The street was likely established at the end of the 19th century along the northern boundary of the Russian cavalry barracks complex.

[1] Around 1930, pools, the city stadium, and tennis courts belonging to the Central Military Sports Club "Legia" were built on the site of the former barracks.

[1] In 1937, the construction of the Polish Scouting Association House, designed by Tadeusz Koszubski and Stefan Putowski, was completed at number 7.

[3] On 1 August 1944, at W-hour, insurgents unsuccessfully attacked the Polish Scouting Association House, occupied by the Germans until the capitulation of the uprising.

In 2008, the Legia pools basin was demolished, in 2011 the functionalist locker room building, and in 2012 or 2013 the distinctive diving tower.