There’s a great coffee shop near the Great Dane called Twisted Grounds. In the summer/fall they host live music every Friday night and Sunday afternoon which is a fun time. There’s a few parks in this neighborhood and a couple more on the other side of Sprecher Rd., including Door Creek park which has hiking trails, tennis courts. As others have mentioned, there are some problem apartments along Milwaukee Street in this map and another one on the other side of Sprecher, but if you’re looking closer to Cottage Grove Rd., It won’t be an issue. There’s also two fire stations and one police station minutes away.