Once a Bus That Transported Incarcerated People Around Rikers, Now a Gorgeous Work of Community Art

In honor of National Voter Registration Day this September, a transformed city bus — formerly used to transport people detained on Rikers Island — rolled into Flatbush, Brooklyn. Once parked, it became the site of both civic engagement and celebration, with live music, dance and spoken word performance alongside voter registration outreach. Inside the bus, residents could sit and relax on a blue couch, peruse the artwork that now decorates the interior, or view an LED map displaying COVID impact in New York’s hardest-hit neighborhoods.