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.
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