Yauza Street begins as a continuation of Solyanka at Yauza Gates Square, then crosses the Yauza River via the Astakhov Bridge and ends at the junction with Ryumin Lane, transitioning into Upper Radishchevskaya Street.

The modern Yauza Street from Yauza Gates Square to the Astakhov Bridge received its name in the 18th century due to the Yauza River, over which it passes on the bridge.

The second section, from the Astakhov Bridge (formerly Yauza Bridge) to Upper Radishchevskaya Street, was previously called Taganskaya or Tagannaya Street. In 1922, it was renamed "International" in honor of the 1st International. On October 25, 1994, the former International Street was renamed as a continuation of Yauza Street.

During the Soviet era, the street underwent significant changes: in 1940, when a new Astakhov Bridge, 40 meters long and 36 meters wide with an access ramp, was built, it was doubled in width. In the autumn of 1975, the entire block on the right, up to the Bolshoy Ustyinsky Bridge, was demolished, and a park was created in its place. This opened up a view of the mouth of the Yauza and the opposite bank of the Moscow River.

The left side of the street has preserved buildings from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is rare in Moscow to find a street with such a cohesive architectural ensemble that has remained almost unchanged for a century and a half! If you add house No. 15 on Solyanka, the neighboring house on Yauza Boulevard, and the Church of Peter and Paul on Kulishek, you get a panorama of an almost untouched corner of old Moscow that Pushkin, Lermontov, and Herzen would have seen.