[7][8] The station pictogram depicts the colonial-era cannon preserved on the nearby Plaza de La Ciudadela.

[2] Nearby Metro Balderas are some interesting places, like La Ciudadela market, filled with Mexican handicrafts,[9] the José Vasconcelos Central Library of Mexico City,[10] and facilities of broadcaster Televisa.

[2] It also displays a plaque unveiled on 19 September 2004, celebrating Mexican rock musician Rockdrigo González, killed exactly 19 years earlier in the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and composer of a song titled "Metro Balderas".

[11] Although this station is totally underground, cellular phone signals (GSM and TDMA for several providers) are able to reach the platform.

On 29 December 2018, a woman gave birth to a child inside the station, at the Line 1 platforms, helped by personnel of the Mexican Red Cross.