# 7 Brake Street, Upper Riccarton

13 reports on record since April 2017 · 12 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/7-brake-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 4
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 3
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 2
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater) — 1
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 1
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 1

## Reported here
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7731213) — 13 Feb 2026
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/7609439) — 24 Jan 2026
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7510243) — 8 Jan 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7510239) — 8 Jan 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6523126) — 25 Jun 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6399067) — 27 May 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5469082) — 27 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5338240) — 30 Oct 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5004362) — 14 Aug 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3950933) — 24 Nov 2023

## Photographed here (12 on record)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7731213) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07731213/public/1_115gs4xxctyt.jpg
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/7609439) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07609439/public/1_75n3qhsldexm.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7510243) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07510243/public/1_zsa9w1296hin.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7510239) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07510239/public/1_w6f5iip509le.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6523126) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06523126/public/1_353w6sdb03sq.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6399067) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06399067/public/1_cl2tl9dd6n9.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5469082) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05469082/public/1_qgp84mhsxghi.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5338240) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05338240/public/1_krqj2vx4ovqp.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5004362) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05004362/public/1_sytn6xr2s3cp.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2295986) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02295986/1_xMU0N2.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/313372) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00313372/0
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/246131) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00246131/0

[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
- [6 Brake Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/6-brake-street) — 15 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)

## On the doorstep
- [Dragon House Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/dragon-house-restaurant-upper-riccarton) — 14 m away · Restaurants
- [Gold & Jade Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/gold-jade-restaurant-upper-riccarton) — 25 m away · Restaurants
- [South Garden Chinese Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/south-garden-chinese-restaurant-upper-riccarton) — 25 m away · Restaurants
- [Basics Asian Supermarket](https://www.chch.live/business/basics-asian-supermarket-upper-riccarton) — 34 m away · Supermarkets

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- Yaldhurst Rd near Angela St — 74 m away · [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)
- Main South Rd near Curletts Rd — 135 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) — 216 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) — 224 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
*109 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
*158 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
*168 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) — 321 m to the edge · playground — 42 pieces
- [Auburn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1771-auburn-reserve) — 403 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground — 23 pieces
- [Glebe Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1475-glebe-reserve) — 409 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Upper Riccarton Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1172-upper-riccarton-domain) — 495 m to the edge · Sports ground · 4 ha · playground — 19 pieces

*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) — 106 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-270-upper-riccarton) — 232 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-284-upper-riccarton) — 274 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 7 Brake Street?**

13 council reports on record since April 2017 — most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (4), graffiti (3), graffiti somewhere else (2).

**Which suburb is 7 Brake Street in?**

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

**What stood at 7 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 7 Brake Street?**

[Hansons Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1284-hansons-reserve) — 321 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=upper-riccarton&address=7-brake-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Upper%20Riccarton&street=brake-street
