From 1918 to 1939 the village was in Tarnopol Voivodeship in Poland. The village was established in 1511.
Until 18 July 2020, Ponykovytsia belonged to Brody Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Brody Raion was merged into Zolochiv Raion.[2][3]