Banks was wanted for knifing a 31-year-old man aboard an uptown No. 2 train at the 14th St. subway station in the West Village about 9:40 a.m. Wednesday. The victim told cops his attacker walked up to him and started an argument, then pulled a knife and stabbed him in the back.

Jamar Banks, 52, of Blake Avenue in East New York, is facing charges of first-degree assault and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, according to a statement issued by the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information on Sunday.

A homeless man with more than 50 prior arrests was charged Sunday with stabbing a man aboard a Lower Manhattan subway train on New Year’s Day, police said. Jamar Banks, 52, who resides in a Brooklyn homeless shelter,