Bangbae-dong (Korean: 방배동) is a dong (neighborhood) of the greater Gangnam area Seocho District of the South Korean city of Seoul.

[1] Bangbae-dong is divided into 5 different dongs which are Bangbaebon-dong, Bangbae 1-dong, 2-dong, 3-dong and 4-dong.

The origin of Bangbae-dong is derived from the name Bangbae, meaning "dong-ri with my back to Mt.

Bangbae-dong was Bangbae-ri, Sangbuk-myeon, Gwacheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do until the end of the Joseon Dynasty, but became Bangbae-ri, Sindong-myeon, Siheung-gun, Gyeonggi-do in 1914 when the area was confirmed during the Japanese colonial period.

The location is Dong at the western end of Seocho District, and it is an area from the intersection of the road from Seoul to Gwacheon and the southern circulation road to Umyeon Mountain.