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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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Independent Auditors' Consent
The Board of Directors
Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
We consent to the use of our report dated January 18, 2000, incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement Form S-8/A of Queens County Bancorp,
Inc. relating to our audit of the consolidated statements of condition of the
Queens County Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiary as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and
the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, changes
in stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1999, which report appears in the December 31, 1999
Annual Report and is incorporated by reference in the December 31, 1999 Annual
Report on Form 10-K of Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
July 19, 2000
