Gringle Goodsell does warrant the attention of Kings and Heroes, as a member of the Sartar High Council which includes minor examples of both, and I think Apple Lane has significance in as much as he lives there, and has his pawnshop full of significant magic stuff there.
I agree that making other aspects of Apple Lane significant without Gringles presence is difficult, though. Any explanation of why Apple Lane is weird and important should be centered around the presence of Gringle. Some of the other odd inhabitants could be easily explained as having been brought there by Gringle, or arrived looking for him to get some special item and staid there when he didn't have it, and so on. I personally don't think the Tin roof is THAT weird, but if you do think an explanation of why its there is necessary, its easy to come up with one involving Gringle (ie a large quantity of Tin was pawned and never claimed by some dwarves, and Gringle eventually sold it to Bulster).
Cheers David
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