‘Oberspree’ means ‘upper Spree’: a stretch of the river and a locality here.
Oberspree is the name of the stretch of the river Spree between the mouth of the Dahme and the Britzer Verbindungskanal, and of a locality in the east of Niederschöneweide. The halt lies where Oberspreestraße crosses the short branch line to Spindlersfeld; it opened with passenger services on 1 April 1892.