It is named after the Porte de Choisy, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers wall of Paris, which led to Choisy-le-Roi.

The station opened on 7 March 1930 as part of line 10's extension from Place d'Italie, then serving as its eastern terminus (from Invalides).

As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, the station's corridors and platform lighting were renovated and modernised on 22 September 2005.

[2] In anticipation of the increased traffic expected at the station after tramway T9 opens, a new access towards it was constructed in two phases, with it consisting of two new staircases, including an escalator.

[3][4] In the second phase, the line 7 station was closed from 6 January to 29 June 2020 (with trains passing without stopping) to enable a new corridor towards the new access to be built.