Hollywood couple Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are preparing to move out of their Manhattan home and relocate to Brooklyn in a bid to live a more private life.

The "Sex and the City" star and her husband are frequently photographed with their son James Wilkie, nine, and three-year-old twin daughters Tabitha and Marion outside their home in New York City's popular West Village, where Broderick was born and raised.

However, they are now close to purchasing adjacent townhouses in the pricey Brooklyn Heights neighborhood.

A source tells the New York Daily News, "They loved the West Village but wanted something more private, laid-back and discreet."

If they move ahead with the property purchase, Parker and Broderick won't be the only celebrities in Brooklyn Heights – singer Norah Jones and actor Gabriel Byrne are just some of the stars living in the area.