To prepare for the role of Chase Collins, Robert Hoffman actually went into the Baltimore city underground dance scene and participated in competitive break dance circles.
Finalists from MTV's America's Best Dance Crew (2008), the JabbaWockeez, appear in the movie briefly wearing their signature white masks.
The name of the dance team is "410". 410 is the area code for telephone numbers in Baltimore.
With a worldwide box office gross of $150,816,700, Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) outperformed its predecessor by just over $30 million.
Moose mentions that Blake Collins left MSA to dance with the Royal Ballet. Will Kemp (who plays Collins) was actually turned down by the Royal Ballet.
Jon M. Chu: The director in the scene with the stunt double rehearsing, during the crew-recruiting montage.