New York Community Bank Celebrates 150 Years

Beginning Monday, November 2 and running through Saturday, November 7, New York Community Bank’s Throggs Neck Branch, located at 3681-83 East Tremont Avenue, is offering gifts, chances to win prizes and opportunities to enjoy extra CD points in this limited time offer:

Receive a $10 iTunes® Card – Just for opening an Absolutely Free Checking Account* that comes with a NYCB Visa® check card, and then signing up for Free Online Banking with Bill Payment, current and new customers will receive this thank you gift.

Enjoy a 150th Anniversary CD Increase – Open up a Certificate of Deposit (CD) with a term of 12 months or less and receive a 15 basis point increase*.

Win an iPod nano® – Fill out an official entry form available at the Throggs Neck branch between November 2 and November 7 for your chance to win. Winners will be announced November 7 at 1 p.m.

Help celebrate the bank’s 150th. Enjoy free popcorn on Saturday, November 7 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“In a continuing show of appreciation and to celebrate the long-standing relationship between the bank and the communities we have served throughout the years, New York Community Bank is pleased to bring some special offers to its Throggs Neck branch,” said Joseph Masi, first senior vice president, New York Community Bancorp, Inc. “It is our way of giving back to the community in ways we believe they will enjoy.”

This year is the 150th anniversary of the NYCB Family of Banks, which began with the establishment of Queens County Savings Bank in 1859. Special events like the Throggs Neck branch promotion will be taking place throughout the year in communities where the bank has its branches, including Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties in New York and the New Jersey counties of Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Union.