Locksmith 20024: Southwest Waterfront & the Wharf

Locksmith work in Southwest Waterfront & the Wharf

Southwest is the smallest quadrant of the city and one of the most unusual. Much of it was rebuilt in the 1950s and 60s, so instead of Victorian rowhouses there are modernist apartment towers, co-op buildings and townhouse clusters, many of them still owned or run by co-op boards with firm rules about who can change a lock. Along the water, the Wharf and Buzzard Point have brought new apartments, hotels, restaurants and offices.

That means a lot of building-managed hardware. Our role is usually the door you are responsible for: your unit, your townhouse, your shop. Waterfront traffic also brings car lockouts in the Wharf garages and around the soccer stadium on match days.

This page covers Southwest Waterfront, the Wharf, L'Enfant Plaza, Buzzard Point and the Southwest residential blocks around Arena Stage.

Calls that come in from 20024

• Co-op and condo unit doors

  Rekeys and lock changes when the board allows them; we can work to the board's key system.

• Townhouse clusters

  Front and patio doors on one key.

• Wharf shops and restaurants

  Commercial cylinders, back-of-house doors and office locks.

• Car lockouts in waterfront garages

  Give the garage name and level when you call.

• Mailbox locks

  Replacement mailbox cam locks where management permits.

Local notes

Fort Lesley J. McNair (20319) is a military post with its own access rules; we do not work on post without arranged access.

Maine Avenue and the Wharf get busy in the evenings and on weekends; the older Southwest streets near Arena Stage are calmer. Tell the dispatcher whether the locksmith should go to a building entrance, a townhouse door or a garage.