8 Brake Street, Upper Riccarton
23 reports on record since January 2018 · 20 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 20 on record
Reported here
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — please clean it
Dumped Rubbish — rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Extensive colourful graffiti on a building and around the corners at Chinatown.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Graffiti on tin fence
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 
Dumped Rubbish — Dumped rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 8 Brake St - South wall of Basics Asian Supermarket building
Graffiti somewhere else — Along from south of 2 degrees tower see pics
Graffiti somewhere else — Graffiti signage
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 
Graffiti somewhere else — 
Graffiti somewhere else — 
Dumped Rubbish — Is in Council land
Graffiti — West side wall
- Graffiti —
- Graffiti —
- Graffiti —
Graffiti — 8 Brake St - Graffiti on side of Orion box
Roading/Streets — An on going problem. Also mattress outside hair dresser. Tried to send this earlier but data switched off!
Roading/Streets — Rubbish here for weeks.
Graffiti —
on basics Asian supermarket
Graffiti —
Also reported on Brake Street
- 10 Brake Street — 29 reports
- 6 Brake Street — 15 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
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 — 320 m to the edge
- Auburn Reserve — 385 m to the edge · 1 ha
- Glebe Reserve — 431 m to the edge · Botanic
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Basics Asian Supermarket — 12 m away · Supermarkets
- Joyful Bake House & Joy Tea — 15 m away · Bakeries
- Mitch — 18 m away · Hairdressers
- Dragon House Restaurant — 19 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 — 94 m away · route 86, route 140
- Church Corner — 137 m away · route 5, route 86, route 100, route 130, route 140
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton — 109 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton — 215 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton — 256 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton — 347 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton — 347 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 — 197 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 — 206 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
129 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
150 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
190 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
23 council reports on record since January 2018 — most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (7), graffiti (7), graffiti somewhere else (4).
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 — 320 m to its edge.