It borders with the localities of Wartenberg, Neu-Hohenschönhausen and Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow.

The locality, crossed by the Außenring railway line, is not served by any station.

The nearest Berlin S-Bahn stop is Wartenberg, on S75 line, that ends there.

It has been projected to continue the S75 track in 2015 on the Außenring from Wartenberg to Karow, but a station for Malchow, hypothesized, is still not officially scheduled on the plan.

[3] The village's main road, Malchower Dorfstraße, is part of the B2, the German longest federal highway.