Oriented approximately along a north-west / south-east axis, it is located between the Couronnes and Père Lachaise stations.

The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from Anvers to Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas).

[3] Taking up in particular the typography characteristic of the comics of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, Ménilmontant is humorously renamed Menhirmontant in reference to the animated film Asterix and the Big Fight (Astérix et le coup du menhir) .

Consisting of a fixed staircase, it is adorned with a Guimard entrance, which was subject to a registration as historic monument by the decree of 12 February 2016.

The decoration is of the style used for most metro stations with bevelled white ceramic tiles covering the walls, the vault, the tunnel exits, and the end of the corridors, while the lighting is provided by two tube strips.