Recorded in the land register around 1440 as "andere Gasse" (other lane) and in 1643 as "arta platea II." The designation "andere" simply means "the second" in Middle Low German, and "arta platea II" is the Latin equivalent. This stems from the fact that the streets on the Granary Island were initially numbered: once from the north toward Milchkannengasse, and a second time beginning at Milchkannengasse heading south.

On maps, it was already called Schleifengasse by the end of the 18th century, and in 1805 also Schleifen- or Zimmergasse. Both names recall the old city timber yard formerly located on the New Mottlau. The name Schleifengasse refers to the inclined planes leading to the water, on which logs were dragged out of the river to be processed in the timber yard.

In a city map from 1945, this lane is recorded as ul. Podcienie (Arcade Lane). From 1946, it was called ul. Ciesielska (Carpenter's Lane) for a few years before disappearing entirely around 1950.

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