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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-17-001832
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170329
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170329

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000923139
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				113209278
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1206

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-3
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-217000
		FILM NUMBER:		17722061

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		220 RXR PLAZA
		CITY:			UNIONDALE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11556
		BUSINESS PHONE:		718-961-5400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		220 RXR PLAZA
		CITY:			UNIONDALE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11556
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March
29, 2017</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Registration Nos. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Form S-3</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>UNDER</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 100%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 18pt"><B>FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>(Exact name of each registrant as specified in its certificate of incorporation)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 100%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>DELAWARE</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
        incorporation or organization</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>of each registrant)</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>11-3209278</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(I.R.S. Employer </B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>220 RXR PLAZA</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>UNIONDALE, NEW YORK 11556</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(718) 961-5400</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>including area code, of each registrant&rsquo;s principal executive
        offices)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">________________________</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>JOHN R. BURAN</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>220 RXR PLAZA</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>UNIONDALE, NEW YORK 11556</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(718) 961-5400</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service of each registrant)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>Copy to:</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>GARY J. SIMON</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>HUGHES HUBBARD &amp; REED LLP</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ONE BATTERY PARK PLAZA</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(212) 837-6770</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
</B>From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in; margin: 0pt 0">If the only securities being registered on this Form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in; margin: 0pt 0">If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only
in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in; margin: 0pt 0">If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in; margin: 0pt 0">If this Form is post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering.&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in; margin: 0pt 0">If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction
I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e)
under the Securities Act, check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in; margin: 0pt 0">If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement
filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant
to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated
filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 66%; font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated&nbsp;filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">________________________</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 48%; border-top: Black 2.25pt double; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Title of Each Class of </B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Securities to be Registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; border-top: Black 2.25pt double; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Amount </B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>to&nbsp;be </B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registered</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; border-top: Black 2.25pt double; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: Black 2.25pt double; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Proposed </B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Maximum </B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Aggregate </B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Offering Price</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: Black 2.25pt double; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Amount of Registration Fee</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Debt Securities</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)(2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)(2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">N/A</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Preferred Stock</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)(2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)(2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">N/A</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Depository Shares</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)(3)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)(2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)(2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">N/A</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Common Stock</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)(2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)(2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">N/A</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Warrants(4)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)(2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">(1)(2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">N/A</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 2.25pt double">Total</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 2.25pt double; text-align: center">(1)(3)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 2.25pt double; text-align: center">100%</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 2.25pt double; text-align: center">$200,000,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.25pt double; text-align: center">$23,180(2)</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.3in">(1)</TD><TD>The securities of each class may be offered and sold by the registrant and/or may be offered and sold, from time to time, by
one or more selling security holders to be identified in the future. The selling security holders may purchase the securities directly
from the registrant, or from one or more underwriters, dealers or agents. Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately
or as units with other securities registered hereunder.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.3in">(2)</TD><TD>An indeterminate aggregate number and amount of the securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time
to time be offered at indeterminate prices, as shall have an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $200,000,000 exclusive
of accrued dividends and interest, if any. The debt securities, preferred stock, depository shares and warrants may be convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for our common stock or other securities. Separate consideration may or may not be received
for securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities or that are issued in units or represented
by depository shares. Unutilized filing fees of $5,552.50 were previously paid with respect to securities registered by the registrant
pursuant to a Form S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-195182) initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2014.
The balance of the filing fee hereunder in the amount of $17,627.50 is paid herewith corresponding to the registration of the securities
covered hereby in accordance with Rule&nbsp;415(a)(6).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.3in">(3)</TD><TD>Such indeterminate number of depository shares to be evidenced by depository receipts issued pursuant to a deposit agreement.
In the event the registrant elects to offer to the public whole or fractional interests in shares of preferred stock registered
hereunder, depository receipts will be distributed to those persons purchasing such interests and such shares will be issued to
the depository under the deposit agreement.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.3in">(4)</TD><TD>Warrants represent rights to purchase debt securities, common stock, depository shares or preferred stock registered hereunder.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0"><B>PROSPECTUS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>$200,000,000</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%"><P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>Debt
                            Securities</B></FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>Preferred Stock</B></FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>Depository Shares</B></FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>Common Stock</B></FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>Warrants</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">________________________</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">These securities may be offered and sold from time to time by us
and also may be offered and sold by one or more selling security holders to be identified in the future, in one or more offerings,
up to a total dollar amount of $200,000,000 (or the equivalent in foreign currency or currency units). We will provide the specific
terms of these securities in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement
carefully before you invest in these securities. This prospectus may not be used to sell securities unless accompanied by the applicable
prospectus supplement and a pricing supplement, if any.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Flushing Financial Corporation&rsquo;s common stock is traded on
the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol &ldquo;FFIC.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">________________________</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Investing in the securities involves certain risks. See &ldquo;
Risk Factors &rdquo; beginning on page 5 of this prospectus and on page 44 of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2016, which is incorporated herein by reference, as well as any risk factors included in, or incorporated by
reference into, the applicable prospectus supplement, to read about factors you should consider before buying any of our securities.
