmville is situated 2½ miles northwest of Beacon station.
Glenham
Village
Glenham is a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The community is 2.5 miles east-northeast of Beacon. Glenham has a post office with ZIP code 12527, which opened on March 6, 1839. Glenham is situated 3 miles east of Beacon station.
Beacon station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Beacon, Dutchess County, Mid-Hudson and Catskills, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.50608° or 41° 30′ 22″ northLongitude
-73.98466° or 73° 59′ 5″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Operator
Metro-North RailroadNetwork
Metro-North RailroadOpen location code
87H8G248+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1220120283OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
7271116Wikidata ID
Q4875902
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Beacon station” goes by many names.
- French: “Beacon”
- French: “gare de Beacon”
- Japanese: “ビーコン駅”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Beacon station”. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.