It took all of 10 minutes and $3.74 to get copies of keys to the city.
A week after The Post purchased a set of five all-access FDNY keys, a reporter went to a Lowe’s Home Center in Brooklyn to make copies.
“No problem,” said a staffer.
He made duplicates of an elevator key, which can control any city elevator, and Fireman Service 1620, which unlocks subway entrances, construction-site master-key boxes and some firehouse doors.
“There’s nothing to indicate these are restricted,” said Tom Lynch, founder of the national Society of Professional Locksmiths in Sparkill, NY.
He said the FDNY should insist on stamping the keys and controlling the supply of key blanks, limiting them to reputable dealers and making sure that cutters ask for employment verification.
“There should be more control.”