Whether you want a smash burger or something thicker and more traditional, these are our favorites. Patrick Dolande/Gotham Burger Social Club The best burger in New York City? There's no such thing. The Big Apple is a constellation of diverse patties that exist in part, unfortunately, to be compared and pitted against each other in a debate with no purpose. The reality is that many of these burgers, high and low, are great. The greatness is a tier. If there's a huge line or reservation battle hindering access to the great one you seek, you can go get another and eat greatness nevertheless. Below, find the Traveler edit of burgers worth planning a trip around. And that suggestion is not beyond the pale—in scouting the burger at 4 Charles Prime Rib , I met such a person and in fact shared a table with him (4 Charles being so difficult to get into that its exclusivity nearly precluded its inclusion, for what's the point of recommending a burger you can't get?…