On March 1, 2008 Eimsbüttel lost part of its area to the borough Altona where it formed the Sternschanze quarter.

[5] Hamburg Dammtor railway station for long distance and city trains is located in the quarter Rotherbaum.

Eimsbüttel borough is serviced by the rapid transit system of the city train and the underground railway with several other stations.

The Bundesautobahn 7 (A7) is here also the European route E45 connecting Kaaresuvanto in Finland, with Gela in Italy, and passes the borough from the North to the South into the quarter Bahrenfeld.

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the borough Eimsbüttel were 91,871 private cars registered (376 cars/1000 people).