Named after Beusselstraße, which honours Georg Christian Beussel, a Moabit landowner.
Georg Christian Beussel (1774–1864) was a landowner and Amtmann (local official) in Moabit. The street named after him was laid out between 1818 and 1822 and crosses the whole of Moabit, from the Spree to the Westhafen canal. The station named after the street opened on 1 May 1894.