The rotten-egg funk hanging over parts of Bulls Head has turned daily life into a breath-holding exercise for some Staten Island residents. For months, a sour, sulfurous odor has lingered around sections of the neighborhood, with people on Merrill Avenue saying the smell seeps into cars and homes and is strong enough to make them gag and rush back inside. Several neighbors report headaches, nausea and sleepless nights, and sellers on the block say open-house traffic has slowed while the city tries to nail down the source.
City inspected sewers, installed manhole filters
After complaints ramped up, city crews moved in around Merrill and Graham Avenues to inspect and clean nearby sewer lines and to install odor-reduction filters in manholes, according…..