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The Met is indeed far too general for anyone with a real interest in art. Like Rudith said, there are other specialized museums that won't be as crowded:
MoMA
Whitney
Neue Galerie
Frick
Jewish Museum
Cooper Hewitt
It all depends on what you're interested in. You can buy something called an ArtPass that will let you go to a few museums for something like $35. But, if you like one-stop shopping and fighting large crowds of tourists, knock yourself out at the Met. If, however, you insist--the Temple of Dendur is pretty cool.
I'm a big fan of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade--the only touristy things I'd suggest in Brooklyn would be the Promenade, the Brooklyn Museum, and Grimaldi's/Brooklyn Ice Cream factory. The Brooklyn Botanical Garden is gorgeous.
Unless you plan on buying things that you can buy in Chicago with less madness, I'd stay away from Saks, Macy's (ewww), and Bloomingdales. Only go into Barney's or Bergdorf's or even Bendel's unless you came to run with the big dogs. Avoid Tiffany on 5th Avenue unless you're going during lunch on a weekday--the Wall Street store has much fewer Japanese tourists taking pictures of themselves at the counters.
My only real advice? Just be prepared for how expensive everything is. Yes, everything from bottled water to pizza to museum admissions will be far more expensive than where you come from.
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