Data / Bank failures / 1983 / Dry Dock Savings Bank
Dry Dock Savings Bank, New York, NY: received FDIC assistance February 9, 1983
Dry Dock Savings Bank in New York, New York, received open bank assistance from the FDIC on February 9, 1983. It held $2.45 billion in assets and $2.04 billion in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $59.4 million (2.4% of its assets). By assets it was the largest of 99 banks closed or assisted in 1983.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- February 9, 1983
- Type
- Open bank assistance
- How it was resolved
- Open bank assistance: the FDIC assisted the bank without closing it
- Acquirer
- Dollar-Dry SB of Ny, New York City, NY
- Total assets
- $2,452,158,000
- Total deposits
- $2,037,825,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $59,447,790 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 16065
Other bank failures in New York, 1981 to 1985
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Savings Bank (assistance) | White Plains | December 31, 1985 | $413.9 million | $405 million | $5.7 million | Home Savings Bank |
| Bowery Savings Bank (assistance) | New York | October 1, 1985 | $5.28 billion | $5.00 billion | $334.5 million | Bowery Savings Bank |
| The First National Bank of Rockland | Ramapo | September 13, 1985 | $29.5 million | $25.3 million | First NB of Highland | |
| Flushing FS&LA (assistance) | Flushing | July 19, 1985 | $527.7 million | $524.9 million | $22.9 million | Long Island Savings Bank F |
| Golden Pacific National Bank | New York | June 21, 1985 | $146.3 million | $131.4 million | HONGKONG&SHANGHAI BK Cor | |
| Suburbia FS&LA (assistance) | Garden City | October 1, 1984 | $660.2 million | $630.8 million | $16 million | Fidelity New York FA |
| Century FS&LA (assistance) | Cedarhurst | August 10, 1984 | $651.7 million | $724.5 million | $6.5 million | Home Savings of America FA |
| Auburn Savings Bank (assistance) | Auburn | October 1, 1983 | $133.2 million | $131.4 million | Syracuse Savings Bank |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-23. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.