NYC- Mayor Bloomberg yesterday blasted the gay-bash attack on an internationally known drag queen in the East Village, as friends of Kevin Aviance hoped the recording artist could return for this month’s Gay Pride Parade.

“Anybody that thinks they can get away with a hate crime is sadly mistaken,” the mayor said. “It was a disgrace.”

Trying to muster a smile through a wired jaw, Aviance, 38, said he was feeling a bit better after surgery to repair damage from the brutal beating he suffered Saturday.

“I’m feeling good [and] I appreciate everything you guys have done,” Aviance said from his bed at Beth Israel Medical Center. “If nothing else, I hope it brings more awareness.”

The chart-topping gay party icon was set upon by four young males spewing anti-gay epithets as he walked about 1:30 a.m. on First Ave., clad in men’s clothes.

The 6-foot-3 Aviance was beaten to the ground, stomped and dragged down the sidewalk before he managed to escape.

A good Samaritan helped him to nearby Beth Israel, where doctors had to crack his jaw and realign it.

Gerard Johnson, 16, [pictured] and Gregory Archie, 18, both of Manhattan; Akino George, 20, of the Bronx, and Jarrell Sears, 20, of Newark, were arrested in the attack. None of the suspects spoke as they were escorted by cops out of the 13th Precinct stationhouse early this morning to await arraignment.

Gay activists said the fact that the attack took place in the normally tolerant East Village shows that gay-bashers are getting more brazen.

Aviance, who scored club hits with “Din Da Da” and “Alive,” hopes to go home from the hospital today.

Even though Aviance has a lot of recovering to do, he is hoping to be feeling well enough to take part in the Gay Pride Parade on June 25. “This is his community and he wants to be there more than anything,” said Len Evans, a spokesman for Aviance.