The Schenkendorfstraße is located about four kilometers north of the Munich city center in the district Schwabing-Freimann.

Coming over the Petuelring from Moosach and Olympiapark, Schenkendorfstraße joins the Petuel Tunnel and the intersection with Leopoldstraße.

To connect the area around Berliner Straße, south of the Schenkendorfstraße, with the district of Alte Heide in the north, the pedestrian bridge over the Schenkendorfstraße was built in 1985, a suspension bridge with A-shaped pylons and only one support cable.

Cable suspended bridge and glass enclosure After a decision of the city council in 1997, the construction of the tram line 23 from the Münchner Freiheit in the park city Schwabing began on 20 March 2007, and was opened on 12 December 2009.

Via the Lyonel-Feininger-Straße, the residential area Parkstadt Schwabing in the north is connected to the Schenkendorfstraße (only northern directional traffic route).

Directly at the Autobahn junction, south of the Schenkendorfstraße, is the high-rise ensemble Münchner Tor.

The Schenkendorfstraße was originally a side street and led from the Belgradstraße over the Leopoldstraße and the Scheidplatz to Ungererstraße.