The park is bounded to the south by the river Spree, to the west by Monbijoustraße, and to the north Oranienburger Straße and Monbijouplatz.

[1] It is close to the Friedrichstadt Palast, Neue Synagogue and the Sophienkirche.

It is a much needed, "shady refuge from the unrelentingly urban landscape of the area".

The park is situated on the former grounds of Monbijou Palace (Monbijouschloss) and the old English Church of St. George, both of which were heavily damaged during World War II and finally razed in 1959 by the East German authorities.

[2] From 2006 to 2007, the park was redesigned according to plans by garden and landscape architects Lützow 7 from Berlin.