Locksmith in Cudahy, WI

Locksmith in Cudahy, day or night shift

A locksmith in Cudahy has to work the hours Cudahy works, and plenty of people here start or end a shift in the middle of the night. We are a mobile locksmith available 24/7: a house or car lockout usually takes a few minutes once we arrive, and a rekey or a car key takes 15 to 60 minutes. Cudahy is about 6 miles south of downtown Milwaukee, on the lakeshore between St. Francis and South Milwaukee.

A town that started with a packing plant

Cudahy carries the name of Patrick Cudahy. In 1892 he and his brother John moved their meat packing business onto about 700 acres south of Milwaukee, and the railroad depot built for the plant was named for him. The depot still stands and is a Milwaukee County landmark. Workers settled around the plant, the community became a village in 1895, and by 1906 it was a city of about 2,500 people. Today Cudahy has about 18,200 residents and close to 8,700 homes.

Industry is still part of daily life here, and so are early shifts. When a key snaps in the side door at 4:30 in the morning or the car keys are locked inside before work, waiting for business hours is not an option.

Shift workers and early mornings

For people heading to a plant or a warehouse shift, the most common calls are a car lockout before work, a key that broke in the ignition, and a lost key with no spare. We open the car, remove a broken key from a door or ignition, and make a new key at the car when needed. A car lockout starts at $69, a broken key removal from a car door starts at $99, and a new key when all are lost starts at $119 (broken car key).

If your car is the only way to work, a spare key made now is the simplest insurance against a missed shift. A spare with a working key starts at $69 (spare car key).

Packard Avenue and local businesses

Packard Avenue is Cudahy's main business street, named for one of the area's early settler families, and it is lined with shops, bars, restaurants, and offices. For businesses there and across the city, we rekey after an employee leaves, replace worn storefront cylinders, repair door closers that let the door slam, and open the shop when the keys are locked inside. A business lockout starts at $89, and a storefront lock starts at $129 (storefront door locks).

Homes near the lake

Many Cudahy homes were built for the families of workers, close to the plants and the streetcar line on Packard Avenue. Houses that have passed through several owners usually come with more keys than anyone can account for. We rekey the locks to one new key, and if a lock is worn or broken, we replace it with a new one. A first lock rekey starts at $59, a lock change starts at $99 (lock change).

Sheridan Park and the shoreline

Thanks to early planning, Cudahy has park land along Lake Michigan for the whole length of the city. Sheridan Park opened in 1914 on land bought from Patrick Cudahy, and in 1920 it was renamed for General Philip Sheridan; a statue of Patrick Cudahy stands there today. Beach days, the Oak Leaf Trail, and the pond bring a lot of parked cars and a lot of keys locked inside them. Tell us where you parked along the lakefront, and we come to the car (car lockout).

Neighbors of Cudahy

Cudahy sits between St. Francis to the north and South Milwaukee to the south, with the city of Milwaukee and the airport to the west and Oak Creek further south. We work in all of them at the same prices.