Gentlemen, might I recommend a book that I recently purchased on ebay that could help out in this area. It is called, "A History of New Lots: including the Villages of East New York, Cypress Hills, and Brownsville", by Alter F. Landesman, published by Kennikat Press, 1977, Port Washington. It is a very good reference source for the history of the New Lots area from the days of the American Revolution to the early 20th Century. It is available at most major libraries since this is obviously an out-of-print item.
I just got it down from the bookshelf and will be studying it over the weekend. So if any of you guys have any specific questions, you might want to contact me off line and I'll see what I can do...
BMTman