Residential locksmith
Lockouts, rekeying after a move, deadbolts, mailbox and gate locks, and door hardware for brown-shingle houses, duplexes and apartment buildings.
No. 194709 North Shattuck
Locksmith in 94709 North Shattuck
North Shattuck, long nicknamed the Gourmet Ghetto, is a few blocks of bakeries, cafés and food shops ringed by quiet streets of shingled houses.
- Price before work
- Mobile service
- All major credit cards
No. 2Local
Lock and key help in North Shattuck
94709 is North Berkeley around Shattuck Avenue north of University: the food blocks near Vine and Cedar Streets that many people still call the Gourmet Ghetto, home to Chez Panisse, the Cheese Board Collective and the corner where Peet's poured its first coffee, plus Live Oak Park on Codornices Creek and the residential streets climbing east toward Euclid Avenue and the campus edge.
Food businesses keep early and late hours, and their doors work hard. Bakery and café rear doors are opened with flour or grease on the hands, delivery doors get propped, and walk-in coolers have their own latches. A sturdy lever handle, a properly adjusted closer and a cylinder that only managers can copy make a busy kitchen easier to run and easier to lock at night.
The houses behind Shattuck are mostly brown-shingle and Craftsman homes from the early twentieth century, many divided into apartments. Shared front doors, separate unit doors and back stairs to upper units all need sorting out when a tenant moves, so landlords here often ask for a small master key plan.
Live Oak Park, the Berkeley Art Center inside it and the North Berkeley Senior Center on Hearst Avenue all draw visitors into the residential streets, and parking gets tight on weekends. Drivers who lock keys in the car there should note the nearest cross street before calling. Restaurant owners on North Shattuck who close late can ask for a quote on a keypad for the staff door, so closing staff do not need to carry a key home.
Typical calls here
- Rear and delivery doors for cafés and bakeries
- Restricted keys for shop managers
- Door closer and lever handle adjustments
- Rekeying shingled houses divided into apartments
- Small master key plans for landlords
- Car lockouts on busy Shattuck blocks
No. 3Services
Services on offer
Commercial locksmith
Shop and office lockouts, master key plans, high-security cylinders, panic hardware, keypads and file cabinet locks for Berkeley businesses.
Automotive locksmith
Keys locked in the car, snapped keys, replacement and transponder keys, remotes and ignition trouble, handled where the car is parked.
Emergency locksmith
Locked out at night, a key broken in the cylinder, or a door that will not lock after a break-in. Call, describe it, get a price first.
No. 4Questions
Questions from North Shattuck
Can you rekey a café so only managers can copy keys?
Yes. A restricted keyway means duplicates need authorization, so a key that leaves with a former employee cannot be copied quietly.
Our delivery door never closes properly. Is that a locksmith job?
Usually. A worn closer or a misaligned strike is often the cause, and both can be adjusted or replaced on site.
Can upper and lower units share a front-door key?
Yes. The shared front door can open with every tenant's key while each unit keeps its own, with a landlord key above both.
No. 6Callback
Ask for a callback
Write down your name, number and the problem in a line or two. A dispatcher rings back to check the address, the lock and the price, and only then books the visit.