A 40-year-old homeless man was stabbed and wounded on a subway train in Greenwich Village early Wednesday, police said.
The attacker, a man wearing a ski mask, got away.
The victim was stabbed multiple times on an uptown No. 6 train near the Astor St. stop at 2:24 a.m., cops said. Medics took the victim to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.
The incident comes at a time of a continued rise in felony assaults in the system — up 12% this year, with 525 incidents compared to 470 by this time last year.
Misdemeanor assaults have increased 16% in transit, to 1,304 from 1,120. There have also been six murders in the subway system so far this year, compared to four for all of last year.