Originally Posted by dhammer53
You can also cab it to Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City Long Island. It's bigger and better. Only downside will be the cost of the taxi since you're leaving NYC proper. Maybe the next poster can chime in cost wise.
There's a second problem....traffic returning to JFK. We don't know which 6 hours are the OP is talking about but the Southern State and the Belt Parkways can be bumper-to-bumper at any hour.