North Street Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

North Street is a women's sober living home in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County along the Allegheny River.

A Women's Sober House on North Street

The house serves women in recovery and is the only one of Center Avenue's three houses set aside for women, the other two being men's houses split between New Kensington and Greensburg. That makes it the single point of entry for any woman applying to the operator.

Licensed as a Recovery House Under Act 59

The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs licenses this house under Act 59 of 2017, the same license Center Avenue carries on its other two properties. Licensure in the state is voluntary, and it does not by itself describe the house's rules, staffing or cost.

New Kensington on the Allegheny River

New Kensington sits along the Allegheny River roughly seventeen miles northeast of Pittsburgh, a former industrial town that now serves as a residential and commercial hub for the surrounding Alle-Kiski Valley. Route 366 and the river both run through the borough, and Pittsburgh's job market and treatment providers are a short drive downriver.

Westmoreland County's Recovery Housing Footprint

Westmoreland County stretches from the Pittsburgh suburbs at its western edge to the Laurel Highlands in the east, and Center Avenue's houses mark two of the county's population centers: New Kensington in the north and Greensburg, the county seat, to the south.

What to Ask Before Moving In

Center Avenue takes applications for all three houses as a single operator. Since fees, house rules and staffing are not published, ask directly what a weekly stay includes and how long residents typically stay before deciding whether North Street fits.