This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation for our Cost of Living video series with Devonte Duncan, 27, a software engineer living in Brooklyn, New York City. It has been edited for length and clarity. When I started making six figures, I remember my friends and I would go out to eat, and the
The announcement dropped on a pulverizingly humid Thursday afternoon in New York City: just a few hours later, an Olivia Rodrigo surprise gig would take place at Brooklyn’s intimate, 1,100-capacity venue Warsaw. The expected mad dash for tickets — only available at the venue’s box office — ensued, with fans lining up in heat that
NEW YORK — A fire broke out on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York during the city’s Fourth of July fireworks show, spreading flames and causing a plume of smoke before firefighters extinguished the blaze. No injuries were reported. According to the city’s fire department, two fire vehicles were used to put out the fire.