take banking personally type mutual savings bank industry financial services founded ridgewood new york june 18 1921 1921 06 18 headquarters ridgewood new york united states area served new york metropolitan area key people peter m. boger chairman and ceo net income 13 million 1 total assets 4.6 billion 2 number of employees 686 1 website ridgewoodbank.com ridgewood savings bank is the largest mutual savings bank in new york state and was founded in 1921 . 2 it operates 35 branches across new york city s five boroughs long island and westchester county . contents 1 history 2 list of presidents 3 references 4 external links history edit ridgewood savings bank headquarters since 1929 located in ridgewood queens ridgewood savings bank first branch office in forest hills queens the bank was chartered as savings bank of ridgewood on june 18 1921 . it began when 14 local businessmen in ridgewood queens decided to form a mutual savings bank to serve the needs of the community . the bank s first headquarters was converted taproom located at the intersection of myrtle and forest avenues . 2 in 1929 the cornerstone was laid for a new headquarters at the same site and the name was changed from savings bank of ridgewood to ridgewood savings bank . the building architects were halsey mccormack and helmer inc. and the general contractors were stamarith construction corporation . 3 in 1940 the bank opened its first branch office in forest hills queens . the building is located at the intersection of queens boulevard and 108th street and was designated a new york city landmark in 2000 by the new york city landmarks preservation commission . in 2007 city and suburban bank joined ridgewood savings increasing the number of branches by 12 . 4 list of presidents edit this list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it . peter m. boger 2012 present 5 william c. mcgarry 2004 2012 6 walter j. hess 1948 1971 7 herman ringe 1946 1948 rudolph stutzmann 1921 1946 references edit a b ridgewood savings bank . usabankinfo.com . retrieved 5 february 2013 . a b c press release june 28 2011 pdf . ridgewoodbank.com . retrieved 5 february 2013 . notables attend formal opening of bank s home pdf . the daily star . march 17 1930 . retrieved 5 february 2013 . history . ridgewoodbank.com . retrieved 5 february 2013 . ridgewood savings bank promotes peter m. boger to chairman and chief executive officer pdf . ridgewoodbank.com . retrieved 5 february 2013 . executive profile william c. mcgarry . businessweek.com . retrieved 5 february 2013 . walter j. hess banker 71 dead ; former head of ridgewood savings led queens bar . nytimes.com . retrieved 5 february 2013 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ridgewood savings bank & oldid 700357045 categories companies based in new yorkcompanies established in 1921mutual savings banks in the united statesbanks based in new york citylandmarks in brooklynhidden categories incomplete lists from february 2013 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 18 january 2016 at 01 01 . 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