About Broadway Locksmith and Automotive Corp

A locksmith diagnoses, repairs, installs, and bypasses locking mechanisms across residential, commercial, and automotive contexts. That covers everything from rekeying a door knob lock after a tenant moves out to programming a transponder key for a late-model vehicle to servicing a heavy-duty mortise lock on a commercial storefront. The craft requires familiarity with mechanical pin-tumbler systems, electronic access hardware, and the structural quirks of doors and frames that vary enormously from building to building — especially in a borough like Brooklyn, where you might find a century-old iron gate next door to a newly constructed steel-frame condo.

Our mobile model means the workshop comes to you. Each of our service vans carries a curated inventory of lock bodies, cylinders, key blanks, cutting equipment, and programming tools — enough to handle the majority of jobs in a single visit without ordering parts. When you call us for an emergency locksmith response, we dispatch from within the borough, which keeps travel times practical. We are not routing calls through a national center; the technician heading to your address is based here, knows the streets, and is equipped for the job before the van leaves.

When the situation calls for it, we also perform non-emergency scheduled work — planned lock upgrades, master key system installations for multi-unit buildings, and full hardware replacements timed around a move or renovation. Whether the call is urgent or planned, the process looks the same: we assess, we quote, we work, we verify with you that everything functions correctly before we leave.

The call reaches a live dispatcher who collects your address, a brief description of what you need, and your contact number. For emergency locksmith calls, we provide an honest estimated arrival window based on where our nearest available technician is at that moment — not a marketing figure. You will not be quoted 15 minutes when the real answer is 40. We confirm the quoted timeframe and, if conditions change in transit, we call you.

When the technician arrives, the first step is always identification and a brief assessment of the situation. For lockouts, we ask for proof of ownership or occupancy — a lease, a vehicle registration, a piece of mail — before beginning any entry work. This protects you as much as it protects us: it means no technician operating under our name will open a lock for someone who does not have the right to access that property. After verification, we walk you through what we found and what we recommend, state the confirmed price, and wait for your approval before any tools come out.

The work itself varies by job type, but the close-out process is consistent. We test every lock under normal operating conditions — turning the key from both sides, testing deadbolt throw, cycling the new cylinder, or confirming the programmed key starts the vehicle. If you have questions about the hardware we installed or how to maintain it, we answer them before leaving. Payment is collected on completion, and you receive a clear breakdown of what was done.

Our day-to-day work spans a wide range of lock and security needs. On the residential side, we handle apartment and house lockouts, mortise lock installation and repair, door knob lock replacement, deadbolt installation, lock rekeying after a move or key loss, peephole installation, window lock repair, mailbox lock replacement, sliding door lock service, and lock upgrades to higher-security hardware such as Schlage or Kwikset cylinders. We also handle broken key extraction — removing a snapped key from a cylinder without damaging the lock body — and door frame reinforcement assessment when a lock is only as strong as the frame holding it.

For commercial clients, our services include commercial lockout response, mortise lock system service, office building rekeying, panic bar and exit device installation, high-security cylinder upgrades, master key system design and installation, access control hardware integration, storefront lock replacement, padlock and hasp service, cabinet and filing cabinet lock service, and safe opening and combination changes. We work with property managers, small business owners, and building superintendents who need reliable service on a schedule that does not disrupt operations.

On the automotive side, we provide car lockouts for all vehicle types, duplicate and replacement car key cutting, transponder key programming, key fob battery replacement and reprogramming, broken key extraction from ignitions and door locks, ignition cylinder repair and replacement, and trunk lockout service. We cover vehicles across a wide range of makes and model years and bring diagnostic programming equipment on every auto call.

Every job we take comes with a set of commitments that are not conditional on the size or complexity of the work. First: you receive a confirmed, exact price before we begin. Not a range, not an estimate subject to change — a specific number that reflects the actual scope of what we are about to do. The factors we weigh to reach that number are transparent: lock or vehicle type, time of day, travel, and any parts required. Once you approve that number, it does not move unless you ask us to do additional work beyond the original scope, in which case we state the new total and wait for approval again.

Second: we always attempt the least invasive approach before any destructive method. No lock gets drilled if it can be manipulated open. No door gets forced if the mechanism can be picked or decoded with professional tools. This protects your hardware, your door, and your wallet — and it reflects how we were trained to think about this work. Third: we verify full functionality before leaving. Every lock we touch is tested under normal use conditions. If it is not right, we make it right before we go.

Fourth: we are insured. If something goes wrong during our work — a rare occurrence, but a real possibility in any hands-on trade — you are not left to absorb the cost. Fifth: we communicate honestly throughout the job, including when we encounter something unexpected. If we open your wall panel and find a second problem you did not know about, we tell you, explain it plainly, and give you the choice of how to proceed. No pressure, no manufactured urgency. Call (347) 429-8668 any time — day or night — and hold us to every one of these standards from the first moment we answer.