We used the Wrights house as a jumping off place for an international trip from JFK. It worked well for that. If you are comfortable on the subways, the stop is a 2 minute walk, take the subway, do a transfer, catch the AirTrain, and you are at JFK fast and cheap. A 10 minute walk on Myrtle is a great bar named 'Moloko', the fish taco is very good, and the spiced french fries are category 5. Another place closer in to the Wrights (I forget the name) has a $2 happy hour and really good sliders. We will stay here again.