</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0"><B>These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission nor have these organizations determined if this prospectus
is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">We may offer and sell the securities directly, through agents, dealers
or underwriters as designated from time to time, or through a combination of these methods.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">These securities are not savings accounts, deposits or other obligations
of any bank. These securities are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>The date of this prospectus is ______, 2017.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; text-align: left; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 9.35pt">CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: right; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt">2</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 9.35pt">ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt">3</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 9.35pt">WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt">4</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 9.35pt">ABOUT FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt">4</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 9.35pt">RISK FACTORS</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt">5</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 9.35pt">USE OF PROCEEDS</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt">6</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 9.35pt">CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS RATIOS</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt">6</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 9.35pt">VALIDITY OF SECURITIES</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt">6</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 9.35pt">EXPERTS</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0pt">6</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
INFORMATION</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">This prospectus and other publicly available documents, including
the documents incorporated herein by reference, may include and our representatives may from time to time make projections and
statements which may constitute &ldquo;forward-looking statements&rdquo; within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our business
and management&rsquo;s beliefs and assumptions. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as &ldquo;believe,&rdquo;
&ldquo;expect,&rdquo; &ldquo;anticipate,&rdquo; &ldquo;intend,&rdquo; &ldquo;target,&rdquo; &ldquo;estimate,&rdquo; &ldquo;continue,&rdquo;
&ldquo;positions,&rdquo; &ldquo;prospects&rdquo; or &ldquo;potential,&rdquo; by future conditional verbs such as &ldquo;will,&rdquo;
&ldquo;would,&rdquo; &ldquo;should,&rdquo; &ldquo;could,&rdquo; or &ldquo;may,&rdquo; or by variations of such words or by similar
expressions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions
(&ldquo;Future Factors&rdquo;) which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from
what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are
made and we assume no duty to update forward-looking statements.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Future Factors include that: changes in interest rates may significantly
impact our financial condition and results of operations; our lending activities involve risks that may be exacerbated depending
on the mix of loan types; failure to effectively manage our liquidity could significantly impact our financial condition and results
of operations; our ability to obtain brokered deposits as an additional funding source could be limited; the markets in which we
operate are highly competitive; our results of operations may be adversely affected by changes in national and/or local economic
conditions; changes in laws and regulations could adversely affect our business; current conditions in, and regulation of, the
banking industry may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations; the FDIC&rsquo;s adopted restoration plan and
the related increased assessment rate schedule may have a material effect on our results of operations; a failure in or breach
of our operational or security systems or infrastructure, or those of our third party vendors and other service providers, including
as a result of cyberattacks, could disrupt our business, result in the disclosure or misuse of confidential or proprietary information,
damage our reputation, increase our costs and cause losses; we may experience increased delays in foreclosure proceedings; we may
need to recognize other-than-temporary impairment charges in the future; our inability to hire or retain key personnel could adversely
affect our business; we are not required to pay dividends on our common stock; goodwill recorded as a result of acquisitions could
become impaired, negatively impacting our earnings and capital; and we may not fully realize the expected benefit of our deferred
tax assets.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">These are representative of the Future Factors that could affect
the outcome of the forward-looking statements. In addition, such statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions
and growth rates, general economic and political conditions, either nationally or in the states in which Flushing and its subsidiaries
do business, including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations, changes and trends in the securities markets, and
other Future Factors.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, utilizing a &ldquo;shelf&rdquo; registration process. The prospectus does
not contain all information included in the registration statement. You may review a copy of the registration statement at the
SEC&rsquo;s Public Reference Room as well as through the SEC&rsquo;s internet site, as described below. Under this shelf registration
process, we may offer and sell the securities identified in this prospectus. Each time we offer and sell securities, we will provide
a prospectus supplement that will contain information about the terms of the offering and the securities being offered and, if
necessary, a pricing supplement that will contain the specific terms of your securities. The prospectus supplement and, if necessary,
the pricing supplement, may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. Any information contained in this
prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded by any inconsistent information contained in a prospectus supplement or
a pricing supplement. You should read carefully this prospectus and any prospectus supplement and pricing supplement, together
with the additional information described below under &ldquo;Where You Can Find More Information.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and
other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file at the SEC&rsquo;s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street,
N.E., Washington, D.C. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the Public Reference Room. In addition,
our SEC filings are available to the public at the SEC&rsquo;s web site at <U>http://www.sec.gov</U>. Flushing also maintains a
Web site (<U>http://www.flushingbank.com </U>) where information about Flushing and its subsidiaries can be obtained. The information
contained in the Flushing Web site is not part of this prospectus. You may also inspect copies of these filings and other information
at the offices of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., One Liberty Plaza, 165 Broadway, New York, NY 10006.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">In this prospectus, as permitted by law, we &ldquo;incorporate by
reference&rdquo; information from other documents that we file with the SEC. This means that we can disclose important information
to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus
and should be read with the same care. When we update the information contained in documents that have been incorporated by reference
by making future filings with the SEC, the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus is considered to be automatically
updated and superseded. In other words, in case of a conflict or inconsistency between information contained in this prospectus
and information incorporated by reference into this prospectus, you should rely on the information contained in the document that
was filed later.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any documents
