6 Brake Street, Upper Riccarton
16 reports on record since August 2016 · 15 with photographs. The street’s heaviest record is 10 Brake Street, 29 reports on file. Indicative rating valuation and school zones, hazards, bin day and what stood here before.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 15 on record
Reported here
Street Gutters / Storm Water, Broken drain cover which has sunken. Trip hazard
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, Graffiti at South Garden Chinese restaurant
Street Gutters / Storm Water, Blocked smelly drain
Dumped Rubbish, rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, tagging in the car park of South Garden Chinese restaurant, and the rear of the building of basics Asian supermarket
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, General taking, behind Tony’s barber
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, Graffiti on a sign
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, Graffiti on a structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, Graffiti on wall
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, Graffiti on wall
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, graffiti on building
Damaged Street Sign, Not urgent. Give way sign has twisted somewhat. Appears to be secure.
- Hazard, vehicle,
Roading/Streets, Roading/Streets,
P120 sign and pole spun around and is no longer secured in the ground. Please fix. Thanks.
Also reported on Brake Street
- 10 Brake Street, 29 reports
- 8 Brake Street, 23 reports
- 7 Brake Street, 13 reports
- 4 Brake Street, 10 reports
- 3 Brake Street, 6 reports
- 15 Brake Street, 3 reports
- 9A Brake Street, 2 reports
- 5 Brake Street, 2 reports
From the air, then
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 street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Brake Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The green nearby
- Hansons Reserve, 306 m to the edge
- Auburn Reserve, 393 m to the edge · 1 ha
- Glebe Reserve, 413 m to the edge · Botanic
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Dragon House Restaurant, 6 m away · Restaurants
- Gold & Jade Restaurant, 14 m away · Restaurants
- South Garden Chinese Restaurant, 15 m away · Restaurants
- China Delight Restaurant, 28 m away · Restaurants
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin: OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Yaldhurst Rd near Angela St, 71 m away · route 86, route 140
- Main South Rd near Curletts Rd, 126 m away · route 5, route 100, route 130
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 91 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 221 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 264 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 326 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 326 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, measured to the line itself, the council’s open data.
The remembered names nearby
- This Stone Was Laid by Lady Bowen 15th March 1919 Trustees, 207 m away ·
THIS STONE WAS LAID BY LADY BOWEN 15TH MARCH 1919 TRUSTEES J.E. HANSON, GEO. FORSYTH, T. C
· 2025 - Upper Riccarton War Memorial plaque, 213 m away · 2025
Inscribed plaques within two hundred and fifty metres, the register’s pins, not surveyed spots. The whole roll is at /plaques.
What was here, St Peter's Church & Setting
on this spot · 24 Main South Road · located to ±116 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here, St Peter's Church Graveyard and Setting
106 m away · 24 Main South Road · located to ±21 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here, J.R. McKenzie Memorial Children's Library and Setting
144 m away · 393 Riccarton Road · located to ±10 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here, St Peter's Church Lychgate and Setting
170 m away · 25 Yaldhurst Road · located to ±3 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Riccarton ward, the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre.
What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address on RetroLens →
Questions, answered briefly
16 council reports on record since August 2016, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (9), street gutters / storm water (2), roading/streets (2).
Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, on Brake Street.
The heritage register names 4 places at or beside it, St Peter's Church & Setting, St Peter's Church Graveyard and Setting.
Hansons Reserve, 306 m to its edge.