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

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.

The front staircase of the Manhattan brownstone where Carrie Bradshaw lived in “Sex and the City” is getting a metal gate to keep away tourists who endlessly trespass and pose for pictures ...

The owner of the building that served as the exterior of Sarah Jessica Parker's apartment made the request with the New York ...

The building's owner said that fans have left graffiti on her stoop and carved their initials into her doorframe ...

Also forever, it would seem? The interest in the “Sex and the City” character’s stoop in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village ...