250px, Thanon Tok in 2020 Thanon Tok ( th, ถนนตก, ) is a road junction in the Bang Kho Laem Subdistrict, Bang Kho Laem District, Bangkok. It is a crossroad of Charoen Krung,

Rama III Nangklao ( th, พระบาทสมเด็จพระนั่งเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว, ; 31 March 1788 – 2 April 1851), birth name Thap ( th, ทับ), also styled Rama III, was the third king of Siam ...

and

Mahaisawan Road 250px, Krungthep bridge carry the Mahai Sawan road across Chao Phraya River from Thonburi (west bank) to Phra Nakhon sides (east bank) Mahai Sawan Road ( th, ถนนมไหสวรรย์, , ) is a short road and intersection in Bangkok. It ...

s, with considered as the last intersection of Charoen Krung. The name "Thanon Tok" means ''"road to fall"'', because it's the end of Charoen Krung Road straight to south and ends at the Chao Phraya River. Hence colloquially referred to as "Thanon Tok" according its characteristics. Originally, it was a main port of Bangkok named "Thanon Tok Pier" before the establishment of Bangkok Port, also was a location of Bangkok Dock Company. Subsequently, when water transportation and water trading were reduced in importance and Bangkok Port moved to present Khlong Toei, it became a freight-only pier. Government facilities in the area include Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital, a public hospital under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Yan Nawa office of the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA), where one of Bangkok's former

tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport ...

s is preserved as a tourist attraction. The Bang Kho Laem Line of the Bangkok trams terminated here at Thanon Tok. Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) bus line 1 is the only route that runs all the length of Charoen Krung from Thanon Tok to Tha Tian in Phra Nakhon District, the distance is 12 kilometers (about 7 mi). At the southern end of Charoen Krung Road from

Trok Chan Chan Road ( th, ถนนจันทน์, , ; ), also known as Trok Chan ( th, ตรอกจันทน์, ; ), is a road and neighbourhood in Bangkok. It's a separate from Nang Linchi road in the area of Thung Maha Mek sub-district, Sathon ...

as far as Thanon Tok considered as a large community of Muslims. Thus making it the location of many

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s i.e. Masjid Darul Abideen, Masjid Al Bayaan, Masjid Bang Uthit, Masjid Assalafiyah etc. These Muslim ancestors all migrated from

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or Malay since the reign of King Rama I in the early Rattanakosin (18th century).

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{{reflist Streets in Bangkok Bang Kho Laem district Road junctions in Bangkok Populated places on the Chao Phraya River Neighbourhoods of Bangkok