we file with the SEC in the future under Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (other
than those portions that may be &ldquo;furnished&rdquo; and not filed with the SEC) until our offering is completed:</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>Those portions of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;7, 2016 that are incorporated
by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2015.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>The description of our common stock contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A, filed on September 25, 1995 with the
SEC pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for purposes of updating such description</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">You may request a copy of any of these filings, other than an exhibit
to a filing unless that exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference into that filing, at no cost, by writing to or telephoning
us at the following address:</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">Flushing Financial Corporation<BR>
220 RXR Plaza<BR>
Uniondale, New York 11556<BR>
(718) 961-5400</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">ABOUT FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Flushing Financial Corporation is a Delaware corporation and is registered
as a financial holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. The principal executive offices of Flushing
are located at 220 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, New York 11556. The telephone number for Flushing is (718)&nbsp;961-5400.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">RISK FACTORS</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Investing in our securities involves certain risks. Before you invest
in any of our securities, in addition to the other information included in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus,
you should carefully consider the risk factors contained in Item&nbsp;1 under the caption &ldquo;Risk Factors&rdquo; and elsewhere
in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016, which is incorporated into this prospectus
by reference, as updated by our annual or quarterly reports for subsequent fiscal years or fiscal quarters that we file with the
SEC and that are so incorporated. See &ldquo;Where You Can Find More Information&rdquo; for information about how to obtain a copy
of these documents. You should also carefully consider the risks and other information that may be contained in, or incorporated
by reference into, any prospectus supplement relating to specific offerings of securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">USE OF PROCEEDS</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of any securities
offered under this prospectus as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS RATIOS</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 24.5pt; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 24.5pt; margin: 0pt 0">The following table sets forth our consolidated ratio of earnings
to fixed charges (from continuing operations) for each of the periods shown:</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="19" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Year Ended December 31,</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">2016</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">2015</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">2014</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">2013</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">2012</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="19" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">(Dollars in thousands)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Earnings:</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Add:</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="width: 45%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Net income before income taxes, net of building sales</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 8%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">58,001</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><SUP>(1)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 8%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">66,839</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><SUP>(2)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 8%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">72,812</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 8%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">60,708</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 8%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">56,178</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Fixed charges (from below)</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">53,911</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">49,726</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">49,554</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">52,284</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">63,275</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Total earnings for purposes of ratios</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">111,912</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">116,565</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">112,366</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">112,992</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">119,453</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Fixed Charges:</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Total deposit interest expense</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">33,350</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">30,336</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">30,044</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">32,037</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">40,382</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Other borrowing interest expense</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">20,561</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">19,390</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">19,510</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">20,247</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">22,893</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Total fixed charges for purposes of ratios</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">53,911</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">49,726</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">49,554</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">52,284</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">63,275</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges:</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Excluding interest on deposits</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">3.82</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">4.45</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">4.73</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">4.00</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">3.45</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Including interest on deposits</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">2.34</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">2.47</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">2.16</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">1.89</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Excludes $48,018 attributable to the gain on sale of buildings during the period. Including the gain on sale of buildings, earnings to fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits, is 6.16x and earnings to fixed charges including interest on deposits is 2.97x. </TD></TR>
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    <TD>Excludes $6,537 attributable to the gain on sale of buildings during the period. Including the gain on sale of buildings, earnings to fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits, is 4.78x and earnings to fixed charges, including interest on deposits, is 2.48x. </TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 24.5pt; margin: 0pt 0">The ratios of earnings to fixed charges are computed by dividing
(1) income (loss) before income taxes and fixed charges by (2) total fixed charges. For purposes of computing the foregoing ratios,
