'Sex' fiends blazing new tourism trails in the city

10 New York addresses where you can retrace Carrie and the girls' footsteps

For 13 years, people have been flocking to the elegant Lumi restaurant in New York's Upper East Side for superb Tuscan cuisine.

For the past month, they've been coming for another reason, too.

"Everybody wants to take a picture under my awning," said owner Lumi Hadri-Devine. "It's incredible."

Call it the "Sex" effect. Lumi is one of the dozens of New York City locations featured in the box-office smash "Sex and the City."

Since the film hit U.S. theaters late last month, fans have been following in the fabulous foursome's high-heeled footsteps, checking out for themselves the places Carrie and her crew brought to life on the big screen.

Those who've seen the movie will remember Lumi as the place where a very pregnant Charlotte rips into Mr. Big.

"We're definitely seeing a bit of a younger crowd — larger groups of four or five women," said Hadri-Devine, who has a cameo in the film. ("I'm the blond who turns around when all the glasses break," she said.)

Meanwhile, in the Meatpacking District, Buddakan is getting some bounce from the chick flick as well. Carrie and Big hosted their rehearsal dinner in the modern Asian restaurant's opulent Chinoiserie room, where reservation requests have jumped 10 percent since the movie's debut. The hosts of a large party who dined at Buddakan a couple weeks ago gave "Sex and the City" T-shirts to their guests, a restaurant spokeswoman said.

Many of the film's locations — and outfits — are detailed in Sex and the City: The Movie (Melcher Media/Collins, $29.95). The hardcover book is a no-brainer birthday gift for die-hard "SATC" fans and an interesting guide to the movie's biggest star of all: the city. So put on those Manolos and start walking.

Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street

The Big Apple's library network includes 87 branches and four research libraries, but this Beaux Arts beauty flanked by a pair of stone lions is the most famous of the bunch. It's where Carrie and Big are supposed to tie the knot. (Shown above: Writer-director Michael Patrick King works on set with the girls in front of the library.)

4 Times Square on Broadway, between 42nd and 43rd streets

This modern skyscraper is mother ship to plenty of big-time magazines, including Vogue, where editor-in-chief Enid (played by Candice Bergen) convinces Carrie to let the mag run a story about her upcoming marriage.

35 E. 76th St., at Madison

Carrie takes Louise (Chicagoan Jennifer Hudson) to this classic Manhattan haunt for drinks. If you happen to be a Woody Allen fan, grab a seat (for $70) at the Cafe Carlyle bar to hear the film star jam with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band. Allen performs here most Monday nights. Go to www.thecarlyle.com for details. 20 Rockefeller Plaza, on 49th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues

This world-renowned auction house is where Samantha bids on some heavy duty bling.

Fifth Avenue and 82nd St.

The couple's palatial digs are across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but interior shots were filmed in a town house 20 blocks to the south.

75 Ninth Ave.

Carrie and Big host their rehearsal dinner at this 16,000-square-foot restaurant that opened in 2006 in a former Nabisco cookie factory.

Manhattan entrance at Park Row and Centre Street, across from City Hall Park

Miranda and Steve reconcile on this 125-year-old icon spanning the East River. Even if you're not going there to kiss and make up, it's a gorgeous walk along the bridge's pedestrian path.

963 Lexington, at 70th Street

Charlotte opens up a can of you-know-what on Big at this upscale eatery.

180 Prince, between Thompson and Sullivan

Carrie and Miranda have their disastrous Valentine's Day dinner at this SoHo neighborhood bistro.

3 Orchard St., at Division

This Chinatown eatery that specializes in Swedish appetizers was turned into a Brooklyn Italian restaurant for the movie. How's that for confusing? Miranda has dinner here with her family.