# 120 Madras Street, Christchurch Central City

16 reports on record since January 2022 · 13 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/120-madras-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/problems/traffic-signals), 1
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7295856), 29 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7295857), 29 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7288253), 28 Nov 2025
- [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/6489347), 17 Jun 2025
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6363499), 20 May 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6349588), 17 May 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5773537), 28 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5773531), 28 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5773524), 28 Jan 2025
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5312447), 24 Oct 2024

## Photographed here (13 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7295856), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07295856/public/1_tn48m36bjwf2.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7295857), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07295857/public/1_dh2o87deh6jj.jpg
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7288253), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07288253/public/1_6md2a1ssequl.jpg
- [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/6489347), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06489347/public/1_67i5mq3evwaj.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6363499), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06361998/public/1_36td9b5gg7tf.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6349588), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06349588/public/1_xglgp3gao2q5.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5773537), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05773537/public/1_6505aa97cnqp.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5773531), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05773531/public/1_92dyvqgzi8tg.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5773524), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05773524/public/1_8whvvx97wgp5.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5312447), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05312447/public/1_nxx35km0nj8a.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5097278), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05097278/public/1_42pjf9am3l1y.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2442208), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02442208/public/1_7CeZkq8.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=-43.5388&lon=172.643&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5388&lon=172.643&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5388&lon=172.643&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5388&lon=172.643&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
- [The Bedford](https://www.chch.live/business/the-bedford-christchurch-central-city), 34 m away · Venues & events
- [Bali / Thai Cuisine](https://www.chch.live/business/bali-thai-cuisine-christchurch-central-city), 51 m away · Restaurants
- [Dubbba Deluxe](https://www.chch.live/business/dubbba-deluxe-christchurch-central-city), 51 m away · Restaurants
- [Madras Market](https://www.chch.live/business/madras-market-christchurch-central-city), 53 m away · Food courts

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

## The bus nearby
- [Madras St Terminus](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=52936), 32 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)
- [Moorhouse Ave near Madras St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14523), 115 m away · [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)

*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), 245 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
*95 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), 149 m to the edge
- [Washington Way Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1316-washington-way-reserve), 207 m to the edge · Sports ground
- [Science Alive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1753-science-alive-reserve), 214 m to the edge
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 219 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), 305 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 124 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-514-waltham), 124 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-543-sydenham), 254 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 257 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 267 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 120 Madras Street?**

16 council reports on record since January 2022, most often graffiti somewhere else (3), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (3), graffiti (3).

**Which suburb is 120 Madras Street in?**

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

**What stood at 120 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 120 Madras Street?**

[Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), 149 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=120-madras-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=madras-street
