An East Village restaurateur who made the cover of the Daily News more than a decade ago for exposing himself to four women at Columbus Circle was arrested again Tuesday — this time for flashing a woman at a Greenwich Village train station, authorities said.  Dan Hoyt, a 53-year-old chef and co-owner of the East Village restaurant Quintessence, was arrested after he approached his 25-year-old victim at the 8th St.—NYU station about 1:45 p.m. and asked her “Can I masturbate to you?” according to police sources.  He was also charged for showing his wares to a woman commuter at the same station two days in a row starting on New Year’s Day, officials said. On Tuesday, Hoyt's victim was waiting for the train when he asked if he could pleasure himself in front of her, cops said.  When she said no, he dropped his pants anyway, officials said. The woman ran off and called 911.  MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL DOCTOR ACCUSED OF EJACULATING ON 22-YEAR-OLD PATIENT'S FACE AFTER INCAPACITATING HER WITH MORPHINE  Transit cops apprehended the perv a short time later, officials said.  The NYPD Special Victims Unit later determined he had exposed himself to a 24-year-old woman at the same station about 8 p.m. Jan. 1.  The next day he found his first victim again, exposed himself and followed her onto the train.  During the ride from 8th St. to Union Square, the restaurant owner had his pants completely off, carefully draped over his arm, the woman told police.  His arraignment was pending Wednesday night.  Cops said Hoyt has been arrested five other times — all for public lewdness.  SUBWAY PERV WITH 'TEAM USA' TATTOO ARRESTED AFTER WOMAN SNAPS HIS PHOTO  Hoyt’s ex-wife and current business partner, Mun Chan, put up his $1,000 bail Wednesday.  “We deny these allegations vigorously,” said his lawyer, James Palumbo.  In August 2005, Hoyt was arrested for exposing himself to four different women at the 59th St.-Columbus Circle station on four different dates, officials said. He allegedly smirked at his victims when he flashed his wares, but wasn’t smiling when he was taken into custody.  “I didn’t do anything,” Hoyt said as he turned himself into police in 2005 after dozens of News readers identified the front-page pervert as the man caught in the act by Thao Nguyen’s camera phone. He was given probation and ordered to undergo counselling but was sentenced to 75 days in jail after he was arrested for public lewdness in Brooklyn in 2008, according to court records.  Hoyt’s friends were scratching their heads over his most recent arrest.  “Oh, no,” said one man outside Quintessence, who identified himself as Hoyt’s friend. “I can’t believe he’s done this again.”  Nguyen, now 33, said she wasn’t surprised that Hoyt was arrested again." He has a serious problem and I hope the police put him away,” she said. “It might escalate if he doesn't get stopped."
Dan Hoyt, 54, of Manhattan, was arrested for multiple public lewdness charges for the creepy confrontation at the Greenwich Village station.