I am curious about getting the geography down.
Found this resource
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/30/
Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries
Notes Geographical and Historical, relating to the Town of Brooklyn, in Kings County on Long-Island. (1824) An Online Electronic Text Edition.
Gabriel Furman
Paul Royster (transcriber & depositor), University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Might also help with understanding the farm(s) evolution.