It was where my parents suffered the early indignities of American dream-searching, a grimy tenement-land they escaped for the relatively pastoral Castle Hill in the Bronx in the 1960's.
England had already suffered the early losses of Moeen Ali, caught in the deep, pulling into the wind, and Luke Wright, mercifully put out of his scoreless misery by Sunil Narine.
They opted to bat after winning the toss, but suffered the early loss of captain Chris Rogers for just seven.
We had a good spell of reaction after we suffered the early goals, but everything happened so quickly.
They suffered the early loss of opener Laura Marsh for a duck, but captain Charlotte Edwards made a comfortable 49 and Taylor clubbed exactly 50 from 33 deliveries in a 98-run partnership to make victory inevitable.
They'd suffered the early consequences of the "shock therapy" economic reforms that would soon be introduced across much of Eastern Europe and, after 1991, Russia.
At 45, Helen Crane had suffered the early deaths of her previous four children, each of whom died within one year of birth.
As the rest of us know, including those in the world's poorest countries, who will suffer the earliest and the most, it is not just a matter of losing animal species.
The receiver, who last spring signed a five-year, $42.5 million deal with $20.5 million guaranteed, suffered the injury early in the season-opener against New Orleans while scoring on an 88-yard reception.
It's not yet clear whether Mtawarira, who suffered the heart palpitations early on Saturday, will remain with the Springboks squad for the remainder of the current tour.
