Situated near the pedestrianised Stone Gate Square, [de ] it is part of the red-light district bounded by Reuterstraße, Goethestraße, Reitwallstraße and Am Marstall, crossed by Scholvinstraße.

On an 1834 map it is shown as the "riding by Hanover's walls of fortification" and ran from Steintor to the Leine,[2] a tributary of the river Aller.

[3] The Reitwallstraße now extends between Goethestraße and Am Marstall, where its situation is rated by the local police as "delicate"; 300 crimes occurred in this area alone between early 2009 and 2010.

[9] In 2010, the Hells Angels met with rivals, the Bandidos, in the restaurant Little Italy and under lawyer Götz von Fromberg agreed a peace treaty.

A plan for a new 167 room hotel on the street was proposed in 2019,[needs update][12] and also im 2019 the laufhaus Sexworld was closed and converted into 20 apartments.