A long soi of neighbors from everywhere, the market down a back alley
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Life in Phra Khanong plays out along one long soi. Pridi Banomyong Road (Sukhumvit Soi 71) heads north from BTS Phra Khanong station to Ramkhamhaeng station on the Airport Rail Link, which lies outside the neighborhood. The soi is often said to be home to neighbors from all over the world.
Groceries are close at hand: Saeng Thip fresh market is tucked into a back lane between Sukhumvit Road and Soi Pridi 2, and Soi Pridi 2 has food stalls all day. Supermarkets are spread along the soi, with a wholesale-style Makro at Soi Pridi 9, plus a small MaxValu and a few Tops Daily stores.
Near the station you'll mostly find small, newer condos, along with some older, roomier ones.
The BTS from Phra Khanong station to Siam takes about 15 to 20 minutes. If you live at the north end of the soi, you'll rely on the No. 1-39 bus on Pridi Road, or on songthaews that loop back to the station for a flat 8 baht.
For everyday shopping, Phra Khanong ranks 19th among Bangkok's 32 neighborhoods, right in the middle; the markets and supermarkets along the soi usually cover daily needs.
Worth knowing before you settle in: for transit, it ranks 27th among Bangkok's 32 neighborhoods, since the BTS only reaches the south end of the soi and the farther north you live, the more you depend on buses and songthaews. In the morning, cars have to pull out of the side lanes onto Pridi Road, and the wait is often said to be long.
Healthcare ranks 29th; the nearest hospital is Sukhumvit Hospital, one station away in Ekkamai. The area is also often said to lack green space, and for a large stretch of greenery you take a boat from Wat Khlong Toei Nok pier to Bang Kachao. Going by our street photos, sidewalks rank second from the bottom among 32 neighborhoods.
Phra Khanong was originally the name of a large district. The "Khanong" in the name may come from the Khmer word for "eyebrow," though some think it comes from a word for a customs post. In 1902 the district was an amphoe under Nakhon Khuean Khan, and in 1927 it became part of Bangkok.
In 1989, Khlong Toei and Prawet were split off from it, and Bang Na was the last to go, in 1998. BTS Phra Khanong station opened on December 5, 1999, keeping the old district's name, even though the station itself sits between the Khlong Toei and Watthana districts.
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.
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