BROOKLYN, N.Y., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brooklyn Federal Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: BFSB), the parent company of Brooklyn Federal Savings Bank (the "Bank"), today reported that the investment banking firm of Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P. (Sandler) has included Brooklyn Federal Bancorp, Inc. among the banks and thrifts comprising the 2009 Sandler O'Neill Sm-All Stars. Sandler is a New York-based investment banking firm specializing in financial institutions.

"We are honored to continue to be one of Sandler's 30 best performing small capitalization publicly traded banks and thrifts in the country," said President and Chief Executive Officer Richard A. Kielty.

Sandler evaluated 509 publicly traded banks and thrifts with a market cap of less than $2 billion and analyzed such companies' growth, profitability, credit quality and capital strength in determining its list of small all-stars.

SOURCE Brooklyn Federal Bancorp, Inc.