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    <periodOfReport>2015-06-01</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001372299</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HISTOGENICS CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HSGX</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001626777</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Wilmslow Estates Ltd</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O HISTOGENICS CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>830 WINTER STREET, 3RD FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WALTHAM</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02451</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-06-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>89441</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1827666</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The shares transferred in this transaction were transferred pursuant to the Yayon Agreement (as defined in the Issuer's Prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2014), pursuant to which the Reporting Person was obligated to transfer the number of shares of the Issuer's Common Stock described herein to Professor Avner Yayon in satisfaction of the Reporting Person's obligations under the Yayon Agreement.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Cora Binchy and /s/ Karen Oliver, directors of Chaumont (Directors) Limited, a corporate director of Wilmslow Estates Limited</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-06-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
