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.

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.

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

Sex and the City” fans who visit the brownstone used as Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment have pissed off the real-life owner.

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!)

Fans of the iconic show "Sex and the City" have led the owners of one West Village building to ask the question, can we stop fans from stepping on our stoop?

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."

The owner of Carrie Bradshaw’s West Village apartment in HBO’s Sex and the City is asking the city for permission to install a steel and cast iron gate at the base of the stoop.