Locksmith in Brown Deer, WI

Locksmith in Brown Deer, at the top of Milwaukee County

A locksmith in Brown Deer works in a compact village at the northern edge of Milwaukee County, with houses, apartment complexes, shopping strips, and the Milwaukee River running through its east side. We come to the house, the apartment, the parking lot, or the shop as a mobile locksmith. Opening a door or a car usually takes a few minutes once we arrive, and a rekey, a keypad lock, or a new car key takes 15 to 60 minutes. Brown Deer is about 9 miles north of downtown Milwaukee.

A village born from a court fight

In the early 1950s, the land here was part of the Town of Granville, and the City of Milwaukee was annexing pieces of the town one after another. Residents in the northeast corner of Granville, where a small community called Brown Deer had grown up, decided to incorporate instead. Milwaukee challenged them, and after a long court battle the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld Brown Deer's right to incorporate. The village was created on January 20, 1955, with an area of 1.8 square miles, and it made five more annexations before the year was out. Today it covers about 4.4 square miles, and in 2020 it had 12,507 residents. The population has stayed between 11,000 and 13,000 since 1960.

Nobody knows for sure how Brown Deer got its name. Local stories about deer and old taverns are colorful, and none of them can be proven.

Homes, apartments, and keys

Brown Deer has single-family neighborhoods and a good number of apartment complexes and condos. After a move, a rekey makes every old key useless without new hardware: the first lock starts at $59, and each additional lock on the same visit starts at $20 (rekeying). Landlords and condo boards use the same service between residents, and we can key each unit differently while giving the owner one key that opens all of them. A house or apartment lockout starts at $69 (house lockout).

For a household where kids, caregivers, or neighbors need to get in, a keypad or smart lock gives each person a code that can be deleted later. Installation starts at $99 (smart locks), and we leave a key backup for dead batteries. A worn lock that sticks or will not latch is repaired from $79.

Parks along the river

The village sits along the Milwaukee River. Badger Meter River Park is a small riverside park with a launch for canoes and kayaks, and the Village Park and Pond, behind Village Hall, hosts many community events. Nearby, in the city of Milwaukee, the county's Brown Deer Park has a golf course, ball fields, and a boathouse. A key locked in the car at a park lot, or dropped near the water, is something we handle on the spot: a car lockout starts at $69 (car lockout), and a new key for a car with no key left starts at $119.

Shops and offices on Brown Deer Road

Brown Deer Road and Green Bay Road are the village's main commercial streets, with shops, restaurants, and offices. We open a locked business from $89 (business lockout), rekey after a staff change from $79 for the first lock, repair door closers from $99, and install keypad access for a staff door from $149. Worn storefront cylinders are replaced from $129.

Car keys

Lost car keys do not have to mean a tow to a dealer. We cut and program a new key at the car: from $119 when no key is left, from $159 for a push-to-start smart key, and from $69 for a spare made from a key that works (lost car keys).

Driving to Brown Deer

Brown Deer borders Mequon on the north, across the Ozaukee County line, and River Hills on the east. The city of Milwaukee wraps around it on the south and west. Glendale and Whitefish Bay are a short drive to the southeast. We cover all of them at the same prices.