LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Aug. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Astoria Financial Corporation (NYSE: AF) announced that it will participate in the Jefferies 2015 Financial Services 1x1 Conference on Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Astoria will be hosting one-on-one investor meetings throughout the day.

About Astoria Financial Corporation
Astoria Financial Corporation, with assets of $15.3 billion, is the holding company for Astoria Bank. Established in 1888, Astoria Bank, with deposits in New York totaling $9.2 billion, is the second largest thrift depository in New York and provides its retail and business customers and local communities it serves with quality financial products and services through 87 convenient banking branch locations, a business banking office in Manhattan, and multiple delivery channels, including its flexible mobile banking app. Astoria Bank commands a significant deposit market share in the attractive Long Island market, which includes Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties with a population exceeding that of 38 individual states. Astoria Bank originates multi-family and commercial real estate loans, primarily on rent controlled and rent stabilized apartment buildings, located in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area and originates residential mortgage loans through its banking and loan production offices in New York, a broker network in four states, primarily along the East Coast, and correspondent relationships covering 13 states and the District of Columbia.

CONTACT: Theodore S. Ayvas, Vice President, Investor Relations, 516-327-7877, ir@astoriabank.com