The station is in northwest part of the downtown on crossing of Tverskaya Street with the Garden ring near Triumphal Square.
Name origin: in honor of the Soviet poet V. V. Mayakovsky (the name of station isn't attached to the district now, and earlier Triumphal Square bore a name of Mayakovsky).
Date of opening — 1938-09-11.
Architects of station — A. N. Dushkin.
Design names of station:
Triumphal Square
Mayakovsky Square