Its name means road (weg) of the plant nurseries (Baumschulen).

[3] Baumschulenweg is located in south-east Berlin and is crossed by the river Spree and the canals of Britz and Teltow.

It borders with Plänterwald, Oberschöneweide, Niederschöneweide, Johannisthal, Neukölln, Britz and Rudow.

Baumschulenweg is served by the S-Bahn lines S45, S46, S47, S8, S85 and S9 at the homonymous railway station.

It counts also the ferry line F11 [4] to Oberschöneweide over the Spree and is crossed, in Späthsfelde borders, by the motorway A113.