The owner of the brownstone has had enough. Among the city's many popular addresses is 66 Perry Street, the Gilded Age West Village brownstone that gained its own celebrity status when cast as the exterior setting for Carrie Bradshaw's apartment in Sex and the City.

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.