Go Shuttle offers transport from JFK to quite a few places at a good price. Check them out;

http://goairportshuttle.com/

I never heard of Go Shuttle and do not if the poster above has a commercial interest in that company, but most shuttles are mind numbing as you never know how many stops will be before you and how long it will take.

I don't have any commercial interest in Go Shuttle (I wish I did, think about all the free shuttle rides!)

But yeah, I could definitely where you're coming from. Last time I used them in NYC, I had to go to a hotel in the Upper East Side and I got dropped off last. The driver seems to start at the bottom of Manhattan and work his way up. At $20 without having to transfer buses or anything like that I didn't really mind.