The assailant accused of battering an Asian man with a hammer at a Manhattan subway station has been charged with three hate crimes, police said.

Christian Jeffers, 48, who identifies as a woman, was charged with assault, aggravated harassment and menacing – all as hate crimes – over the Tuesday night attack of a 29-year-old man at the 14th Street-Union Square station, cops said.

Jeffers allegedly launched the caught-on-camera attack after bumping into the victim on the platform.

The victim suffered a cut to the head and was treated at Bellevue Hospital.

Jeffers fled the scene and was busted Wednesday while allegedly jumping the turnstile at a station farther west on the 14th Street subway line, sources said.

Police recovered a hammer from Jeffers’ bag, according to sources.

In a Wednesday interview with The Post, the victim said New Yorkers are fed up with out-on-control violence on the subway system.

“We’re trying to live our lives as well as we can, you know, and it’s just unfortunate that we have to face all these adversities, along with just all the struggles in life,” the victim said. “It’s just unnecessary conflict and it sucks.”

“It’s unfortunate, you know, the city is the way it is,” he added. “Obviously, something has to happen, something has to change.”