1. Name and Address of Reporting Person MAHON, KENNETH J. 209 Havemeyer Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 Kings 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (DCOM) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 2/2003 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned +---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------------+----------------+-----------+------------+ |1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature | | | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In- | | | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct | | | | | | Owned at | Direct | Bene- | | | (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | ficial | | | Day/ +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+ Month | Indirect| Owner- | | | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship | +---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+ Common Stock 82057 D Common Stock 48167 I 401(k) Plan Common Stock 29453 I ESOP Common Stock 0 I RRP Common Stock 60498 I BMP TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned +-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+ |1. |2. |3. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. | | | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | | | | | | | | | | |of |ship | | | | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| | | | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | | | | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature | | |Conver- | | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of | | |sion or | | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi- |ity: |In- | | |Exercise| | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct | | |Price of|Transac- |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- | |Title of |Deriv- |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of |at End |In- |ficial | |Derivative |ative |(Month/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|of |direct |Owner- | |Security |Security|Day/Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Month |(I) |ship | +-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+ Stock Options $6.45 12/26/2006 Common 28920 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $16.36 11/21/2011 Common 37500 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $19.73 02/01/2003 AV 40500 02/01/2004 02/01/2013 Common 40500 $0.0000 40500 D (Right to buy) Stock Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON By: /s/ KENNETH J. MAHON DATE 02/04/2003 Grant of Stock Options under the 2001 Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors, Officers and Employees of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. All of the options expire on February 1, 2013 and vest in 25% installments on February 1, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.