earnings represent continuing operations income (loss) before applicable income taxes and fixed charges. Fixed charges, including
interest on deposits, include all interest expense. Fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits, includes interest expense (other
than on deposits).</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">VALIDITY OF SECURITIES</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">The validity of the securities may be passed upon for us by Hughes
Hubbard &amp; Reed LLP, or by counsel named in the applicable prospectus supplement, and for any underwriters or agents by counsel
selected by such underwriters or agents.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">EXPERTS</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">The financial statements of Flushing Financial Corporation as of
December&nbsp;31, 2016 and 2015 and for each of the two years in the period ended December&nbsp;31, 2016 and management&rsquo;s
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31, 2016 incorporated by reference
in this prospectus have been so incorporated in reliance on the reports of BDO USA, LLP, an independent registered public accounting
firm, incorporated herein by reference, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 24.5pt; margin: 0pt 0">Grant Thornton, LLP, an independent registered public accounting
firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014 included in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014 as set forth in its report, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus
and elsewhere in the registration statement. The financial statements for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014 have been so incorporated
by reference in reliance on the report of Grant Thornton, LLP upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing
in giving said report.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 24pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>$200,000,000</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>PREFERRED STOCK</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>PROSPECTUS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">________________________</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>PART II.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0">ITEM&nbsp;14. <I>OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION</I>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">The following is an itemized statement of the estimated fees and
expenses in connection with the offering of the securities registered hereunder.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 85%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">Registration Statement filing fees</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 12%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">23,180</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><SUP>(1)</SUP></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">Blue Sky fees and expenses</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">0</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">Printing and engraving expenses</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">0</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">Legal fees and expenses</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">20,000</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">Accounting fees and expenses</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">25,000</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Miscellaneous</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">0</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2.25pt">Total</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.25pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.25pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">68,180</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.25pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(1)</TD><TD>Unutilized filing fees of $5,552.50 were previously paid with respect to securities registered by the registrant pursuant to
a Form S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-195182) initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2014. The balance
of the filing fee hereunder in the amount of $17,627.50 is paid herewith corresponding to the registration of the securities covered
hereby in accordance with Rule&nbsp;415(a)(6).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0">ITEM&nbsp;15. <I>INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS </I></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &ldquo;DGCL&rdquo;)
empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding
if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct
was unlawful.&nbsp;&nbsp;Similar indemnification is authorized for such person against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees)
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and provided further that (unless a court of competent jurisdiction
otherwise provides) he shall not have been adjudged liable to the corporation.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any such indemnification (unless ordered
by a court) may be made by the corporation only as authorized in each specific case by the corporation upon a determination that
indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper because such person has met the applicable
standard of conduct, which indemnification shall be made in the case of a director or officer at the time of the determination
by the shareholders, a majority vote of disinterested directors, a committee of disinterested directors or by independent legal
counsel in a written opinion, if there are no such directors or if such directors so direct.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Section 145 of the DGCL also authorizes a corporation to pay the
expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any such proceedings in advance of their
final disposition.&nbsp;&nbsp;Such advance payment of expenses, however, may be made only upon delivery to the corporation by the
indemnified party of an undertaking to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that the person receiving
such payments is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to Section 145 of the DGCL.&nbsp;&nbsp;The DGCL also provides that its
provisions regarding indemnification and advancement of expenses are not exclusive of other rights which may be provided by bylaw,
agreement, or otherwise.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Section 145 of the DGCL further authorizes a corporation to purchase
and maintain insurance, at its expense, on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise,
against any liability asserted against or incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such status, whether
or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section 145 of the
DGCL.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Article TENTH of our Certificate of Incorporation limits the personal
liability of directors in specified circumstances and sets forth circumstances under which our directors, officers, employees and
agents may be indemnified against liability which they incur in their capacities as such.&nbsp;&nbsp;Article TENTH provides as
follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">TENTH.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">(A) No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to
the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for
any breach of the director&rsquo;s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.&nbsp;&nbsp;If the Delaware General
Corporation Law is amended after the date of this Certificate of Incorporation to authorize corporate action further eliminating
or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited
to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation law, as so amended.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">(B) The Corporation shall indemnify to the fullest extent permitted
by the laws of the State of Delaware as from time to time in effect any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made
a party to, or otherwise requires representation by counsel in connection with, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation
(a &ldquo;Proceeding&rdquo;), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while
serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving, in any capacity, at the request of the Corporation, any
other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, association or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee
