Baker Street Men's Sober House

About this Sober House

16 Baker Street is a men's sober living home in Lynn, Massachusetts, in Essex County, operated by Chelsea's House and certified at Level II by the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing.

A Sober House on Baker Street in Lynn

Chelsea's House keeps two Baker Street addresses, 12 and 16, running as separate men's houses rather than one large property. This one, at number 16, follows the same daily rhythm as the rest of the operator's houses in Lynn: shared bedrooms, a house manager keeping an eye on the calendar, and a curfew that starts most nights.

What the House Requires

Residents at 16 Baker Street commit to:

• One house meeting each week.
• Three outside recovery meetings weekly.
• Random drug testing twice a week.
• A nightly curfew, earlier on weeknights than on weekends.
• No overnight guests.

Those terms are set at the operator level and apply the same way at every Chelsea's House address, so the rules a man learns here travel with him if he ever moves to a different house in the network.

Level II Certification

Certification through the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing means the house has committed in writing to a code of ethics, disclosed its rules and fees up front, and accepted an outside complaint process. Level II specifically describes this kind of peer-managed structure, with accountability built into house rules rather than clinical staff on the premises.

One of Twelve Chelsea's House Homes

Chelsea's House, named for longtime recovery community figure Robert "Chelsea Bob" Hinckley, runs twelve certified houses across Lynn, East Boston, Chelsea and Malden. A resident who wants a change of city, or a bed in one of the operator's women's houses for a family member, is asking the same organization that already runs this one.

Getting Around Lynn from Baker Street

Baker Street sits within an easy walk of downtown Lynn and the city's MBTA commuter rail station, with local bus routes covering the rest of Essex County's largest city. For someone rebuilding a routine without a car, that access to transit is often the deciding factor in choosing a Lynn sober house over one in a more spread-out town.