[1] The suburb was named after settler Edward Bernard Green, who was also the district mail contractor.

By law, a lit lantern was required as a sign of welcome to those needing a well-earned rest or to refresh their horses.

[11] Greensborough Hotel, by architects Sydney Smith, Ogg and Serpell, 349 Collins Street, Melbourne, has been well thought out, and the three sources of income - the bar, the dining room and the residential section, although all under easy supervision from the office, are kept absolutely distinct, so that visitors to any of these three sections are separate.

It is aesthetically significant as an unusual example of the inter-War Spanish Mission style hotel in the suburb of Greensborough.

[13] It is one of the few early twentieth-century buildings remaining in the area and has become a landmark in the commercial centre of Greensborough.

[14] Greensborough borders the beginning of the Green Wedge, an area of bush land that runs northward into Eltham and Diamond Creek.

[16] The civic centre includes three level offices to accommodate 320 Council staff, community and function rooms.

Greensborough Plaza is a major regional shopping centre which services Melbourne's north-eastern suburbs.

It was built in 1976 and has since undergone numerous renovations from a small shopping centre into a multi-storey facility.

In 2009, the Greensborough Town Centre was set to receive a major upgrade although most of the improvements were delayed or cancelled due to the global financial crisis.

To this end, pedestrian links between the station and Main Street were due to be upgraded in between 2010 and 2015 as part of the Greensborough Project development to improve public transport connectivity.

[19] The Greensborough Melbourne Polytechnic campus reopened in 2017 aided by a $10 million state government investment after initially closing in 2013.

Diamond Valley United Soccer Club also play at Partington's Flat and currently compete in Victorian State League Division 2.

The Grace Valley Tennis Club was established in 1979 with en tout cas courts built in Central Park.

[21] The Yandell Habitat Reserve is of local historic, scientific, social, and aesthetic significance to the City of Banyule.