Carrie Bradshaw’s famed Sex and the City stoop to get gate to stop fans gathering

Owner of the iconic West Village building said fans of the TV show and films have disturbed her and her tenants for years

Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment from Sex and the City on Perry Street in the West Village in New York City. Photograph: UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

And just like that, Sex and the City enthusiasts may no longer be able to stand on the steps of character Carrie Bradshaw’s famous Manhattan home after its owner asked city officials to let her block them with an iron gate.

The move follows years of fans of the show and spin-off movies crowding around — and at times trespassing on — the stoop of the iconic brownstone in the city’s trendy West Village neighbourhood, which served as the exterior of Bradshaw’s apartment, the lead in the hit HBO series played by Sarah Jessica Parker.