‘Friedrichsfelde Ost’ means ‘Friedrichsfelde East’.
The station lies in Marzahn, just north of the boundary with Friedrichsfelde, the old village renamed in 1699 after the Elector Friedrich III. It opened in 1903 for the Magerviehhof Friedrichsfelde, a cattle yard: the cattle cooperative paid part of the cost, and the rural municipality of Friedrichsfelde added 18,000 Mark.