The street links Kapelvej in the southeast with Hans Egedes Gade, just south of Jagtvej, in the northwest.

The central portion of the street has been closed to car traffic and has a loosely defined boundary with the park.

A portion of Assistens Cemetery located adjacent to the street was in 1909 converted into a public park.

27-37 were built by the city in 1919 - 1920 to relieve the extended housing shortage that Copenhagen was experiencing following the First World War.

The blocks were built to a Neoclassical design by Povil Baumann and would later serve as a model for other municipal housing developments.