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.

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 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.

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

The home, a stand-in for the exterior of the famous "Sex in the City" apartment, "is now a global tourist destination,” the West Village apartment's owner wrote.

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!)

The front staircase of a Manhattan brownstone featured in "Sex and the City" is getting a metal gate to keep away fans who the building owner says trespass and pose for pictures.

According to the owner in her application letter, people graffitied the steps of her stoop and carved their initials into the doorframe over the years.

The real-life owners of Carrie Bradshaw’s iconic brownstone from “Sex and the City” are taking steps to protect themselves from tourists.