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Fitzgerald Avenue

64 reports at 6 addresses in Linwood, the first in 2020, the latest 2026. 56 separate days somebody filed something about it.

64 reports6 addresses56 days reported on2 on the registerfrom the air, then259 documents carry the namethe 1177th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

114 Fitzgerald Avenue, 27 reports200 Fitzgerald Avenue, 25 reports122 Fitzgerald Avenue, 7 reports232 Fitzgerald Avenue, 3 reports208 Fitzgerald Avenue, 1 report124 Fitzgerald Avenue, 1 reportDwelling and Setting: registerDwelling and Setting, Englefield: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Fitzgerald Avenue, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Linwood.

From the air, then

Fitzgerald Avenue from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Fitzgerald Avenue from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Fitzgerald Avenue from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Fitzgerald Avenue from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →

The addresses on it

What got reported

Year by year

On the register

On foot, The factory garden walks this street.

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 259 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 30 m away unnamed jetty · 109 m away Avon Corridor 1 Rrz Land jetty · 133 m away Avon Corridor 1 Rrz Land set of steps · 138 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Fitzgerald Avenue in 16 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Fitzgerald Avenue & Moorhouse Avenue, 84 crashes pinned to the pairing.

The crashes it names, each one →

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.

As it was reported

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoPothole, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photo more photographs
on the Linwood wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Fitzgerald Avenue?

In Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Fitzgerald Avenue?

64 reports at 6 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (53), rubbish & dumping (7), roads & footpaths (2).

When was Fitzgerald Avenue first reported on?

2020, the record covers 56 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Fitzgerald Avenue?

Fitzgerald Avenue and Moorhouse Avenue, 84 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

What heritage places are on Fitzgerald Avenue?

Dwelling and Setting, Dwelling and Setting, Englefield.

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