It is located in the east of Hamburg-Nord, approximately five kilometers from Hamburg city center.

Barmbek-Nord borders the quarters of Ohlsdorf, Steilshoop, Bramfeld, Wandsbek, Dulsberg, Barmbek-Süd and Winterhude.

Until the incorporation of neighboring villages Bramfeld and Steilshoop 1937 by the Greater Hamburg Act the present-day quarters of Barmbek-Nord and Dulsberg, which were then still named Barmbeck along with Barmbek-Süd, formed a part of the Hamburger eastern border with Prussia.

[2] Barmbek-Nord faced major destruction during the Bombing of Hamburg in World War II.

[2] To date it is a vivid quarter, especially around Barmbek station and the major shopping street of Fuhlsbüttler Straße.