Sinkhole Opens Again At Beacon Train Station Entrance - Last Time Was In May 2026
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After a steady downpour, cracks of lightening and rolling thunder Tuesday night, the sinkhole at the top of the Beacon Train Station entrance that revealed itself on May 21, 2026 also after rainfall, and was covered in with dirt, opened again early Wednesday morning. Drivers to the train station could continue down the driveway, but were advised by MTA Police to follow the cones around the sinkhole. All photos are at the bottom of this article.
According to sources familiar with the situation, the sinkhole was covered in with dirt again, and one side was covered with a metal plate. In May, the Beacon Police inspected the hole with a flashlight, as it was open and hollow under the asphalt. In these pictures, the dirt has already been thrown in. Compared with the photos in May 2026, the sinkhole appears to be spreading. More patches of sunken asphalt are opening further down the driveway.
There has been no discussion of this sinkhole at Beacon’s City Council. The MTA and Governor Hochul have terminated funding for the basic service of the Ferry from Newburgh to Beacon, blaming it on the necessary repair of the ferry dock, yet Governor Hochul and the MTA are developing the far right side of the Beacon Train Station parking lot for more small unit apartments to not fit families, but to fit singletons possibly commuting to NYC and other communities along the Hudson train line. The Hudson River also regularly floods into the Beacon train station parking lot.
Can The Sinkhole Suddenly Collapse The Road?
Can this chronic sinkhole suddenly collapse, taking the MTA Police officer guarding it and the nearby MTA Police Station with it?
“If there is not enough support for the land above the spaces,” states the U.S. Geological Survey website, “then a sudden collapse of the land surface can occur. These collapses can be small, or they can be huge and can occur where a house or road is on top.”
New townhouses are also located at that intersection.
It is not clear why the MTA has not initiated a major repair on this sinkhole that is proving chronic. Dirt turns into mud, and sinks further down. Sinkholes can be caused by leaking pipes underneath the ground. ALBB has not confirmed where the storm-water line is down there on Railway Drive, right off Beekman Street, and who is responsible for repairing it: the MTA or the City of Beacon.
