The station was opened on December 17, 1983, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

It is located between North Kings Highway (State Route 241) and Huntington Avenue, with parking facilities and station entrances available off of both roads.

Service began on December 17, 1983, making it the first station to open in Fairfax County, and the first to extend the system beyond the Capital Beltway.

Trains operated between Huntington and New Carrollton stations until May 7, 2023,[10] when service on the Yellow Line resumed but truncated from its northeastern terminus from Greenbelt to Mount Vernon Square.

Riders enter the station from the north on a viaduct carrying the tracks from downtown Washington, D.C., but the south end of the island platform is below grade.

The former surface parking lot off North Kings Highway is the center of an ongoing residential and business redevelopment project.