# 140 Chester Street East, Christchurch Central City

20 reports on record since July 2021 · 19 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/140-chester-street-east

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 3
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 3
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 3
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9036760), 5 Oct 2026
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8971192), 23 Sept 2026
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/7568848), 18 Jan 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7242439), 20 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6632518), 20 Jul 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6632517), 20 Jul 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6575363), 7 Jul 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6573489), 7 Jul 2025
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/5588719), 22 Dec 2024
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/5584559), 21 Dec 2024

## Photographed here (19 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9036760), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09036760/public/1_fz38htse06hp.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8971192), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08971192/public/1_fyq22v2llfr5.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/7568848), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07568848/public/1_v68zqxrubgbq.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7242439), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07242439/public/1_p9eb8iclgo8r.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6632518), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06632518/public/1_iqp5fivs5lc.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6632517), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06632517/public/1_ztp7kszehdp7.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6575363), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06575363/public/1_rbvnr2mb8zn.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6573489), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06573489/public/1_69ashtk3esvd.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/5588719), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05588719/public/1_mth6b64wrifs.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/5584559), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05584559/public/1_3a9ghzqo229b.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5503539), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05503539/public/1_npnth7zmmwmu.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5482932), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05482932/public/1_qrrcwm7n82ku.jpg

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

## Also reported on Chester Street East
- [115 Chester Street East](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/115-chester-street-east), 20 reports
- [160 Chester Street East](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/160-chester-street-east), 19 reports
- [130 Chester Street East](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/130-chester-street-east), 19 reports
- [117 Chester Street East](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/117-chester-street-east), 17 reports
- [186A Chester Street East](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/186a-chester-street-east), 16 reports
- [86 Chester Street East](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/86-chester-street-east), 15 reports
- [121 Chester Street East](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/121-chester-street-east), 14 reports
- [168 Chester Street East](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/168-chester-street-east), 13 reports
- [Chester Street East, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/chester-street-east)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5278&lon=172.6459&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5278&lon=172.6459&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5278&lon=172.6459&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5278&lon=172.6459&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
- [Chester Street Backpackers](https://www.chch.live/business/chester-street-backpackers-christchurch-central-city), 77 m away · Hostels
- [Beat Street](https://www.chch.live/business/beat-street-christchurch-central-city), 95 m away · Cafés
- [Advanced Ceramics](https://www.chch.live/business/advanced-ceramics-christchurch-central-city), 97 m away · Dentists
- [Heritage Psychology](https://www.chch.live/business/heritage-psychology-christchurch-central-city), 111 m away · Counsellors & psychologists

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

## The bus nearby
- [Gloucester St near Barbadoes St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=46339), 242 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)
- [Gloucester St near Barbadoes St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=46133), 266 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Plaque no. 310899](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310899-ground), 219 m away
- [Plaque no. 310900](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310900-ground), 219 m away
- [Plaque no. 310901](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310901-ground), 219 m away

*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 Chester Street East in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 0 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=chester-street-east&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, Commercial Building and Setting
*116 m away · 228 Kilmore Street · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/124)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting
*164 m away · 250 Kilmore Street · located to ±8 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/125)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Dwellings and Setting
*200 m away · 100 Chester Street East · located to ±13 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/36)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7323

## What was here, Dwellings and Setting
*246 m away · 86 Chester Street East · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/34)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1881

## The green nearby
- [Chester Street East Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1665-chester-street-east-reserve), 111 m to the edge
- [Fire Fighters Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/949-fire-fighters-reserve), 231 m to the edge
- [Poplars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1124-poplars-reserve), 274 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Avon Riverbank Central City](https://www.chch.live/park/1868-avon-riverbank-central-city), 276 m to the edge · 6 ha
- [Cambridge Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1495-cambridge-reserve), 293 m to the edge

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-534-linwood), 110 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-532-christchurch-central-city), 132 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-542-christchurch-central-city), 206 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city), 239 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-538-christchurch-central-city), 250 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 140 Chester Street East?**

20 council reports on record since July 2021, most often graffiti (4), roading/streets (3), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (3).

**Which suburb is 140 Chester Street East in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Chester Street East](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/chester-street-east).

**What stood at 140 Chester Street East before?**

The heritage register names 4 places at or beside it, [Commercial Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/124), [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/125).

**What is the nearest park to 140 Chester Street East?**

[Chester Street East Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1665-chester-street-east-reserve), 111 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=140-chester-street-east · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=chester-street-east
