# 118 Madras Street, Christchurch Central City

19 reports on record since January 2020 · 16 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/118-madras-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 7
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/vandalism), 1
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7716181), 10 Feb 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7295738), 29 Nov 2025
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5948493), 28 Feb 2025
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5609397), 28 Dec 2024
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5386668), 9 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5386651), 9 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5185832), 25 Sept 2024
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/4844969), 3 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4491833), 3 Apr 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4112505), 8 Jan 2024

## Photographed here (16 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7716181), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07716181/public/1_vr4l4xj16eq.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7295738), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07295738/public/1_xuluon14manx.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5948493), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05948493/public/1_0ziukm98fl4ff.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5609397), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05609397/public/1_cw3s4ljuzwjb.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5386668), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05386668/public/1_5ugd0xsiwa9.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5386651), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05386651/public/1_uyt54m4kv24.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5185832), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05185832/public/1_tllbsl5er7a.jpg
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/4844969), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04844969/public/1_x9p9or8ck9en.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4491833), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04491833/public/1_zkmz13hjyiht.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4112505), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04112505/public/1_c1eanxfaju.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4112496), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04112496/public/1_6l0m2zpzj5qe.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2442215), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02442215/public/1_zk1w76f.jpg

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Also reported on Madras Street
- [153 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-madras-street), 73 reports
- [169 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/169-madras-street), 50 reports
- [145 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/145-madras-street), 49 reports
- [282 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/282-madras-street), 37 reports
- [160 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/160-madras-street), 35 reports
- [163 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/163-madras-street), 32 reports
- [281 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/281-madras-street), 30 reports
- [167 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/167-madras-street), 28 reports
- [Madras Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/madras-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5396&lon=172.6427&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5396&lon=172.6427&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5396&lon=172.6427&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5396&lon=172.6427&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [Hang Seng Foodbar](https://www.chch.live/business/hang-seng-foodbar-christchurch-central-city), 34 m away · Fast food
- [Jyoti Indian Cuisine](https://www.chch.live/business/jyoti-indian-cuisine-christchurch-central-city), 52 m away · Restaurants
- [McDonalds Family Restaurant Moorhouse](https://www.chch.live/business/mcdonalds-family-restaurant-moorhouse-sydenham), 81 m away · Fast food
- [NPD 24/7 Fuel](https://www.chch.live/business/npd-24-7-fuel-sydenham), 83 m away · Car washes

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- [Moorhouse Ave near Madras St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14523), 63 m away · [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)
- [Madras St Terminus](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=52936), 96 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [Rail Workers Memorial This Site Is Dedicated to Rail](https://www.chch.live/plaque/7164-rail-workers-memorial), 159 m away, “RAIL WORKERS MEMORIAL THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO RAIL WORKERS WHO WERE KILLED OR SERIOUSLY…” · 2008

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Madras Street in 161 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 17 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=madras-street&suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Christchurch Central City ran about **$508 a week**, $42 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here, Former Grosvenor Hotel and Setting
*26 m away · 367 Moorhouse Avenue · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/160)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), 62 m to the edge
- [Science Alive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1753-science-alive-reserve), 128 m to the edge
- [Washington Way Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1316-washington-way-reserve), 183 m to the edge · Sports ground
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 303 m to the edge
- [Carlyle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1273-carlyle-reserve), 469 m to the edge

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 391 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 40 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-514-waltham), 40 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 240 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-543-sydenham), 249 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 342 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 118 Madras Street?**

19 council reports on record since January 2020, most often graffiti (7), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (3), graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset (3).

**Which suburb is 118 Madras Street in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/madras-street).

**What stood at 118 Madras Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former Grosvenor Hotel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/160).

**What is the nearest park to 118 Madras Street?**

[Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), 62 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=118-madras-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=madras-street
