Perhaps the most popular of the modern paint scheme is the "two-tone blue". MaBSTOA (Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority) Flxible 4727 (111CC-D5-1) was built in 1969 and retired in 1988. Flxible and GMC dominated the NYC bus market for decades. This bus was making its re-debut after extensive work at the Zerega Bus Maintenance and Training Facility.

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.