Named after Wartenberg, an old village whose fields became a housing estate.
Wartenberg probably arose around 1230, founded by settlers who often brought place names from their homelands with them; there are villages of the same name in the Altmark. It was first recorded in 1270, when a Bernhardus de Wardenberge appeared in a charter. The station, opened on 20 December 1985, serves the new housing area built on Wartenberg's former fields, which belongs to Neu-Hohenschönhausen.