NYCT 5227 began life as NYCT 4401 GMC T6H-5305A in 1971. After being rebuilt by Blitz Bus and Truck in 1985, it would be the final non-ADA compliant bus to run for the NYCTA, and was retired in 1995.

Bus Festival. On Saturday, June 10, 2023, the New York Transit Museum/Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA held a "Bus Festival". This display of the musuem's vintage New York City bus fleet at the Emily Warren Roebling Plaza underneath the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn, New York was free to the public. The star of the show was recently restored MaBSTOA Flxible 4727 (111CC-D5-1), but it was joined by several other museum buses and newer vehicles. The museum fleet has more than 30 buses of different ages and manufacturers representing the history of the MTA and related private companies.