The construction of this street was developed at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, and the first appearance on the map of St. Petersburg dates back to 1798.

When it is mentioned, a grotesque image of an evil pirate from Chukovsky's fairy tale appears in our minds. Shaggy, red, bearded — funny and cruel at the same time. The facts confirm that the name for this hero Korney Ivanovich was suggested by Barmaleeva Street.

At the end of the 18th century, according to historians, a certain Andrey Barmaleev lived on the site of house No. 5, which was built at the beginning of the 20th century. By profession, he is a police warrant officer, in life he is a respectable family man with three children. At the beginning of the XIX century, the residents left, but the name remained. Some researchers insist that the name came from the name of the merchant who kept warehouses here under Catherine II.

The street is located between Chkalovsky Prospekt and Bolshaya Pushkarskaya Street. This is a quiet place with one-way traffic and old housing development, diluted with public gardens and kindergartens.