There’s been another slashing on a New York City subway, and terrified riders are calling for protection.

This, as Police Commissioner Bill Bratton insists the subways are safe.

Police say a disturbed man slashed a subway passenger across the face with a knife in Brooklyn.

The 30-year-old victim told police he was standing with a friend Monday on the Pennsylvania Avenue platform when he observed the suspect walking back and forth and staring at them.

Police say the man asked the suspect what he was staring at. The suspect later allegedly poured hot coffee on the man and slashed him with a knife after they got on a No. 3 train.

Stephen Brathwaite of Crown Heights was arrested and faces charges including assault and menacing.

Police say a knife was also found on the train.

It wasn’t clear if Brathwaite had an attorney who could comment on the charges.

While it seems there has been an uptick in slashing incidents, particularly on the subway, Bratton downplayed the issue on a radio show Monday.

“Last year in the month of January we had three slashing incidents that did not attract any media attention,” Bratton said on Gambling Radio. “What happens from time to time, a series of incidents occur that attracts significant media attention as well as certainly appropriate police attention and that’s what’s happening here.”

Monday’s attack makes seven subway slashings this year, Gainer reported. According to the NYPD, so far for this year, there have been 365 slashings and stabbings citywide. For the same time last year, there were 305 — a 19.67 percent increase.

The Guardian Angels have started patrolling the subways again as a result. But many wonder if that’s enough.

Bratton did say his department is looking into banning career criminals from the subways altogether.

(AP)