1. Name and Address of Reporting Person MARTUCCI, VINCENT 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 2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) SENIOR 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/ | +-----------+------+----------+ Year | Indirect| Owner- | | | Year) | |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship | +---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+ Common Stock 11/21/2002 A4000 A $0.0000 D Common Stock 11/21/2002 D -1848 D $0.0000 2152 D Common Stock 12/31/2002 A 52 A $0.0000 472 I 401(k) Plan Common Stock 12/31/2002 A 1653 A $0.0000 9974 I ESOP Common Stock 2181 I BMP Common Stock 11/21/2002 D -4000 D $0.0000 16000 I RRP 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) | |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Year |(I) |ship | +-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+ Stock Options $6.84 01/20/2010 Common 24750 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $16.36 11/21/2011 Common 5100 D (Right to buy) Stock Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ VINCENT J. MARTUCCI DATE 02/14/2003 Vesting of 20,000 shares granted under the Recognition and Retention Plan in April 2002. Sale of shares to cover income tax liability for the vesting of shares under the Recognition and Retention Plan