Star Trek Beyond: 25 Easter Eggs, References & In-Jokes
8. Is That... A Moon?
At one point when the Enterprise is chasing Krall's ship through the Yorktown station, we see a schematic of the station, which reveals that the central unit is basically a Death Star. It's pretty difficult to avoid the similarity.
You'd also have to work pretty hard to ignore the fact that the Yorktown station is remarkably similar to the design of Deep Space Nine.
Perhaps in further homage to Deep Space Nine, a Jem'Hadar soldier also appears as one of Krall's underlings when Scotty first encounters Jaylah. Presumably Krall's persuasive tactics were a stronger influence on his than his pre-programmed genetics...