Child Care & Preschools: Montessori School of Los Altos, Palo Alto Infant Toddler Center, Peninsula Day Care Center, Redwood Enrichment Center

Fire Station: No. 4, 3600 Middlefield Road

Library: Mitchell Park branch, 3700 Middlefield Road

Location: between Creekside Drive and Ferne Avenue, Nelson Drive and Ben Lomond Drive

Neighborhood Association: 650-494- 3157, www.greenmeadow.org; Jim Pinsky, president, Greenmeadow Community Association, 650-856-6511

Parks: Greenmeadow Park (private); Mitchell Park (nearby), 600 East Meadow Drive

Post Office: Cambridge, 265 Cambridge Ave.

Private Schools: Palo Alto Prep School, 4000 Middlefield Road; Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, 450 and 470 San Antonio Road

Public Schools: Fairmeadow Elementary School, J.L. Stanford Middle School, Gunn High School

Shopping: Charleston Center, San Antonio Shopping Center