damnlines.comdamnlines.comEveryone ranks New York's famous lines by vibes. We rank them by counting. Every venue below has a damnlines camera measuring its line minute-by-minute; the order is each spot's typical peak line size from that history — tap any row for the live view.
Typical peak = the busiest day-hour average in each venue's camera history. Updated as history accrues; the live pages show what's happening right now.
The city's most notorious queues are still camera-less — decoded from reporting on the watchlist, and one vote closer to a camera every time you ask.
4 Charles Prime Rib · West Villagethe line →Absolute Bagels · Upper West Sidethe line →Apollo Bagels · East Villagethe line →Attaboy · Lower East Sidethe line →Barney Greengrass · Upper West Sidethe line →Bemelmans Bar · Upper East Sidethe line →Clinton St. Baking Company · Lower East Sidethe line →Clover Club · Carroll Gardensthe line →Dante · Greenwich Villagethe line →Death & Co · East Villagethe line →Di Fara Pizza · Midwoodthe line →Dominique Ansel Bakery · SoHothe line →Among venues damnlines measures, Breakfast by Salt's Cure currently tops the ranking — camera history shows about 27 people in line at its typical Sunday 11 AM peak. Famous lines we don't yet measure (Katz's, Lucali, Levain) live on the watchlist below.
Each venue has a damnlines camera counting the people in its line every minute it's open. We aggregate that history by day and hour, take each venue's typical peak, and rank by it. No reviews, no foot-traffic modeling — a camera, counting.