Places tagged #jamaicahills by Kathleen Patricia Odenthal
Captain Tilly Park
Kathleen Patricia Odenthal: Captain Tilly Park Highland Ave., 85 Ave. bet. 165 St. and Chapin Pkwy. Queens Directions via Google Maps This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. Captain George H. Tilly Park is located in #JamaicaHills Queens. Named for a local son of a prominent Jamaica family who was killed while fighting in the American subjugation of the Philippines in 1899, the park has a beautiful pond right in the center.