Carmine Abbate Joins Northfield Bank as Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Officer

Northfield Bank, wholly-owned subsidiary of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFBK) reported today that Carmine Abbate has joined the Bank as Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Officer. Mr. Abbate will also serve as Acting Chief Credit Officer.

Steven M. Klein, President and Chief Executive Officer of Northfield Bank said, “Carmine brings a strong credit risk management background to Northfield and we look forward to his leadership as the Bank continues to grow its loan portfolio with disciplined credit and portfolio management.”

Carmine has over 25 years of experience in the banking industry and was most recently the Chief Credit Officer at Amboy Bank.   He received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Baruch College and is a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Wharton University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Abbate is based out of Northfield Bank’s Woodbridge Operations Center located at 581 Main Street, Woodbridge, NJ.