The district is built on what was one of the two mill settlements in today's Białystok, located on the Biała River.

Antoniuk settlement was located parallel to the fields of the village of Białostoczek, from the border with Pietrasze to Antoniukowska Street.

The Wysokostockie hill was connected with the high elevation of the area, called Łysa Góra.

In the years 1960 - 1965 construction of housing estates in the areas newly connected to the city began.

A monument to soldiers of the 1st Legions Infantry Regiment of the Polish Army who died in the Battle of Białystok (1920) during the Polish–Soviet War is located in the district.