Emergency Locksmith Service

An emergency locksmith in NYC has to do more than show up fast — they have to show up prepared for whatever the city throws at the door. SwiftLocksmith's after-hours team is on call 24/7, dispatched from Astoria, Queens for the fastest possible reach into Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island, and trained on the lock formats you actually find behind a real NYC apartment door: pre-war mortise locks, Segal vertical deadbolts, Medeco and Mul-T-Lock high-security cylinders, multi-point steel security doors and modern smart locks with dead batteries. We define an emergency as any urgent request received between 6:00 PM and 8:00 AM that cannot safely wait for regular business hours. The most common scenarios we handle overnight: residential lockouts when keys are lost on a night out or left inside a slammed door; key broken off in the cylinder of a brownstone front door; battery-dead smart locks (we carry external 9V jump terminals and emergency override tools); break-in damage repair after attempted forced entry, including emergency board-up, lock replacement and strike-plate reinforcement; lockouts caused by frozen cylinders during winter cold snaps; storefront lockouts for restaurants and bars closing late; and law-enforcement-initiated evictions where we arrive with the appropriate paperwork and rekey the unit on site. Pricing is published transparently up front: $125 flat for evening emergencies (6:00 PM – 2:00 AM) and $195 for overnight emergencies (2:00 AM – 7:00 AM), with hardware quoted before installation. Every technician carries a NYC DCA locksmith license, photo ID, and full liability insurance — important if your building requires verification before letting a contractor work after hours. We can also coordinate directly with your building's super or doorman over the phone if you can't reach them yourself.