An expressway stacked above the main road, with an exhibition centre and a long-standing mall beside it
On Bang Na's main road there's a second layer of road stacked right on top. That's the six-lane Burapha Withi elevated expressway, built directly above Bangna-Trat Road. Bang Na has wide commercial boulevards, gated residential estates and big malls — it feels a lot like American suburbia. People living here include office workers, families and long-term expats. Step out of BTS Bang Na Station and you can walk straight into the BITEC exhibition centre via the skywalk.
BITEC's concert hall, BITEC LIVE, can hold ten thousand people standing. A few kilometres east along the main road is the long-established Central Bangna mall. Inside there's a supermarket and a cinema, and a water park on the roof. Back out on the street — based on our street photos, Bang Na ties with Ari for 1st place among the six neighborhoods for cleanliness. Street-side greenery here ranks 2nd too.
That said, a high greenery ranking doesn't mean there are parks to go to — green space is limited around here. Driving from Central Bangna to the nearest park, Rama IX Park, or to Nong Bon Lake takes 15 to 20 minutes. Bang Na ranks last among the six neighborhoods for transport, and last for everyday convenience too. This is a car-dependent area, spread out and not really walkable; if you're living deep inside one of the residential estates, it's best to have a car.
The name Bang Na is said to mean 'land of rice fields,' supposedly because this area was covered in paddy fields before modern times. Sukhumvit Road opened in 1936, and today's Bang Na intersection is where it meets Bangna-Trat Road. Central Bangna opened in 1993, and BITEC followed four years later. In March 1998, Bang Na split off from Phra Khanong to become its own district. From that same year through 2010, the Bangkok International Motor Show was held annually at BITEC. In August 2011, BTS Bang Na Station opened as the Sukhumvit Line extended eastward.
Compared with the 6 Bangkok neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
HA-accredited hospitals (excluding specialist institutes such as psychiatric and infectious-disease hospitals), schools and universities within 1 km (only those with an English name on OpenStreetMap; Bangkok publishes no school catchments), stations, and parks of 1 ha or more.
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