Owner Barbara Lorber has had enough and filed an application with New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission to install a stoop gate at the bottom of the historic brownstone’s steps.

But there I was, getting choked up, as the homeowner of a historic brownstone in New York City's West Village made her plea for the city to approve her right to install a short, arched gate at the ...

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 ...