In New York, the people running the delicatessen below her Williamsburg apartment are Palestinian, and she and Ms. Cohen have become friends with them.

Delia Lopez, for example, says that she is frequently awakened around 5 a.m. by the stench wafting up to her Williamsburg apartment from idling trucks.

Miranda Hardy, a 28-year-old theatrical lighting designer who moved from California into a Williamsburg apartment last Wednesday, said yesterday that she took precautions walking home from the subway.

The Williamsburg apartment was known to many residents and workers around South Second Street as a place to find cheap goods.

When Fiamma Piacentini, a 25-year-old photo editor, and her roommate, Tricia Kleinot, a 26-year-old graphic designer, placed an ad for a third roommate for their Williamsburg apartment, they explicitly requested a "creative type."

Mr. Abdallah moved into the Williamsburg apartment.

Just last week, Saribet summoned the landlord to their Williamsburg apartment and asked her to replace the leaky sink in the family kitchen.

Not far from the cramped Williamsburg apartment she shared with her four children, her brother and his family, Flor Roque watched the home of her dreams take shape.

Out for a Stroll Chief Ciccotelli said that on Dec. 16, Miss Yagodajev was apparently taking her regular hourlong morning walk from her Williamsburg apartment, at 255 Havemeyer Street.

A Williamsburg apartment had no bathroom.