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  <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
  
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  <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">FORM 144</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THESECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
  
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  <h2 style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-LEFT: 87pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: -81pt">ATTENTION: <font style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.</font></h2>
  
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  <p class="s1" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-LEFT: 1pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">OMB Number:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 3235-0101</p>
  
  <p class="s1" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-LEFT: 1pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">Expires: May 31, 201<i>7 </i></p>
  
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  <p class="s3" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-LEFT: 1pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.</p>
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  <p class="s4" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-LEFT: 1pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">1 <i>(a) </i>NAME OF ISSUER <i>(Please type or print)</i></p>
  
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  <p class="s6" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-TOP: 4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.</p>
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  <p class="s6" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-LEFT: 2pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">11-3297463</p>
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  <p class="s5" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.</p>
  
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  <p class="s6" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-TOP: 4pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">0-27782</p>
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  <p class="s4" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-LEFT: 1pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">1 <i>(d) </i>ADDRESS OF ISSUER&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;STREET&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; CITY&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;STATE&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; ZIP CODE</p>
  
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  <p class="s6" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-LEFT: 1pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">209&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; HAVEMEYER STREET&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; BROOKLYN&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;NY&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;11211</p>
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  <div>&#160;782-6200</div>
  
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  <p class="s4" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-TOP: 2pt; PADDING-LEFT: 16pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14pt">2 <i>(a) </i>NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD</p>
  
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  <p class="s10" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-LEFT: 2pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">ROBERT VOLINO</p>
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  <p class="s6" style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-LEFT: 1pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">209 HAVEMEYER STREET&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; BROOKLYN&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; NY&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160; 11211</p>
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  <p class="s12" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-TOP: 4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><font style="FONT-STYLE: italic">INSTRUCTION: </font>The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.</p>
  
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  <p class="s4" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-TOP: 2pt; PADDING-LEFT: 1pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">3<font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> <i>(a)</i></font></p>
  
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  <p class="s5" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-TOP: 2pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">(See instr. 3(f))</p>
  
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  <p class="s6" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-TOP: 7pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 116%; PADDING-RIGHT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">FIDELITY BROKERAGE SERVICES LLC </p>
  
  <p class="s6" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-TOP: 7pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 116%; PADDING-RIGHT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">100 SUMMER ST.</p>
  
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  <p class="s6" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-LEFT: 2pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 1,769</p>
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  <p class="s6" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-LEFT: 2pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;&#160;&#160; $ 27,950</p>
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text: UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM 144
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THESECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ATTENTION:
  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.
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  DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
  CUSIP NUMBER
  1
  (a)
  NAME OF ISSUER
  (Please type or print)
  DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.
  (b) IRS IDENT. NO.
  11-3297463
  (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
  0-27782
  WORK LOCATION
  1
  (d)
  ADDRESS OF ISSUER                  STREET                                                                    CITY                              STATE                                      ZIP CODE
  209                                   HAVEMEYER STREET            BROOKLYN             NY                                11211
  (e) TELEPHONE NO.
  AREA CODE
  7 1 8
  NUMBER
  782-6200
  2
  (a)
  NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  ROBERT VOLINO
  (b)
  RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  Officer
  (c) ADDRESS       STREET                     CITY                 STATE              ZIP CODE
  209 HAVEMEYER STREET           BROOKLYN            NY                      11211
  INSTRUCTION:
  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  3
  (a)
  Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold
  (b)
  Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities
  SEC USE ONLY
  (c)
  Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold
  (See instr. 3(c))
  (d)
  Aggregate Market Value
  (See instr. 3(d))
  (e)
  Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding
  (See instr. 3(e))
  (f)
  Approximate Date of Sale
  (See instr. 3(f))
  (MO. DAY YR.)
  (g)
  Name of Each Securities Exchange
  (
  See instr. 3(g))
  Broker-Dealer File Number
  Common
  FIDELITY BROKERAGE SERVICES LLC
  100 SUMMER ST.
  BOSTON MA 02110
  1,769
  $ 27,950
  36,849,795
  05/06/2015
  NASDAQ
  1.  (a) Name of issuer
  (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
  (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
  (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
  (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  3. (a)  Title of the class of securities to be sold
  (b)  Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
  (c)  Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
  (d)  Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
  (e)  Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown
  by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
  (f)  Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
  2.  (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
  (b) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
  stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
  (c) Such person's address, including zip code
  (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
  Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
  required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. SEC 1147 (08-07
  )
  SEC 1147 (08-07)
  1.748092.111
  TABLE I –– SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
  and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  Title of the Class
  Date you Acquired
  Nature of Acquisition Transaction
  Name of Person from Whom Acquired
  (If gift, also give date donor acquired)
  Amount of Securities Acquired
  Date of Payment
  Nature of Payment
  Common
  05/01/2015
  Stock Award
  COMPANY
  1,769
  n/a
  Not Applicable
  INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
  TABLE II –– SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  Name and Address of Seller
  Title of Securities Sold
  Date of Sale
  Amount of Securities Sold
  Gross Proceeds
  ROBERT VOLINO
  209 HAVEMEYER STREET
  BROOKLYN,  NY  11211
  DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.
  N/A
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  REMARKS:
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
  ATTENTION:
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.
  May 6, 2015
  /s/ ROBERT VOLINO
  DATE OF NOTICE
  (SIGNATURE)
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy
  of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION,
  IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1
  ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  SEC 1147 (02-08)