Cops arrested the knife-wielding clown who menaced a 16-year-old boy in an Upper East Side subway station last week.
Manhattan resident Thomas Smith, 53, turned himself in at the 19th Precinct about 8:45 p.m. Thursday — just hours after the NYPD distributed surveillance footage from the Oct. 5 incident of him dressed in clown garb.
Smith — who told authorities it was all just a hoax — was charged with menacing.
The victim was trying to get off a northbound 6 train at the 96th Street station around 2 p.m. when the clown blocked his path, authorities said.
The spooked teen pushed his way past the bozo and made a beeline for the exit.
When he looked back, he noticed Smith right behind him, flashing what appeared to be a knife.
The jokester wore baggy striped pants, big shoes and a blue cardigan with big red buttons over a white and black striped shirt during the twisted prank.
The incident happened during the height of the so-called killer clown craze, in which countless people across the nation reported being threatened by people dressed in clown suits.
This clown problem has been escalating for a while now: