Note 1 - Nature of Operations	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Nature of Operations [Text Block]	1. Nature of Operations Flushing Financial Corporation (the “Holding Company”), a Delaware business corporation, is a savings and loan holding company organized at the direction of its subsidiary, Flushing Savings Bank, FSB (the “Savings Bank”), in connection with the Savings Bank’s conversion from a mutual to capital stock form of organization. The Holding Company and its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, the Savings Bank, Flushing Commercial Bank, Flushing Preferred Funding Corporation, Flushing Service Corporation, and FSB Properties Inc., are collectively herein referred to as the “Company.” The Company’s principal business is attracting retail deposits from the general public and investing those deposits together with funds generated from ongoing operations and borrowings, primarily in (1) originations and purchases of multi-family residential properties and, to a lesser extent, one-to-four family (focusing on mixed-use properties, which are properties that contain both residential dwelling units and commercial units) and commercial real estate mortgage loans; (2) construction loans, primarily for residential properties; (3) Small Business Administration (“SBA”) loans and other small business loans; (4) mortgage loan surrogates such as mortgage-backed securities; and (5) U.S. government securities, corporate fixed-income securities and other marketable securities. The Savings Bank also originate certain other consumer loans including overdraft lines of credit. The Savings Bank primarily conducts its business through sixteen full-service banking offices, nine of which are located in Queens County, two in Nassau County, four in Kings County (Brooklyn), and one in New York County (Manhattan), New York. The Savings Bank also operates “iGObanking.com®”, an internet branch, offering checking, savings and certificates of deposit accounts.

Note 1 - Nature of Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

1. Nature of Operations

Flushing Financial Corporation (the “Holding Company”), a Delaware business corporation, is a savings and loan holding company organized at the direction of its subsidiary, Flushing Savings Bank, FSB (the “Savings Bank”), in connection with the Savings Bank’s conversion from a mutual to capital stock form of organization. The Holding Company and its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, the Savings Bank, Flushing Commercial Bank, Flushing Preferred Funding Corporation, Flushing Service Corporation, and FSB Properties Inc., are collectively herein referred to as the “Company.”

The Company’s principal business is attracting retail deposits from the general public and investing those deposits together with funds generated from ongoing operations and borrowings, primarily in (1) originations and purchases of multi-family residential properties and, to a lesser extent, one-to-four family (focusing on mixed-use properties, which are properties that contain both residential dwelling units and commercial units) and commercial real estate mortgage loans; (2) construction loans, primarily for residential properties; (3) Small Business Administration (“SBA”) loans and other small business loans; (4) mortgage loan surrogates such as mortgage-backed securities; and (5) U.S. government securities, corporate fixed-income securities and other marketable securities. The Savings Bank also originate certain other consumer loans including overdraft lines of credit. The Savings Bank primarily conducts its business through sixteen full-service banking offices, nine of which are located in Queens County, two in Nassau County, four in Kings County (Brooklyn), and one in New York County (Manhattan), New York. The Savings Bank also operates “iGObanking.com®”, an internet branch, offering checking, savings and certificates of deposit accounts.