What happened to the Breakdancers on the Subway?

As much as I'd like to claim that I knew already, it wasn't until I started reading up on this inquiry question that 'breakdancers' is a media term imposed on this classy artform/ culture from the outside world, (much like animae getting called 'japanimation'). The correct term for the dancers I love so much is bboys and bgirls. It is a culture that originated in New York City and has gained popularity worldwide, transcending societal divisions among economic strata, class, and race.

When I first moved to New York, I used to see the Bboy/girls on the subway often, and now I don't anymore, so I started wondering where they'd all gone? I have noticed also that there are alot more NYPD on the subway then when I first moved here (2004), so I thought they probably didn't put up with the train dancing.My first theory on where the dancers might have gone was that they were in the mysterious place that Guiliani took all of the street vendors to....but that didn't give me a place to look, because I don't know where they went either, and the subway is already underground.

So, I started asking around and reading online. My blogreading and website surfing educated me about bboy/girl culture and history, and no one else seemed to think the fab dancers had disappeared, which led me to think perhaps it was that I am not in the right place at the right time anymore... or that the other bboy followers knew where the police weren't stopping the action... so after educating myself on bboy culture, and watching many amazing & inspiring videos of bboy moves (I didn't see any girl dancers on the videos), I started to ask around.

I interviewed a close friend who used to be a bgirl, and she said that I should try looking in Union Square, and around 42nd street, because that's where her crew used to perform, although she warned me that that was a long time ago. Lisa Simon allowed me to interview her briefly in class last week, and told me that she sees the bboys dancing on the 2 train, downtown, late at night. I wonder if this includes weekends? Late night weeknights riding the downtown 2 doesn't seem realistic for me... so we'll see what the afternoon 2 train has in store for me, as that is my next research stop. I plan to read the subway (A & 2 lines) this afternoon and write down what I notice in my Inquiry Notebook. More to follow.