
Step Up 3-D shot on location in NYC in 2009.
Photo courtesy of Summit Entertainment.
Step Up 3-D, the third installment in the Step
Up film series, opened on August 6, 2010. Directed by Jon Chu, Step Up
3-D follows a group of young street dancers who compete in a hip-hop dance
battle in New York City. The film stars Adam G. Sevani, Rick Malambri, Sharni
Vinson and cast members from “So You Think You Can Dance.”
Among the
locations used during filming, which took place throughout the summer of 2009,
are:
Great Jones Alley
An arcade in Coney Island
Greenpoint
Terminal (club interior)
Empire Fulton Ferry State Park (aerobic dance
sequence, tai chi performance)
East Village (African dance
number)
Baruch College
Washington Square Park (dance-off
scenes)
10th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues (“Fred and Ginger”
dance)
Jay Street between Water and Plymouth Streets, Brooklyn (club
interior)
Old Essex Street Market between Delancey and Broome Streets
(dance sequence)
Gotham Hall
Times Square
Brooklyn Navy
Yard (World Jam Championship dance-off)
Bank at Broadway and Bowling
Green
Monroe Street between Market and Pike Streets
American
Playground, Franklin Street between Milton and Noble Streets (roller skating
scene)