Visible from Coyle Park is Meola Reef, which is situated to the east of the Point Chevalier peninsula and bordering the suburb of Westmere.

Meola Reef is an outcrop of black basalt rock which extends some distance north into the Waitematā Harbour.

Coyle Park and Point Chevalier Beach were popular destinations for family outings during the interwar period, particularly in summer.

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.

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.

[5] 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.

[6] Up until the 1980s Point Chevalier's population was largely blue-collar or elderly, the latter particularly due to the Selwyn Village retirement community (one of the largest in New Zealand).

However, 2013 census data suggested that Point Chevalier experienced a strong decrease in its young adult population (ages 20–34) after 2001; analysts have ascribed this to the increasing cost of housing in the central-western suburbs of Auckland.

[10] The Liverpool Estate is a piece of land bordered at one end by Great North and Point Chevalier Roads.

It was only a fifteen-minute walk to the Arch Hill terminus and a significant selling point was that a motorbus passed by.

The Point Chevalier Motor Bus Company ran from 1915-1920 and was owned by prominent locals, including a member of the Dignan family.

Estate land was also connected to sewerage and drainage, gas and water were available on the boundary and a school was nearby.

Rising property values have spurred gentrification and subdivision in recent years, particularly north of Meola Road and in locations near to the water.

Towards the northern end of the peninsula there are many houses from the postwar period, and a number of larger architect-designed homes have recently appeared close to Point Chevalier Beach.

This community is run by an Anglican church trust and includes self-contained houses and apartments, bed-sits, a hospital, and a chapel.

[23] The Hallyburton Johnstone Sports Complex in Dignan Street is home to the Point Chevalier Croquet and Bowling clubs.