8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES and EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)      March 18, 2010

FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

000-24272

(Commission File Number)

DELAWARE

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

11-3209278

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

1979 MARCUS AVENUE, SUITE E140, LAKE SUCCESS, NEW YORK 11042

(Address of principal executive offices)

(718) 961-5400

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 7.01    Regulation FD Disclosure

Flushing Financial Corporation (the “Company”) (NASDAQ-GS: FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB, announced that through an arrangement with Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P., it will make presentations to institutional investors. John R. Buran, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and David W. Fry, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will make the presentations in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio on March 22nd and March 23rd.

Item 9.01(d).    Exhibits

99.1.     Press release of Flushing Financial Corporation, dated March 18, 2010.

SIGNATURE

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Date:   March 18, 2010	By:	/s/ David W. Fry
		David W. Fry
	Title:	Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
99.1	Press release of Flushing Financial Corporation, dated March 18, 2010

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

CONTACT:

David Fry

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Flushing Financial Corporation

(718) 961-5400

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Flushing Financial Corporation to Speak to Institutional Investors

LAKE SUCCESS, NY – March 18, 2010 — Flushing Financial Corporation (the “Company”) (Nasdaq-GS: FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB (the “Bank”), today announced that, John R. Buran, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and David W. Fry, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, through an arrangement with Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P., will make presentations to institutional investors on March 22nd and 23rd in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio.

WHO	Flushing Financial Corporation is the parent holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB, a federally chartered stock savings bank insured by the FDIC. The Bank serves consumers and businesses by offering a full complement of deposit, loan, and cash management services through its fifteen banking offices located in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Nassau County. The Bank also operates an online banking division, iGObanking.com®, which enables the Bank to expand outside of its current geographic footprint. In 2007, the Bank established Flushing Commercial Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary, to provide banking services to public entities including cities, counties, towns, villages, school districts, libraries, fire districts and the various courts throughout the metropoli tan area.
WHAT	Presentations to institutional investors through an arrangement with Sandler O’Neill + Partners L.P.
WHERE/WHEN	March 22, 2010 in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio and March 23, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
PRESENTATION	The presentation will focus on the Company’s performance and its strategic operating objectives. The presentation will be available on the Company’s website, www.flushingbank.com, on March 22, 2010, and will remain available through the end of the month.
RECENT NEWS	l	February 23, 2010 - Flushing Financial Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.13 Per Share.
	l	January 26, 2010 - Flushing Financial Corporation Reports Record Net Income for the Full Year of 2009: GAAP Net Income of $25.6 Million and Core Net Income of $26.4 Million

“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 for the year ended December 31, 2009 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.flushingbank.com.

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