CONTACT:

David Fry	Van Negris / Lexi Terrero
Senior Vice President and	Van Negris & Company, Inc.
Chief Financial Officer	(212) 759-0290
Flushing Financial Corporation

(718) 961-5400

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION TO SPEAK AT THE

STERNE AGEE BANK & THRIFT SYMPOSIUM

LAKE SUCCESS, NY – September 8, 2006 — Flushing Financial Corporation (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB, announced that it will be making presentations at the Sterne Agee Bank & Thrift Symposium on Monday, September 11, 2006.

John R. Buran, Flushing Financial's President and Chief Executive Officer will make the presentations in Atlanta, Georgia.

WHO	Flushing Financial Corporation is the holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB, a federally chartered stock savings bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The Bank conducts its business through twelve banking offices located in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Nassau County.
WHAT	Presentations at the Sterne Agee Bank & Thrift Symposium.
WHEN/WHERE	September 11, 2006 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.
PRESENTATION	The presentations will focus on the Company’s performance and its strategic operating objectives. The slides used for these presentations will be available on the Company’s website, www.flushingsavings.com, on Monday, September 11, 2006, and will remain available through October 11, 2006.
RECENT NEWS	•     August 15, 2006 - Flushing Financial Corporation declared Quarterly Dividend of $0.11 per Share. •     July 25, 2006 - Flushing Financial Corporation reports 2006 Second Quarter and First Half Financial Results.

“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this Press Release relating to plans, strategies, economic performance and trends, projections of results of specific activities or investments and other statements that are not descriptions of historical facts may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking information is inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to, risk factors discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Forward-looking statements may be identified by terms such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “expects”, “plans”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “forecasts”, “potential” or “continue” or similar terms or the negative of these terms. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. The Company has no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Additional information on Flushing Financial Corporation may be obtained by visiting the Company’s web site at http://www.flushingsavings.com.

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