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1. Attention NYC renters: Thanks to a new ruling, your apartment might be rent stabilized after all (sponsored)

2. Hudson Yards apartments on the market for newly minted 7 train riders

3. Ridgewood is still a middle class haven (and is making a return to its boozy roots)

A Harlem townhouse is a classic NYC real estate dream. (Neil Patrick Harris and his husband bought one in East Harlem two years ago, and you can see it in all its envy-inducing gorgeousness here.) These properties hosting open houses this weekend could help make your dream a reality—NPH not included.

At first glance—or, given its presence on Kickstarter, first pitch—this project by Floorplan Rugs appears to have all the makings of a typical, Pinterest-ready hipster project. But it's actually backed up by a fascinating backstory: cities immortalized in modern rugs made by weavers from Pakistan, India and Turkey with a long history in the trade interpreting the concepts of architects and designers.

It's hard to believe what some people include in their real estate listings.

This batch of questionable listings -- as always- comes care of Andy Donaldson, the man behind the Terrible Real Estate Agent Photographs blog and book, complete with Donaldson's commentary.

So it begins: The long-awaited 34th Street/Hudson Yards stop on the MTA's 7 train extension—which was first scheduled to start running late 2013—finally opened this weekend, which means not only are future Comic Con-ers no longer consigned to a long walk to the subway from the Javits Center, residents of this slice of the west 30s, christened Hudson Yards, now have a better commute.