benefit plan, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against judgments, fines, penalties,
amounts paid in settlement, and expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees and expenses, expenses and cost of investigations, and
expenses of enforcement of such person&rsquo;s rights under this Article TENTH) incurred by such person in connection with such
Proceeding; provided, however, that no such indemnification shall be required for amounts paid in any settlement or other nonadjudicated
disposition of any Proceeding unless the Board of Directors of the Corporation has given its prior consent to such settlement or
disposition.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">(C) The right to indemnification conferred by this Article TENTH
shall also include the right of such persons to be paid in advance by the Corporation for their expenses to the full extent permitted
by the laws of the State of Delaware as from time to time in effect.&nbsp;&nbsp;The right to indemnification conferred on such
persons by this Article TENTH shall be a contract right and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee&rsquo;s heirs, executors
and administrators.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">(D) The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time
by the Board of Directors, indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware as from time to time
in effect any person who was or is party or is threatened to be made a party to, or otherwise requires representation by counsel
in connection with, any Proceeding, by reason of the fact that such person is or was an employee (other than an officer) or agent
of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan,
or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">The rights and authority conferred in this Article TENTH shall not
be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of this Certificate
of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article
TENTH, the Corporation shall not indemnify any person in connection with any Proceeding initiated by such person against any other
person or entity other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary unless such Proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of
the Corporation.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article TENTH, nor the adoption
of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws or of any statute inconsistent with this Article TENTH, shall eliminate
or reduce the effect of this Article TENTH in respect of any acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption
of an inconsistent provision.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">We have entered into Indemnity Agreements with each of our directors
and executive officers, which provide for mandatory indemnification for each such person to the full extent permitted by law against
judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement in connection with any claim arising out of such person&rsquo;s service to us unless
he was adjudicated to have acted in bad faith, deliberate dishonesty or for personal gain.&nbsp;&nbsp;The agreements provide for
advancement of expenses and specify procedures for determining entitlement to indemnification in a particular case.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">We maintain insurance coverage under which our officers and directors
are indemnified under certain circumstances with respect to litigation and other costs and liabilities arising out of actual or
alleged misconduct of such officers and directors.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">For the undertaking with respect to indemnification, see Item 17
in this Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0">ITEM&nbsp;16. <I>EXHIBITS</I>.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">The exhibits filed (unless otherwise noted) as a part of this registration
statement are set forth in the accompanying Exhibit Index.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0pt 0">ITEM&nbsp;17. <I>UNDERTAKINGS</I>.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Each of the undersigned registrants hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in">(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act of 1933;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation
of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective registration statement; and</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in">(iii) To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information
in this registration statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><I>provided, however </I>, that paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii)&nbsp;and (1)(iii)&nbsp;above
do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">(4) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of
and included in the registration statement; and</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule
424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant
to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x)&nbsp;for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities
Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of
prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described
in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter,
such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration
statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
<I>bona fide </I>offering thereof. <I>Provided, however </I>, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus
that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration
statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior
to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part
of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants
under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, each undersigned registrant undertakes
that in a primary offering of securities of such undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of
the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by
means of any of the following communications, such undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in">(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of such undersigned
registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in">(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering
prepared by or on behalf of such undersigned registrant or used or referred to by such undersigned registrant;</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in">(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus
relating to the offering containing material information about such undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on
behalf of such undersigned registrant; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in">(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering
made by such undersigned registrant to the purchaser.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">(6) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">(7) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions
described under Item&nbsp;15 of the registration statement, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person, in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">(8) To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility
of the trustees to act under subsection (a)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and
the registrant regulations prescribed by the SEC under Section&nbsp;305(b)(2) of the Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Uniondale,
New York on March 28, 2017.</P>

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<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 10pt">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><B>FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION</B>

</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 3%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 47%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ John R. Buran</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">John R. Buran, Chief Executive Officer </TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">We the undersigned directors and/or officers of Flushing Financial
Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the &ldquo;Corporation&rdquo;), hereby constitute
and appoint John R. Buran, Susan K. Cullen and Maria A. Grasso, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone),
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and
