Legionowo is located 23 kilometres (14 miles) to the north-east of the center of Warsaw and only 7 kilometres (4 miles) to the south of Zegrze Reservoir (Jezioro Zegrzyńskie or Zalew Zegrzyński), near the Warsaw-Gdańsk railroad and Warsaw-Suwałki road.

Between 2001 and 2006 a private Economic-Technical College (Polish: Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczno-Techniczna) was present in the town.

A major redevelopment of the station has been made between 2014 and 2016 with a large amount of the funding coming from Swiss Contribution.

[4] The Legionovia Legionowo association football team is based at the local municipal stadium and play in the fourth division.

The local arena hosts all the town's indoor sports clubs as well as music, MMA, boxing and other events.