West Side storefronts — glass doors on Gansevoort, gallery entries in Chelsea, restaurant fronts on Ninth — take daily punishment and present unique security challenges. Start with the door itself: commercial-grade locks, properly adjusted closers, and reinforced strikes. Most break-in damage we see exploits weak strikes, not sophisticated attacks.
Key control is the unglamorous essential. Staff turnover in retail and hospitality is constant; a restricted keyway means former employees cannot keep working keys, and rekeying between managers takes one visit. For higher-traffic operations, keypad or fob access ends the key problem entirely — revoke a credential in seconds.
Do not forget the back of house: stockrooms, offices, and rear exits need the same attention as the beautiful front door. A walkthrough from a commercial locksmith identifies the gaps in an hour and prioritizes them by risk, so you spend where it counts.