Bean at the Y
Bean at the Y is a café at YMCA Building, 12 Hereford St, Central City, Christchurch.
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Checked 21 Oct 2026
The perfect combination great coffee, food & hospitality. Offering a delicious range of snacks & meals to tantalise your… Read full description ↓
One of 147 cafés in Christchurch Central City, 24% of the city’s count
YMCA Building, 12 Hereford St, Central City
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Getting there
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Nearby
More nearby places 7
Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
The nearest other cafés
More nearby cafés 5
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Also in Christchurch Central City
More businesses in Christchurch Central City 7
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | YMCA Building, 12 Hereford St, Central City | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 03 366 0689 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
How the council’s directory described it
The perfect combination great coffee, food & hospitality. Offering a delicious range of snacks & meals to tantalise your tastebuds. Open 7 days
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Residential Visitor Accommodation Zone | District Plan |
The reports nearby
3,244 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 2,651 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 3,244 reports on file
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Facility - General Request
Pavement - Damaged
Hazard, vehicle
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet
Water GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
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A café in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
YMCA Building, 12 Hereford St, Central City, on Hereford St. On the map →
Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.
phone 03 366 0689 (Find Christchurch, 2024).
The Kind Foundation (71 m), Quad Eatery (119 m), Museum Cafe (170 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 43 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest The Observatory Hotel (42 m); the Hereford St near Montreal St bus stop is 208 m away: route 8; a separated cycleway passes within 71 m; nearest park: Tiffany Reserve (391 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
Sources: Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer
Read source notes 5
- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0),
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council and ECan data under CC BY 4.0; Wikidata CC0. Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap or tell us. The whole directory lives at /businesses. This page as markdown: /business/bean-at-the-y-christchurch-central-city.md.