Locksmith help in Petworth, Brightwood and Takoma

01 Street level

Porch rows giving way to bungalows

Petworth's rowhouses mostly date from the early 20th century, with front porches and small yards. Many have been renovated by new owners who want the locks updated along with everything else, and deadbolt installs and rekeys after closing are a large share of calls.

Further north, Brightwood, Manor Park and 16th Street Heights mix rowhouses with detached houses and duplexes. Back doors and basement doors get less attention than they deserve here, as they do everywhere.

Georgia Avenue runs the whole length of this hub, lined with small shops, churches and new mid-rise apartments. Shops along it call about roll-down grilles and back-door hardware; residents of the new buildings about unit doors, bike rooms and cars parked in garages below. Upshur Street and Kennedy Street have their own clusters of small businesses with the same needs. In 20012, Takoma DC and Shepherd Park are largely detached houses with garages, plus the newer homes and apartments rising on the former Walter Reed campus. Calls there resemble Upper Northwest: many doors, one household.

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ZIP codes in the Petworth & Takoma hub