# 2 Elgin Street, Sydenham 20 reports on record since October 2016 · 18 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/sydenham/2-elgin-street ## What gets reported here - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths) — 5 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 3 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 3 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 2 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks) — 1 - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 1 ## Reported here - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7438883) — 26 Dec 2025 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7106395) — 27 Oct 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6997806) — 6 Oct 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5931011) — 25 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5713551) — 17 Jan 2025 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/5713533) — 17 Jan 2025 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5386084) — 9 Nov 2024 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5000749) — 13 Aug 2024 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5000741) — 13 Aug 2024 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4328358) — 23 Feb 2024 ## Photographed here (18 on record) - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7438883) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07438883/public/1_7v4uuzth8brs.jpg - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7106395) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07106395/public/1_bmtxbqq0t1ns.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6997806) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06997806/public/1_9llv80c03p5o.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5931011) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05931011/public/1_p1nnvltei7p.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5713551) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05713551/public/1_a1yrxn26k47.jpg - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/5713533) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05713533/public/1_1qye4k2i7ipd.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5386084) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05386084/public/1_1vias1mmrwpa.jpg - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5000749) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05000749/public/1_20y2abtmkpgf.jpg - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5000741) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05000741/public/1_kgov6d6sxzqa.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4328358) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04328358/public/1_pojuwfefrudh.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4328336) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04328336/public/1_3jppxxubtccs.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4328286) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04328286/public/1_he94s22jqqmf.jpg [More photographs on the Sydenham wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sydenham) ## Also reported on Elgin Street - [6 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/6-elgin-street) — 18 reports - [33 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/33-elgin-street) — 18 reports - [29 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/29-elgin-street) — 12 reports - [5 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/5-elgin-street) — 11 reports - [13 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/13-elgin-street) — 11 reports - [27a Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/27a-elgin-street) — 7 reports - [19 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/19-elgin-street) — 7 reports - [23 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/23-elgin-street) — 4 reports - [Elgin Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/elgin-street) ## On the doorstep - [The Tucker Shop](https://www.chch.live/business/the-tucker-shop-sydenham) — 33 m away · Business - [Coffee Culture Roastery on Durham](https://www.chch.live/business/coffee-culture-roastery-on-durham-sydenham) — 34 m away · Cafés - [Hello Sunday](https://www.chch.live/business/hello-sunday-sydenham) — 34 m away · Restaurants - [5th Street](https://www.chch.live/business/5th-street-sydenham) — 46 m away · Restaurants *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Sydenham Shops — 233 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44) - Colombo St near Wordsworth St — 262 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [Sydenham Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311033-sydenham-park) — 212 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 Elgin Street in 16 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=elgin-street&suburb=sydenham) ## Renting nearby New bonds in Sydenham ran about **$518 a week** — $32 below the city median of $550 — [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/sydenham#s-living). ## The civic layer This ground votes in [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote) — the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) 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 Dwellings and Setting, Blackheath Place *188 m away · 71 Durham Street South · located to ±30 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/58)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1829 ## The green nearby - [Sydenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park) — 172 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha - [Buchan Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1146-buchan-playground) — 301 m to the edge · playground — 5 pieces - [Antigua Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1620-antigua-reserve) — 446 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 Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-513-sydenham) — 234 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-484-addington) — 469 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 2 Elgin Street?** 20 council reports on record since October 2016 — most often pavement - damaged (5), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (3), graffiti (3). **Which suburb is 2 Elgin Street in?** Sydenham, Christchurch — on [Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/elgin-street). **What stood at 2 Elgin Street before?** The heritage register names a place at or beside it — [Former Dwellings and Setting, Blackheath Place](https://www.chch.live/place/58). **What is the nearest park to 2 Elgin Street?** [Sydenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park) — 172 m to its edge, 5 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=2-elgin-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=elgin-street