on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or her
seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a registration
statement (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) on Form S-3 or any other appropriate form, and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating
to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), and pursuant to Rule 415 thereunder,
of (i)&nbsp;the Corporation&rsquo;s debt securities (&ldquo;Debt Securities&rdquo;), (ii)&nbsp;shares of the Corporation&rsquo;s
common stock (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), (iii)&nbsp;shares of the Corporation&rsquo;s preferred stock (&ldquo;Preferred Stock&rdquo;),
(iv)&nbsp;warrants for the purchase of Debt Securities, Common Stock, Depository Shares (as hereinafter defined) or Preferred Stock
(&ldquo;Warrants&rdquo;) and (v)&nbsp;guarantees by the Corporation, with a proposed maximum aggregate offering price for such
Debt Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock and Warrants of up to $200,000,000, plus (i)&nbsp;an indeterminate number of shares
of Common Stock issuable (A)&nbsp;upon conversion of shares of Preferred Stock, to the extent any of such shares of Preferred Stock
are by their terms convertible into Common Stock or (B)&nbsp;upon exercise of Warrants, (ii)&nbsp;an indeterminate number of shares
of Preferred Stock (A)&nbsp;in the form of depository shares (&ldquo;Depository Shares&rdquo;) to be evidenced by depository receipts
to be issued pursuant to a Deposit Agreement in the event the Corporation elects to offer to the public fractional interests in
shares of Preferred Stock and (B)&nbsp;upon exercise of Warrants and (iii)&nbsp;an indeterminate amount of Debt Securities issuable
upon exercise of Warrants; and in connection with any and all amendments to the Registration Statement and all instruments necessary
or in connection therewith, including to sign the Registration Statement and any and all amendments and supplements relating thereto
(including stickers and post-effective amendments), in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and in the name and on behalf
of such officer or director of the Corporation, to sign any and all additional registration statements relating to the same offering
of securities as the Registration Statement that are filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, to attest to the seal
of the Corporation thereon, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory organization, hereby
granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, the full power and authority to do and perform every act and
thing requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as any such
officer or director might or could do in person; and such persons are authorized to take or cause to be taken any and all such
further actions in connection therewith in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as they, in their sole discretion, deem necessary
or appropriate; and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute,
lawfully does or causes to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons and in the capacities indicated on March 28, 2017.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="width: 45%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ John R. Buran</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">John R. Buran</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Susan K. Cullen</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Susan K. Cullen</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Alfred A. DelliBovi</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Alfred A. DelliBovi</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Chairman of the Board</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ James D. Bennett</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">James D. Bennett</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Steven J. D&rsquo;Iorio</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Steven J. D&rsquo;Iorio </TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Louis C. Grassi </TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Louis C. Grassi </TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Thomas S. Gulotta</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Thomas S. Gulotta </TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Sam S. Han</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Sam S. Han </TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ John J. McCabe</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">John J. McCabe </TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Donna M. O&rsquo;Brien</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Donna M. O&rsquo;Brien</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ John E. Roe, Sr.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">John E. Roe, Sr.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Michael J. Russo</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Michael J. Russo</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Caren C. Yoh</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Caren C. Yoh</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 16%">
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>EXHIBIT&nbsp;NO.</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 81%">
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>EXHIBIT</B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>1.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Form of Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depository Shares and Warrants.*</P>
        <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>3.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Certificate of Incorporation of Flushing Financial Corporation. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibits filed with the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed September 1, 1995, Registration No. 33-96488.)</P>
        <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>3.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Flushing Financial Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibits filed with Form S-8 filed May 31, 2002.)</P>
        <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>3.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Flushing Financial Corporation. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibits filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.)</P>
        <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>3.4</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Flushing Financial Corporation. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibits filed with Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002.)</P>
        <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>3.5</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Certificate of Increase of Shares Designated as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Flushing Financial Corporation. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit filed with Form 8-K filed September 27, 2006.)</P>
        <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>3.6</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Amended and Restated By-Laws of Flushing Financial Corporation. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibits filed with Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.)</P>
        <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>4.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Subordinated Indenture, dated as of December 12, 2016, by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with Form 8-K filed December 12, 2016.)</P>
        <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>4.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 12, 2016, by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, including the form of the Notes attached as Exhibit A thereto. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 filed with Form 8-K filed December 12, 2016.)</P>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Computations of Consolidated Ratios of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges.**</P>
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    <TD>23.1</TD>
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    <TD><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.**</P>
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    <TD><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Consent of Hughes Hubbard &amp; Reed LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</P>
