Astoria Bank

huh, I’m the Duke of this bank and I hadn’t reviewed it yet? let’s fix that, because I care about my little fiefdom!
this Astoria Federal completely redeems the load of fail that is the AF Bank in Kensington, near where I grew up.
best thing about this bank: no pushy employees. once in a while, when you get a teller, they’ll ask you about signing up for offers or something for your account, but they don’t try to force it on you… if I had a nickel for each time someone at the Kensington branch did that, I could bail out the American government in one shot.
moreover, the employees here are genuinely nice and helpful, not just that way because they are working.
open til 7 PM on Thursdays? hells yes! I like being able to take care of the trivialities of life without waiting until weekends or taking time off from work. this stupid catch of our «service economy» is responsible for draining approximately 75% of my «vacation» time — why the fuck can’t more things be open late one night a week for those of us who work longer hours? — but I digress…
long story short: this is the bank I do any in-​person transactions at. no questions asked, no bungled up transactions (I could list the times that’s happened at the Kensington branch, but I don’t have enough free time)…oh yes, this is a good example of how a bank SHOULD be run.