Named after two streets that cross here: Prenzlauer Allee and Danziger Straße.
Prenzlauer Allee is the old road to Prenzlau in the Uckermark. Danziger Straße was named in 1874 after Danzig, since 1945 Gdańsk in Poland. From 1950 it was called Dimitroffstraße, after the Bulgarian communist leader Georgi Dimitroff; in 1995 Berlin’s senator for building restored the old name, overriding the district assembly.