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    <TD>24.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (included in Signatures on pages II-6-7).** </TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Exhibit 5.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 20pt">March 29, 2017</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">Flushing Financial Corporation,<BR>
220 RXR Plaza</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">Uniondale, New York 11556</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">We are acting as counsel to Flushing Financial Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), in connection with the filing today by the Company of a registration
statement on Form S-3 (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&ldquo;Act&rdquo;). The Registration Statement registers the following securities of the Company: (i)&nbsp;debt securities of
the Company (the &ldquo;Debt Securities&rdquo;), including those initially issuable upon exercise of any Warrants (as defined
below) that are exercisable for Debt Securities; (ii)&nbsp;shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share
(the &ldquo;Common Shares&rdquo;), including those initially issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Preferred
Shares (as defined below) or Warrants that are convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Shares;
(iii)&nbsp;shares of preferred stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the &ldquo;Preferred Shares&rdquo;),
including those initially issuable in the form of Depository Shares (as defined below) or upon exercise of any Warrants that
are exercisable for Preferred Shares; (iv)&nbsp;depository shares of the Company representing fractional interests in
Preferred Shares (the &ldquo;Depository Shares&rdquo;), including those that are initially issuable upon exercise of any
Warrants that are exercisable for Depository Shares; and (v)&nbsp; warrants of the Company to purchase Debt Securities,
Common Shares, Depository Shares or Preferred Shares (the &ldquo;Warrants&rdquo;). The Debt Securities, the Common Shares,
the Preferred Shares, the Depository Shares and the Warrants are collectively referred to as the
&ldquo;Securities&rdquo;.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">In connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, we,
as your counsel, have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents, including the resolutions of the Board
of Directors of the Company (the &ldquo;Resolutions&rdquo;) authorizing the applicable Securities, and such questions of law, as
we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. Upon the basis of such examination, we advise you
that, in our opinion:</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">(1) <I>Debt Securities</I>. When the Registration Statement
has become effective under the Act, when an indenture relating to the Debt Securities has been duly authorized, executed and delivered,
when the terms of such Debt Securities and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the applicable
indenture and when such Debt Securities have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the applicable indenture and
issued and sold as contemplated by the Registration Statement, and if all the foregoing actions are taken pursuant to the authority
granted in the Resolutions and so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement
or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental
body having jurisdiction over the Company, the Debt Securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company,
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating
to or affecting creditors&rsquo; rights and to general equity principles. The Debt Securities covered by the opinion in this paragraph
include any Debt Securities issuable upon exercise of any Warrants that are exercisable for Debt Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">(2) <I>Common Shares</I>. When the Registration Statement
has become effective under the Act, when the terms of the Common Shares and of their issuance and sale have been duly established
in conformity with the Company&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation and when the Common Shares have been duly issued and sold as
contemplated by the Registration Statement, and if all the foregoing actions are taken pursuant to the authority granted in the
Resolutions and so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding
upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction
over the Company, the Common Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Common Shares covered by the opinion
in this paragraph include any Common Shares initially issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Debt Securities, Preferred
Shares or Warrants that are convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">(3) <I>Preferred Shares</I>. When the Registration Statement
has become effective under the Act, when the terms of the Preferred Shares and of their issuance and sale have been duly established
in conformity with the Company&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation, when an appropriate certificate of amendment with respect
to the Preferred Shares has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and when the Preferred Shares
have been duly issued and sold as contemplated by the Registration Statement, and if all the foregoing actions are taken pursuant
to the authority granted in the Resolutions and so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach
of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any
court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, the Preferred Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
The Preferred Shares covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any Preferred Shares issuable in the form of Depository Shares
or upon exercise of any Warrants that are exercisable for Preferred Shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">(4) <I>Depository Shares</I>. When the Registration Statement
has become effective under the Act, when the terms of the deposit agreement under which the Depository Shares are to be issued
have been duly established and the deposit agreement has been duly executed and delivered, when the terms of the Depository Shares
and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the deposit agreement, when the preferred stock represented
by the Depository Shares has been duly delivered to the depository and when the depository receipts evidencing the Depository Shares
have been duly issued against deposit of the preferred stock in accordance with the deposit agreement and issued and sold as contemplated
by the Registration Statement, and if all the foregoing actions are take pursuant to the authority granted in the Resolutions and
so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the
Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over
the Company, the depository receipts evidencing the Depository Shares will be validly issued and will entitle the holders thereof
to the rights specified in the Depository Shares and the deposit agreement, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors&rsquo; rights and to general
equity principles. The Depository Shares covered by the opinion in this paragraph include any Depository Shares issuable upon exercise
of any Warrants that are exercisable for Depository Shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">(5) <I>Warrants</I>. When the Registration Statement has
become effective under the Act, when the terms of the warrant agreement under which the Warrants are to be issued have been duly
established and the warrant agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, when the terms of such Warrants and of
their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the applicable warrant agreement and when such Warrants have
been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the applicable warrant agreement and issued and sold as contemplated by
the Registration Statement, and if all the foregoing actions are taken pursuant to the authority granted in the Resolutions and
so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the
Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over
the Company, such Warrants will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors&rsquo;
rights and to general equity principles.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">The foregoing opinion is limited to the Federal laws of the United
