Seen and Heard Around the Village 9.15.11: East Edition

East Village coffee shop The Bean fights back Starbucks’ 186 locations (that’s more locations than there are subways stations!) (NY Times)

Village Doorman, a new start-up will make getting packages delivered a lot easier (Bowery Boogie)

Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York shares his true feelings about Cooper Union….and the New Yorker ponders, should we fight to save indie bookstores??….AND the Daily News gets in on the action too

New report shows that DWI arrests nearly tripled in the East Village in the last year (DNAinfo)

REI says it has a November move in date with the Puck Building (Bowery Boogie)

Supposedly, 51 Astor Place project is close to breaking ground (Real Estate Weekly)

Mets go to bat for East 13th Street firehouse who lost 13 firefighters on 9/11 (Villager)