Home down a soi, groceries and movies at the mall across the skywalk
The closest neighborhoods in the same city.
From BTS Ha Yaek Lat Phrao station, a skywalk leads straight into two malls, Central Ladprao and Union Mall, and also connects to MRT Phahon Yothin station. Groceries and movies are both at Central Ladprao, which has a Tops Food Hall supermarket and a cinema; Union Mall has about 1,240 stalls and shops.
On the MRT Phahon Yothin side, Exit 3 leads to Somdet Ya Park, Exit 4 is next to a large supermarket, and Exit 5 opens right onto Soi Lat Phrao 1.
Transit ranks 16th out of 32 neighborhoods in Bangkok, with one BTS station and three MRT Blue Line stations inside the neighborhood. At Lat Phrao station you can change to the Yellow Line, but you have to leave the paid area first and walk along a covered skywalk, and the fare cards don't work across both lines.
The malls are right by the stations, yet everyday shopping overall ranks 23rd; if you live on a soi farther from a station, getting groceries means a longer walk.
The Lat Phrao intersection at the northwest corner of the neighborhood had the second-highest traffic volume in the city in 2017 figures. Lat Phrao Road, running southeast from the intersection, is also often called one of Bangkok's most congested roads, so if you commute by car or bus, build the traffic into your travel time.
Sidewalks rank third from the bottom out of 32 neighborhoods in Bangkok, and a skywalk links the stations and the malls.
In 1945, Lat Phrao Road was still a dirt road through rice fields. In 1982, Central Ladprao opened at this intersection. On July 3, 2004, three MRT Blue Line stations, Phahon Yothin, Ratchadaphisek and Lat Phrao, opened on the same day.
In 2023, the Yellow Line began service at Lat Phrao station as well.
North of the neighborhood, toward Phahon Yothin 24 station, The Central Phaholyothin is under construction, with a total floor area of about 457,000 square meters. In October 2025 the developer announced completion for the fourth quarter of 2026.
Compared with the 32 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, parks of 1 ha or more, and large shopping malls and department stores.
Maps show the shops and the sights. What a street is like, you only know by walking it. TidyMap uses AI street imagery analysis and public facility data to turn each area's street environment and everyday convenience into something you can compare. Search an address and look at the street outside first.
How to read it: yellow = poor, blue = good; grey = not enough data
TidyMap rates the street environment and everyday convenience. It does not assess the home itself, safety, noise or actual living experience. Street environment scores use AI assessments of imagery; convenience scores use public facility data.
Content is for personal browsing. Official TidyMap neighborhood cards may be shared as generated; anyone using one commercially is responsible for their own compliance (sharing guidelines). Bulk extraction, APIs and dataset redistribution require a data licence — email us. This site uses Google Analytics and Cloudflare Analytics.