Yelhan Cingir took over many of the tasks of running the business after surgery on his older brother Hakan did not go well. But he overlooked renewing the lease of the Park Café. Now a landlord is using that lapse to try to force the brothers out after 11 years.
13 Jan 2026 | 07:37
On a chilly night in March 2024, Yelhan Cingir closed the Morningside Heights café he owned with his brother, Hakan, heading for a Mount Sinai Hospital on the Upper East Side. Hakan was about to undergo triple bypass surgery there, a procedure that opens blockages in the heart’s arteries. At 55, three...
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