Locksmith in Glendale, WI

Locksmith in Glendale, from Bayshore to the industrial corridor

A locksmith in Glendale works in a North Shore suburb that is different from its neighbors. Next to quiet residential streets, Glendale has a regional shopping center, office buildings, hospitals, and industrial land along Capitol Drive and Port Washington Road. We come to all of it as a mobile locksmith. A lockout usually takes a few minutes once we arrive, and a rekey, a panic bar repair, or a car key takes 15 to 60 minutes. Glendale is about 7 miles north of downtown Milwaukee, in Milwaukee County.

A city that had to fight to exist

Glendale grew out of the northern part of the old Town of Milwaukee. Its first attempt to incorporate, in 1946, was resisted by the City of Milwaukee, and the case went through a long court battle. After the 1950 census, Glendale won and became a city on December 28, 1950, with about 3,100 residents and only 2.9 square miles of land. That land included valuable industrial property along Capitol Drive and Port Washington Road, which gave the new city a strong tax base. Glendale's population roughly tripled in the 1950s, and in 2020 it had 13,357 residents on about 6 square miles. The city motto is Rich Past, Bright Future.

Good Hope and the old Town of Milwaukee

Before the suburbs, one center of settlement here was Good Hope, a stagecoach stop on Green Bay Road that formed in the late 1840s and kept a tavern, a school, and a railroad station into the 1890s. The Milwaukee Town Hall, built in 1872, served the old town until most of it became Glendale. A small burial ground, Milwaukee Union Cemetery at 5980 North Port Washington Road, holds about 100 graves of early settlers, many of them unmarked.

Bayshore and car lockouts

Bayshore Shopping Center opened in April 1954 at Port Washington Road and Silver Spring Drive, and in 2006 the aging mall was rebuilt as Bayshore Town Center, with stores, restaurants, apartments, and parking structures. Big lots and garages mean keys locked in cars, fobs dropped between stores, and keys left in a shopping bag. Tell us the garage level or the store you parked near, and we come to the car. A car lockout starts at $69 (car lockout).

When the key is lost, we cut and program a new one at the car, so the car does not need a tow. A key for a car with no key left starts at $119, a push-to-start smart key starts at $159, and a spare key made from one that works starts at $69 (spare car key).

Offices, warehouses, and industrial doors

Unlike most North Shore suburbs, Glendale has kept a mix of industry, offices, and commercial sites. Buildings along Port Washington Road, Capitol Drive, and the business parks have steel doors, exit devices, and closers that get heavy daily use. We repair panic bars from $129 and install new ones from $349 (panic bars). We rekey a building after a staff change from $79 for the first lock and $25 for each additional lock, and set up master key systems where each key starts at $45 (master key systems). A business lockout starts at $89.

Homes on the residential streets

Many of Glendale's homes went up in the 1950s, when the population roughly tripled, and newer condos followed later. A house lockout starts at $69 (house lockout). After you buy a house, a rekey makes the previous owner's keys useless, from $59 for the first lock and $20 for each additional lock. A keypad lock for the side door or the garage entry starts at $99.

Driving to Glendale

Glendale borders the city of Milwaukee on the south and west and Whitefish Bay on the east. Shorewood is to the southeast, River Hills and Fox Point are to the north, and Brown Deer is to the northwest. We cover all of them at the same prices.