public traded as nyse af industry financial services founded 1888 1888 headquarters lake success new york united states area served new york metropolitan area key people monte n. redman ceo 1 total assets 16.5 billion 2 total equity 1.5 billion 3 number of employees 1 565 3 website https www.astoriabank.com astoria bank formerly astoria federal savings & loan association is a bank based in long island city new york . astoria financial corporation is the holding company formed in 1993 to facilitate the conversion of astoria federal savings and loan association from a mutual form of ownership to stock ownership . 4 astoria financial corporation with assets of 16.5 billion is the holding company for astoria federal savings and loan association . established in 1888 astoria federal with deposits in new york totaling 10.4 billion is the largest thrift depository in new york . contents 1 chronology 2 see also 3 references 4 external links chronology edit 1888 bank originally chartered by new york state as the central permanent building and loan association is established . 1936 name is changed to astoria savings & loan association . 1937 the bank receives federal charter and becomes astoria federal savings & loan association . 1989 george l. engelke jr. is named president and ceo . 1993 astoria financial corporation is created to convert bank from mutual ownership to stock ownership . 1995 fidelity new york savings bank is acquired . 1997 greater new york savings bank is acquired . 1998 long island savings bank is acquired . see also edit list of banks list of banks in united states references edit corporate governance management . astoriafederal.com . retrieved 4 february 2013 . corporate overview . astoriafederal.com . retrieved 4 february 2013 . a b astoria federal savings and loan association in long island city new york ny . bankencyclopedia.com . retrieved 4 february 2013 . astoria financial corporation company profile information business description history background information on astoria financial corporation . . referenceforbusiness.com . retrieved 4 february 2013 . external links edit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title astoria bank & oldid 662545152 categories banksbanks of the united statescompanies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies based in new york navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 may 2015 at 05 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view