Hongik University

The International Design school for Advanced Studies (IDAS, Korean: 홍익대학교 국제디자인전문대학원; Hanja: 弘益大學校 國際디자인專門大學院; RR: Hongik daehakgyo gukje dijain jeonmun daehakwon) is a graduate school affiliated with Hongik University in Seoul. It engages in local design education and research.

Club Evans (Korean: 클럽에반스) is a jazz club in Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea. The club was founded on January 1, 2001, and is named for the American jazz pianist Bill Evans. The owner of the club reportedly considered naming the club after another jazz pianist Keith Jarrett, but preferred the sound of "Club Evans". The club is reportedly open most days, and hosts performances in the evenings. It is considered a platform for emerging jazz artists to perform. By 2012, it reportedly hosted over 10,000 musicians in over 4,000 performances. It also has jazz recording studios and a jazz academy as well. The club was closed for eight months beginning in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic; it then reopened and resumed performances.

Seogang-dong (Korean: 서강동) is a legal dong (neighbourhood) of Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea.

Sangsu station is a subway station on Seoul Subway Line 6. Along with Hongik University station on Line 2, it serves the area commonly called Hongdae, albeit geographically less convenient. The name of the subway station comes from its local name. The local name means the top of the river.

Changjeon-dong is a legal dong, neighbourhood of the Mapo-gu district in Seoul, South Korea and was merged with Sangsu-dong into Seogang-dong in January 2007.

Hongdae (Korean: 홍대) is a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea near Hongik University, after which it is named. It is known for its urban arts and indie music culture, local shops, clubs, cafés and entertainment. The area is located in Mapo District in the western end of Seoul, stretching from Seogyo-dong, Hapjeong-dong & Seogang-dong.

Seogyo-dong (Korean: 서교동) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea.

Hongik University Station (Korean: 홍대입구역; Hanja: 弘大入口驛; RR: Hongdae-ipgu-yeok) is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 2 as well as the AREX and the Gyeongui-Jungang Line. As its name indicates, it serves the nearby Hongik University. It was formerly known as Donggyo Station, after the neighborhood that it serves. As of December 2010, it has become a transfer station to the AREX and also was connected to the Gyeongui–Jungang Line.

Gwangheungchang Station is a subway station on the Seoul Subway Line 6 in Mapo-gu, Seoul. It is located close to the northern end of Seogang Bridge, which links Sinchon and Yeouido. Bamseom, located under the bridge on the Han River, is visible from here.

Gyeongui Line Forest Park (Korean: 경의선숲길) is a linear park built on a former rail line in Hongdae, Seoul. After the Gyeongui Line was partially reconstructed underground, Gyeongui Line Forest Park was created in its place. It is also known as Yeontral Park (연트럴파크), which is a Konglish portmanteau of Mapo District's Yeonnam-dong and New York's Central Park.

Mapo Saebit Culture Forest (Korean: 마포새빛문화숲) is a neighborhood park located in Dangin-dong, Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea.

Sogang University Station is a station on the Gyeongui-Jungang Line in Seoul, South Korea. Seogang Station was renamed Sogang University Station on March 17, 2014.