States and the Delaware General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as in effect on the date of this letter, and we are expressing
no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction or as of any later date.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Also, we have relied as to certain factual matters on information
obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and other sources believed by us to be responsible. We have assumed, without
independent verification, that the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement and to the references to us under the heading &ldquo;Validity of Securities&rdquo; in the prospectus
contained therein. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section&nbsp;7 of the Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.5in">Very truly yours,</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.5in">/s/ HUGHES HUBBARD &amp; REED LLP</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Flushing Financial Corporation </B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Computations of Consolidated Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges </B></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="19" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Year Ended December 31,</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">2016</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">2015</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">2014</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">2013</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">2012</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="19" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">(Dollars in thousands)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Earnings:</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Add:</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 45%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Net income before income taxes, net of building sales</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 8%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">58,001</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><SUP>(1)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 8%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">66,839</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><SUP>(2)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 8%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">72,812</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 8%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">60,708</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 8%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">56,178</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Fixed charges (from below)</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">53,911</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">49,726</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">49,554</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">52,284</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">63,275</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Total earnings for purposes of ratios</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">111,912</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">116,565</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">112,366</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">112,992</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">119,453</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Fixed Charges:</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Total deposit interest expense</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">33,350</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">30,336</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">30,044</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">32,037</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">40,382</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Other borrowing interest expense</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">20,561</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">19,390</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">19,510</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">20,247</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">22,893</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Total fixed charges for purposes of ratios</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">53,911</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">49,726</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">49,554</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">52,284</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">63,275</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Excluding interest on deposits</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">3.82</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">4.45</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">4.73</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">4.00</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">3.45</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt">Including interest on deposits</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">2.34</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">2.47</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">2.16</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">1.89</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">x</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Excludes $48,018 attributable to the gain on sale of buildings during the period. Including the gain on sale of buildings, earnings to fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits, is 6.16x and earnings to fixed charges including interest on deposits is 2.97x. </TD></TR>
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    <TD>Excludes $6,537 attributable to the gain on sale of buildings during the period. Including the gain on sale of buildings, earnings to fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits, is 4.78x and earnings to fixed charges, including interest on deposits, is 2.48x. </TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">The ratios of earnings to fixed charges are computed by dividing
(1) income (loss) before income taxes and fixed charges by (2) total fixed charges. For purposes of computing the foregoing ratios,
earnings represent continuing operations income (loss) before applicable income taxes and fixed charges. Fixed charges, including
interest on deposits, include all interest expense. Fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits, includes interest expense (other
than on deposits).</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><U>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">Flushing Financial Corporation</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">Uniondale, New York</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus constituting a
part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated March 13, 2017, relating to the consolidated financial statements
of Flushing Financial Corporation and the effectiveness of Flushing Financial Corporation&rsquo;s internal control over financial
reporting, appearing in the Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">We also consent to the reference to us under the caption &ldquo;Experts&rdquo; in the
Prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">/s/ BDO USA, LLP</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">New York, New York</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">March 29, 2017</P>


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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><U>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0">We have issued our report dated March 16, 2015 with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of Flushing Financial Corporation included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2014, which is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference
of the aforementioned report in this Registration Statement, and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption &ldquo;Experts.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">/s/ Grant Thornton LLP</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">New York, New York</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">March 29, 2017</P>

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