Flushing Financial Corp. said a sharp drop in noninterest income lowered third quarter earnings by almost 2 percent from a year earlier.

The Uniondale-based parent of the 19-branch Flushing Bank said late Tuesday that net income for the three months ended Sept. 30 was $11 million, down about $200,000 from the same quarter a year earlier. Earnings per share were unchanged at 38 cents.

The bank said its net interest income was a record $39.3 million for the quarter, up 23 percent from a year earlier.

Noninterest income fell by 76 percent to $1.7 million, after a $5.2 million gain in the period a year earlier from the sale of mortgage-backed securities.

Total assets were $5.5 billion at Sept. 30, up 12 percent.

Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, of Bay Shore, was killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. His mother has made it her mission to aid active-duty service members, veterans, first responders and Gold Star families. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. Credit: Randee Daddona; Photo credit: Cathy Heighter

'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.

Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, of Bay Shore, was killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. His mother has made it her mission to aid active-duty service members, veterans, first responders and Gold Star families. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. Credit: Randee Daddona; Photo credit: Cathy Heighter

'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.

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