Dime Community Bancshares Ranked #4 Nationally Two Years in a Row

BROOKLYN, NY--(Marketwired - May 07, 2015) - Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: DCOM) (the "Company" or "Dime"), the parent company of The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh (the "Bank"), announced today that for the second consecutive year, the Company finished fourth in The SNL Financial LC ("SNL Financial") Top 100 public thrift rankings, and this year is also SNL Financial's highest ranked public thrift in the New York metropolitan area. SNL Financial collects, standardizes and disseminates all relevant corporate, financial, market and M&A data -- plus news and analysis to investment banks, investment managers, corporate executives, ratings agencies, government agencies, among other clients.

Vincent F. Palagiano, Dime's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Dime is gratified to be recognized once again by SNL Financial for our consistent record of outstanding financial and credit performance. For each of the past 15 years, Dime has been at or near the top of SNL's public thrift rankings, a record of which we are very proud."

This ranking was based on six financial metrics for the 12 months ended December 31, 2014, including return on average assets, return on average tangible common equity, efficiency ratio, median three-year growth rate in tangible book value per share, nonperforming loans to total loans (NPLs/loans) and net charge-offs to average loans. Only the top 100 publicly traded thrifts by assets were ranked.

The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh, subsidiary of Dime Community Bancshares, has been one of the leading New York City multifamily lenders ("Lending for the Way New Yorkers Live") for over three decades, and last year celebrated its 150th anniversary.

ABOUT DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.

The Company (NASDAQ: DCOM) had $4.58 billion in consolidated assets as of March 31, 2015, and is the parent company of the Bank. The Bank was founded in 1864, is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, and currently has twenty-five branches located throughout Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Nassau County, New York. More information on the Company and Dime can be found on the Dime's Internet website at www.dime.com.