# 6 Brake Street, Upper Riccarton

16 reports on record since August 2016 · 15 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/6-brake-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 9
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 2
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9081790), 13 Oct 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8890191), 9 Sept 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8826187), 29 Aug 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8796397), 24 Aug 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7675964), 4 Feb 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7675958), 4 Feb 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7561210), 16 Jan 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7231983), 18 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7231971), 18 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7205840), 13 Nov 2025

## Photographed here (15 on record)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9081790), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09081790/public/1_r0kjqh9mcnr1.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8890191), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08890191/public/1_m3qwcgpch5sf.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8826187), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08826187/public/1_190nejnuw4nc.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8796397), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08796397/public/1_u7n0gn39tq9k.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7675964), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07675964/public/1_8juqno5v5fwf.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7675958), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07675958/public/1_b37kbyg87r9s.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7561210), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07561210/public/1_fdzbtpff3a6g.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7231983), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07231983/public/1_9a5q06e8qq2.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7231971), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07231971/public/1_7oxgv0bieiqt.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7205840), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07205840/public/1_ixu72349ajo.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7205838), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07205838/public/1_hi7nc2j5ydh9.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7198888), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07198888/public/1_snkqch0w3aj2.jpg

[More photographs on the Upper Riccarton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=upper-riccarton)

## Also reported on Brake Street
- [10 Brake Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/10-brake-street), 29 reports
- [8 Brake Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/8-brake-street), 23 reports
- [7 Brake Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/7-brake-street), 13 reports
- [4 Brake Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/4-brake-street), 10 reports
- [3 Brake Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/3-brake-street), 6 reports
- [15 Brake Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/15-brake-street), 3 reports
- [9A Brake Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/9a-brake-street), 2 reports
- [5 Brake Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/5-brake-street), 2 reports
- [Brake Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/brake-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5312&lon=172.5711&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5312&lon=172.5711&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5312&lon=172.5711&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
- [Dragon House Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/dragon-house-restaurant-upper-riccarton), 6 m away · Restaurants
- [Gold & Jade Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/gold-jade-restaurant-upper-riccarton), 14 m away · Restaurants
- [South Garden Chinese Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/south-garden-chinese-restaurant-upper-riccarton), 15 m away · Restaurants
- [China Delight Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/china-delight-restaurant-sockburn), 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](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)
- Main South Rd near Curletts Rd, 126 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100), [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [This Stone Was Laid by Lady Bowen 15th March 1919 Trustees](https://www.chch.live/plaque/25956-war-memorial-library-plunket), 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](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311019-upper-riccarton-war-memorial-p), 213 m away · 2025

*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 Brake Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=brake-street&suburb=upper-riccarton)

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Riccarton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/riccarton), the [Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton) 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, St Peter's Church & Setting
*on this spot · 24 Main South Road · located to ±116 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/418)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1792

## 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](https://www.chch.live/place/144)*
- 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](https://www.chch.live/place/444)*
- 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](https://www.chch.live/place/432)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Hansons Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1284-hansons-reserve), 306 m to the edge · playground, 42 pieces
- [Auburn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1771-auburn-reserve), 393 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 23 pieces
- [Glebe Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1475-glebe-reserve), 413 m to the edge · Botanic

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-258-upper-riccarton), 91 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-270-upper-riccarton), 221 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-284-upper-riccarton), 264 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-237-sockburn), 326 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-257-sockburn), 326 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 Brake Street?**

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).

**Which suburb is 6 Brake Street in?**

Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, on [Brake Street](https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/brake-street).

**What stood at 6 Brake Street before?**

The heritage register names 4 places at or beside it, [St Peter's Church & Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/418), [St Peter's Church Graveyard and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/144).

**What is the nearest park to 6 Brake Street?**

[Hansons Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1284-hansons-reserve), 306 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=upper-riccarton&address=6-brake-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Upper%20Riccarton&street=brake-street
