Transit Road is the town line in Depew. The west side of the village is in Cheektowaga, the east side is in Lancaster, and Depew, named for Chauncey Depew, has been one village since it was incorporated in 1894. If you need physical therapy, Depew, NY to our clinic at 531 Virginia Street in Buffalo is about 19 minutes in light traffic.
Dick Road to the 33, with a 7 AM start
From the middle of the village the route is easy to remember: Walden Avenue west to Dick Road, Dick Road north to the Kensington Expressway, then the 33 nearly all the way in. The expressway ends downtown, a short drive from Virginia Street, and the whole trip is about 11.4 road miles. Inbound traffic at rush hour can add real time, so allow for it. Because the clinic opens at 7 AM Tuesday through Friday, an appointment can come before the workday rather than after it.
Route 69 for downtown commuters
NFTA’s Route 69, the Lancaster Express, stops at Broadway and Transit on weekdays: two trips toward downtown in the morning, two back in the late afternoon. It is built for commuters, not midday errands. If you already ride it to a downtown job, Metro Rail can take you up Main Street to the Allen/Medical Campus station, about four minutes on foot from the clinic, so a visit can fit around your workday. Route 46 also links Walden and Transit with the Walden Galleria and the Thruway Plaza Transit Center, where several city routes begin. Check the timetables at metro.nfta.com before planning around either one.
A Depew address, four possible school districts
The Depew Union Free School District, with its middle and high school on South Transit Road, covers the largest share of the village. It does not cover all of it. Other Depew streets belong to the Lancaster Central, Cheektowaga Central and Cheektowaga-Maryvale districts, so a Depew address does not always mean Depew schools. If your teenager plays for Depew, Lancaster, Cheektowaga Central or Maryvale and has been taping the same ankle for weeks, it is time for an evaluation rather than more tape. Here is how we approach sports injuries, from the first exam to the return to practice.
Firemen’s Park, the Kwak Arena and overhead sports
The village’s Firemen’s Park on Gould Avenue has a full-size pool plus tennis, basketball and volleyball courts, and the Depew Ice Pavilion, home of the Donald E. Kwak Arena, rents ice from September through March. Swimming, serving and spiking all load the shoulder overhead. A shoulder that aches after laps or a few sets of tennis is worth an evaluation, and so is a knee or ankle that complains after skating or pickup basketball. A blow to the head on the ice or the court that brings on headache, dizziness or confusion needs a physician’s evaluation before any rehab.
Physical therapy Depew, NY residents can keep up between visits
The Census Bureau puts the average Depew commute at 19 minutes, about the same as the drive to our door in light traffic. That makes two or three visits a week, a common starting pace for physical therapy, easier to plan than it sounds. Between those visits, remote therapeutic monitoring lets you log your home exercises in the Medbridge GO app, and your physical therapist adjusts the program without waiting for the next appointment. If your orthopedic surgeon is on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, rehab after surgery can happen a few minutes from the surgeon’s office, following their protocol. Dr. Ryan Mitchell, PT, DPT and Dr. Will Tso, PT, DPT, Cert. MDT own the clinic and lead every plan of care.
Want an early slot on your way in? Call (716) 332-4838 or request a visit. For most plans, no referral is needed to get started.