The station opened on 10 December 1933 as part of the line's extension from between Richelieu–Drouot to Porte de Montreuil.

It offered a out-of-station connection to the Gare de la rue d'Avron on the Petite Ceinture railway until its subsequent closure to passenger traffic a few months later on 23 July 1934.

As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, the station's corridors and platforms were renovated and modernised on 12 December 2006.

Like the neightbouring Buzenval station, the lower part of the platform walls are vertical instead of the usual elliptical shape.

This is due to the narrow width of the road the station is situated under, only 18 m wide.