Locksmith in San Jose, CA.

If you need a locksmith in San Jose, this page explains what One & Only Locksmith does here and how a call runs.

San Jose is the largest city in the Bay Area and the seat of Santa Clara County, spread across roughly 180 square miles of the Santa Clara Valley at the south end of San Francisco Bay, with mountains on three sides. Downtown grew up around Santa Clara Street and First Street and includes SAP Center, San Pedro Square, Diridon Station, San Jose State and the SoFA district; Japantown, Willow Glen, Almaden Valley, Evergreen and Alviso are distinct neighborhoods. North San Jose along North First Street and Tasman Drive is a major office, R&D and industrial employment center. US-101, I-280, I-880, I-680, CA-87, CA-85, CA-17 and CA-237 cross the city.

We are a mobile service: a technician comes to your address in San Jose for home, business, vehicle and emergency lock and key work. The dispatch line, (888) 492-0666, is answered around the clock. The dispatcher confirms the address and the problem and gives you an ETA before anyone is sent.

Corridors: Santa Clara Street / Alum Rock Avenue, Stevens Creek Boulevard / San Carlos Street, Monterey Road, Almaden Expressway and Capitol Expressway. If you are on one of these, tell the dispatcher the nearest cross street; curb access and parking can be tight, and that affects where the technician can stop.

Reference points: Downtown San Jose, Santana Row and Winchester Mystery House. Naming the closest one helps when a street address is new or unnumbered.

Housing stock: High-rise condos and apartments downtown; pre-1906 Victorian-era homes in Naglee Park and the Hensley Historic District; single-family neighborhoods across the valley floor and into the Almaden and Evergreen foothills. Older houses often carry mortise locks or worn cylinders; mention the age of the door and lock when you call so the technician brings matching parts. In condo and apartment buildings the lobby, elevator and unit door are often separate systems; have the building manager's contact ready if the unit is managed. Hillside and canyon addresses can be hard to find at night; give the dispatcher the cross street and whether there is street parking at the house.

Commercial districts: Downtown core (Santa Clara Street / First Street), North San Jose office, R&D and industrial district (North First Street / Tasman Drive) and Santana Row and Stevens Creek Boulevard retail. For storefront and office calls, have the business name and suite number ready and tell the dispatcher whether there is a loading dock, lobby desk or after-hours entrance.

Getting to you: US-101, I-280, I-880, I-680, CA-87, CA-85, CA-17 and CA-237 serve the city; VTA light rail runs along North First Street and Tasman Drive. Downtown is a compact grid of city blocks, while Almaden Valley and Evergreen sit in foothill terrain on the southern edges of the city.

ZIP codes served in San Jose: 95110, 95111, 95112, 95113, 95116, 95117, 95118, 95119, 95120, 95121, 95122, 95123, 95124, 95125, 95126, 95127, 95128, 95129, 95130, 95131, 95132, 95133, 95134, 95135, 95136, 95138, 95139, 95148.

Addresses just over the city line in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Milpitas and Campbell are dispatched the same way. If the address sits on a boundary, give the dispatcher the cross street.

Technicians reach San Jose by I-280, I-680 and I-880.

San Jose is served as part of Silicon Valley; the same dispatch line covers all of the Bay Area that we work in.

For lock or key work in San Jose, tell the dispatcher your address and what is wrong. You get an ETA before anyone is sent, a written quote before any work starts and a receipt when it is done. The line is answered around the clock.

One & Only Locksmith is bonded and insured; a certificate of insurance is available on request.