CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS (nearby): Children’s Corner, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos; Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, 450 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto; Growing Tree Montessori Preschool, 450 W. Charleston Road, Palo Alto

FIRE STATION: No. 5, 600 Arastradero Road

LIBRARY: Mitchell Park branch, 3700 Middlefield Road

LOCATION: bounded by Adobe Creek, El Camino Real and Mountain View borders (near Silva Avenue)

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Monroe Park Neighborhood Association, Susan Diederichsen, flrpowr (at) sbcglobal dot net

PARKS: Monroe Mini Park, Monroe Drive and Miller Avenue

POST OFFICE: Cambridge, 265 Cambridge Ave.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Los Altos School District — Santa Rita School, Egan Junior High School; Mtn. View-Los Altos Union High School District — Los Altos High School

SHOPPING: San Antonio Shopping Center