Editing Point Chevalier (section)

===As summer destination===

Coyle Park and Point Chevalier Beach were popular destinations for family outings during the interwar period, particularly in summer. Tramlines ran down Point Chevalier Road to Coyle Park, near the beach; during summer, special trams were laid on during summer to transport people from Grey Lynn, while buses brought others from [[Mount Albert, New Zealand|Mount Albert]] and [[West Auckland, New Zealand|West Auckland]] suburbs. Following the Second World War, the combination of increased car ownership and the [[Auckland Harbour Bridge]] (1959) resulted in a complete reversal of this activity. The once crowded beach was deserted, and the various businesses that had prospered on the summer trade closed down or relocated. Whilst the tramlines were removed during the 1950s, the broadness of Point Chevalier Road - otherwise atypical for a fairly small suburb - and the paved-over roundabout terminus near Coyle Park both remain as evidence of their presence.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

Due to sand loss and degradation over the 20th century, Point Chevalier Beach was resanded in 2008 with 16,000 cubic metres of sand from Pakiri Beach pumped onto the foreshore, creating a more usable beach area.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10551753 |title=Resanding Auckland's beaches |first=Bernard |last=Orsman |date=14 January 2009 |publisher=[[New Zealand Herald]] }}</ref> The resanding has attracted larger numbers of summer visitors in the years since, making the northern part of Point Chevalier busy (and sometimes congested with vehicles) on fine weekends and holidays and at festival times.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/auckland-city-harbour-news/9147486/Car-parking-madness-irks-Pt-Chev-residents |title=Car parking 'madness' irks Pt Chev residents |first=Emma |last=Whittaker |date=11 September 2013 |newspaper=Auckland City Harbour News}}</ref>