SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
  
                                  FORM 8-K
                               CURRENT REPORT
  
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                              ________________
  
       Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) May 20, 1998
                                       
  
                      NORTH FORK BANCORPORATION, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
    Delaware                      1-10458                36-3154608
 (State or Other              (Commission File         (I.R.S. Employer
   0Jurisdiction                 Number)               Identification No.) 
 of Incorporation)                
  
               275 Broad Hollow Road Melville, New York  11747
            (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
  
    (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) (516) 844-1004
  
  

 ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS 
  
           The following relates to the publication of unaudited financial
 results of North Fork Bancorporation (the Corporation), which reflect the
 acquisition of New York Bancorp that was acquired on March 27, 1998 in a
 transaction accounted for as a pooling-of-interests.  The publication of
 these unaudited financial results is in connection with the provision of
 the merger agreement between the Corporation and New York Bancorp and
 includes at least 30 days of post-merger combined results of operations
 pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Accounting Series Release
 No. 135.  For the four-month period ended April 30, 1998, net interest
 income and non-interest income were $138.2 million and $16.5 million,
 respectively.  Net income for this period was $23.6 million.  
           

                                 SIGNATURE 
  
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
 by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. 
  
                                    NORTH FORK  
                                       BANCORPORATION, INC. 
  
  
                                    By: /s/ Daniel M. Healy 
                                       ___________________________
                                       Name:   Daniel M. Healy 
                                       Title:  Executive Vice President 
                                                 and Chief Financial Officer 
  
  
  
 Date: May 20, 1998
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
  
                                  FORM 8-K
                               CURRENT REPORT
  
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                              ________________
  
       Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) May 20, 1998
                                       
  
                      NORTH FORK BANCORPORATION, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
    Delaware                      1-10458                36-3154608
 (State or Other              (Commission File         (I.R.S. Employer
   0Jurisdiction                 Number)               Identification No.) 
 of Incorporation)                
  
               275 Broad Hollow Road Melville, New York  11747
            (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
  
    (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) (516) 844-1004
  
  

 ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS 
  
           The following relates to the publication of unaudited financial
 results of North Fork Bancorporation (the Corporation), which reflect the
 acquisition of New York Bancorp that was acquired on March 27, 1998 in a
 transaction accounted for as a pooling-of-interests.  The publication of
 these unaudited financial results is in connection with the provision of
 the merger agreement between the Corporation and New York Bancorp and
 includes at least 30 days of post-merger combined results of operations
 pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Accounting Series Release
 No. 135.  For the four-month period ended April 30, 1998, net interest
 income and non-interest income were $138.2 million and $16.5 million,
 respectively.  Net income for this period was $23.6 million.  
           

                                 SIGNATURE 
  
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
 by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. 
  
                                    NORTH FORK  
                                       BANCORPORATION, INC. 
  
  
                                    By: /s/ Daniel M. Healy 
                                       ___________________________
                                       Name:   Daniel M. Healy 
                                       Title:  Executive Vice President 
                                                 and Chief Financial Officer 
  
  
  
 Date: May 20, 1998