My partner Eve Biddle and I designed this mural, located on India Street between West Street and the East River.

The India Street Rocket offers a metaphor for celebration in uncertain times. Transcending one's environment is possible: spaceships can exist even where least plausible. The India Street Rocket blasts off into the future. As Brooklyn and the rest America move through uncertain economic times, calamity and prosperity are visible on the horizon simultaneously. Will we overcome this moment of upheaval, emerging stronger than we were before, will we escape unscathed, or not escape at all? And what happens after that? These questions hang in the air, even over India Street.

The verticality of the rocket flies in the face of the overwhelming horizontal nature of the wall. The brilliant colors bring energy to the block, illuminating India Street. Potential is revealed.

We must calibrate our dreams with an upward trajectory.


The mural is part of the India Street Mural Project and was commissioned by The North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition and coordinated with assistance from Groundswell.


It is located two blocks from the Greenpoint Avenue stop on the G train (exit at the north end of the train). The G runs more often than you think. Here's the map:

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