The iconic building from 'Sex and the City' is getting a gate to protect residents from overwhelming tourist traffic. Owner Barbara Lorber is taking a stand after years of harassment from fans.

Also forever, it would seem? The interest in the “Sex and the City” character’s stoop in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village historic district. (In the show, Bradshaw lives on the Upper East Side, but the exterior used for filming is actually farther south — that’s showbiz!)

New York city officials have approved adding a metal gate to deter fans of the hit HBO TV show "Sex and the City" from making around the clock trips to

The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission approved an application to install a gate at the foot of 66 Perry Street, a townhouse rented by Carrie Bradshaw in "Sex and the City."

Changes are coming to the iconic New York City stoop featured in "Sex and the City." The building's owner submitted a letter to the Preservation Commission saying the existing chain is not enough to deter trespassers.

In Sex and the City and its spinoff, Carrie Bradshaw glides down the steps of her Manhattan apartment to take on New York City. But coming and going isn't so easy for the person actually living in the brownstone in Greenwich's West Village.

Deterrent to tourists who take photos outside Manhattan brownstone where Carrie Bradshaw lived in Sex and the City approved by commission.

The owner of the building that served as the exterior of Sarah Jessica Parker's apartment made the request with the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission after the stoop has continued to be a "global tourist destination.

Carrie Bradshaw's apartment was almost its own character in the hit television series. But is it possible fans of Sex and the City have paid too much attention to the iconic New York City brownstone?

Planning to pose on Carrie Bradshaw’s iconic stoop from "Sex and the City"? Think again. A new gate will soon protect the historic Greenwich Village brownstone from eager fans.