After the PATH 's World Trade Center station was destroyed during the September 11 attacks , there was a proposal to connect the PATH and the New York City Subway . Whereas the original World Trade Center station consisted of five north-south balloon loops that sent eastward trains back west to New Jersey , the rebuilt PATH station would have been built in an east-west alignment . The tracks would have extended eastward by to the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station on the New York City Subway 's IRT Lexington Avenue Line . The benefits of this connection , called PATH-Lex by its supporters , would have consisted of a one-seat ride from Newark and Jersey City through Lower Manhattan , the East Side of Manhattan , and the Bronx . While the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was interested in the plan , the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey dismissed the idea altogether , due to the complexity of connecting the two separate systems
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Proposed expansion of the New York City Subway