# 6 Elgin Street, Sydenham 18 reports on record since May 2017 · 17 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/sydenham/6-elgin-street ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 5 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths) — 3 - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 2 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 2 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling) — 1 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths) — 1 ## Reported here - [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6872232) — 10 Sept 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5971968) — 4 Mar 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5898824) — 19 Feb 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5300711) — 22 Oct 2024 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5269736) — 15 Oct 2024 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4672595) — 17 May 2024 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4328263) — 23 Feb 2024 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/4328253) — 23 Feb 2024 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4327991) — 23 Feb 2024 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4327984) — 23 Feb 2024 ## Photographed here (17 on record) - [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6872232) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06872232/public/1_cyc83lwfw3l.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5971968) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05971968/public/1_822j0p96btrm.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5898824) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05898824/public/1_uamcocl9iwrn.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5300711) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05300711/public/1_oaxgrwhbl7pz.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5269736) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05269736/public/1_fedax5hlrgoi.jpg - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4672595) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04672595/public/1_hh0pqgszr5km.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4328263) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04328263/public/1_y6i39va6iube.jpg - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/4328253) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04328253/public/1_hpirno81loa.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4327991) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04327991/public/1_g8z3wvqi8rhr.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4327984) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04327984/public/1_8eueunhyup5s.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4217748) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04217748/public/1_dx1xxqumbtv8.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/980476) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00980476/0_8O0iFV [More photographs on the Sydenham wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sydenham) ## Also reported on Elgin Street - [2 Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/2-elgin-street) — 20 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 - [Hello Sunday](https://www.chch.live/business/hello-sunday-sydenham) — 31 m away · Restaurants - [Coffee Culture Roastery on Durham](https://www.chch.live/business/coffee-culture-roastery-on-durham-sydenham) — 42 m away · Cafés - [Belgian Beer Cafe Torenhof](https://www.chch.live/business/belgian-beer-cafe-torenhof-sydenham) — 54 m away · Restaurants - [5th Street](https://www.chch.live/business/5th-street-sydenham) — 55 m away · Restaurants *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Sydenham Shops — 177 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 — 199 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) — 239 m away - [This Fountain Was Moved and Resited by the City Council](https://www.chch.live/plaque/29149-king-edward-lamp) — 244 m away — “THIS FOUNTAIN WAS MOVED AND RESITED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF TH…” · 2009 *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 *194 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 ## What was here — King Edward VII Coronation Memorial Lamp and Drinking Fountain and Setting *244 m away · located to ±1 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/15)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Sydenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park) — 195 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha - [Buchan Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1146-buchan-playground) — 236 m to the edge · playground — 5 pieces *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) — 172 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 6 Elgin Street?** 18 council reports on record since May 2017 — most often graffiti (5), pavement - damaged (3), roading/streets (2). **Which suburb is 6 Elgin Street in?** Sydenham, Christchurch — on [Elgin Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/elgin-street). **What stood at 6 Elgin Street before?** The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it — [Former Dwellings and Setting, Blackheath Place](https://www.chch.live/place/58), [King Edward VII Coronation Memorial Lamp and Drinking Fountain and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/15). **What is the nearest park to 6 Elgin Street?** [Sydenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park) — 195 m to its edge, 5 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=6-elgin-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=elgin-street