Locksmith 20036: Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom & West End

Locksmith work in Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom & West End

Dupont Circle and its side streets are grand rowhouses and mansion blocks, most of them now split into condos, apartments and offices, with the Connecticut Avenue office corridor running through the middle. In 20037, Foggy Bottom keeps a few narrow streets of tiny 19th-century rowhouses, the West End is almost all newer apartment and hotel towers, and the Watergate and the Kennedy Center sit on the river.

That mix gives a steady blend of residential and commercial work: condo lockouts, rekeys for new owners, mailbox locks, and office suites that need rekeying after staff changes. Around the George Washington University campus there are student rentals and group houses that change hands every year.

This page covers Dupont Circle, the Connecticut Avenue office blocks, and, in 20037, Foggy Bottom, the West End, the Watergate and the George Washington University area (20052).

Calls that come in from 20036

• Condo unit rekeys for new owners

  The first thing to do after closing; your building keeps its own lobby keys.

• Office suites on Connecticut Avenue

  Rekeys, master keys and file cabinet locks.

• Foggy Bottom rowhouses

  Small old doors with old locks, repaired or upgraded.

• Student rental turnovers near GWU

  Lock changes between leases with the owner's approval.

• Car lockouts in West End garages

  Including keys locked in trunks and broken keys.

Local notes

George Washington University and the Kennedy Center manage their own buildings; private homes, condos and offices around them are covered.

Dupont Circle traffic and the West End's one-way streets slow things down at rush hour. Most buildings have a front desk; let them know to expect a locksmith and whether they can buzz them up.