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CDFI lenders in Queens County, NY
7 certified CDFIs name Queens County or a town in it as part of their service area on their own website. 3 more have a bank or credit-union branch here. 2 more say they serve all of New York. Sources: lender websites (29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026), the CDFI Fund list (21 Oct 2026) and FDIC/NCUA branch records.
- Name this county
- 7
- Based here
- 0
- Branch here
- 3
- Serve all of NY
- 2
A lender naming Queens County on its website is a good sign, not an offer. Lenders based elsewhere may lend here too. Search your exact ZIP code in the finder to include lenders based nearby. Towns in this county: Arverne, Astoria, Bayside, Bellerose, Breezy Point, Cambria Heights, College Point, Corona, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Far Rockaway, Floral Park….
Lenders compared for Queens County
14 with local records| Lender | Local records | Loan sizes | Head office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Urban Upbound Federal Credit Union Credit union, Long Island City NY | website names Queens County; headquarters here; 2 offices here | ask | 6 mi |
| 2. Ponce Bank Bank or thrift, Bronx NY | 3 offices here; 22 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3M | 9 mi |
| 3. Greater Jamaica Local Development Company, Inc. Loan fund, Jamaica NY | website names Queens County; headquarters here | up to $300,000 | 2 mi |
| 4. Champions Funding, LLC Loan fund, Gilbert AZ | 84 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3M | 2,135 mi |
| 5. Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union Credit union, Brooklyn NY | 7 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | $500–$100,000 | 5 mi |
| 6. New York University FCU Credit union, New York NY | 7 home loans here, 2025 | $500–$20,000 | 8 mi |
| 7. Spring Bank Bank or thrift, Bronx NY | 5 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | ask | 10 mi |
| 8. Ponce Financial Group Bank holding company, Bronx NY | 3 offices here | ask | 9 mi |
| 9. Carver Federal Savings Bank Bank or thrift, New York NY | 1 office here | ask | 8 mi |
| 10. LOWER EAST SIDE PEOPLES FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Credit union, New York NY | website names Queens County | ask | 8 mi |
| 11. Homeownership Lending LLC Loan fund, New York NY | website names Queens County | from $10,000 | 9 mi |
| 12. Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund, LLC Loan fund, New York NY | website names Queens County | $2,500–$350,000 | 10 mi |
| 13. UPPER MANHATTAN EMPOWERMENT ZONE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Loan fund, New York NY | website names Queens County | ask | 10 mi |
| 14. Union County Economic Development Corporation Loan fund, Cranford NJ | website names Queens County | $500–$5.5M | 25 mi |
13 of these 14 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $70.8M in fiscal years 1998–2024 (CDFI Fund award database; each lender page lists its awards). An award funds the lender, not a particular borrower.
Order: how many kinds of local record we hold (its website names the county or a town in it, headquarters, a branch, SBA loans or HMDA home loans for borrowers here), then the number of those records, then the head office's distance from the county centre. Loan sizes are the range the lender's website states. It is not a rating and nobody pays for a place. SBA loans: SBA 7(a)/504 data (FY2020–FY2026, 3 or more shown); home loans: HMDA 2025 originations (3 or more shown); branches: FDIC/NCUA; distances are straight lines from the average position of the county's ZIP codes.
Where these lenders have offices
14 lenders14 head offices and 38 branches or offices of 14 lenders on this page, within 30 miles of the centre of Queens County. Lenders with no office nearby may still lend here; many work by phone and online.
Head officeBranch or officeApproximate (ZIP code area)
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Loan types confirmed on these lenders' websites
- Small-business loans (6 lenders)
- Microloans (3 lenders)
- Commercial real estate loans (3 lenders)
- Home mortgages (2 lenders)
- Personal / consumer loans (2 lenders)
- SBA-backed loans (7(a)/504/Community Advantage) (2 lenders)
- Auto / vehicle loans (1 lender)
- Equipment loans (1 lender)
Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county
4 certified CDFIs have at least one office in Queens County (FDIC office data as of 30 Oct 2026 and NCUA branch data as of 30 Jun 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.
- Ponce BankBank or thrift · Bronx, NYCommercial real estate loans, Credit-builder loans, Microloans, Home mortgages…3 offices in Queens CountyVerified
- Ponce Financial GroupBank holding company · Bronx, NY3 offices in Queens CountyOfficial list only
- Urban Upbound Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Long Island City, NYCredit-builder loans, Personal / consumer loans, Small-business loans2 offices in Queens County · based hereVerified
- Carver Federal Savings BankBank or thrift · New York, NYCommercial real estate loans, Microloans, Small-business loans1 office in Queens CountyVerified
CDFI mortgage lenders active here
Certified CDFIs reported 115 originated home loans for properties in Queens County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 0.8% of the 13,999 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.
- Champions Funding, LLCLoan fund · Gilbert, AZHome mortgages84 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Ponce BankBank or thrift · Bronx, NYCommercial real estate loans, Credit-builder loans, Microloans, Home mortgages…22 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- New York University FCUCredit union · New York, NYAuto / vehicle loans, Credit-builder loans, Small-dollar / emergency loans, Personal / consumer loans7 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
Plus 2 more certified CDFIs with fewer than 3 loans here each (not listed).
A lender headquartered far away can appear here: HMDA counts the county of the property, not of the lender. Banks and credit unions below the HMDA reporting thresholds and most loan funds do not report, so other CDFIs may also lend here.
Source: FFIEC Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data for 2025, snapshot frozen 2 Jun 2026, loan-level records read through the CFPB HMDA Data Browser API on 3 Nov 2026. Originated loans only; applications that were denied, withdrawn or not accepted are not counted. HMDA publishes each loan amount as the middle of a $10,000 band, so totals and medians are approximate. Counts under 3 are not shown. How we match lenders.
Small business and SBA lending in Queens County
Official statisticsMedian household income in Queens County is $86,136, about level with the New York figure of $85,974 (ACS 2020–2024).
Businesses here took 35.0 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: fewer than the median New York county (40.2), rank 42 of 62.
| Measure | Queens County | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023) | 51,188 (9.5% of the state) | 541,313 |
| …of which under 20 employees | 92% | 88% |
| Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023) | 286,717 | 1,985,320 |
| Median household income (ACS 2020–2024) | $86,136 (about the state level) | $85,974 |
| SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026 | 1,792 (1,698 7(a), 94 504) | 22,848 |
| …per 1,000 businesses with employees | 35.0 (rank 42 of 62 New York counties) | 40.2 (median county) |
| Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders | $120,000 | $130,000 |
| …with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender | 20 (1%) | 296 (1%) |
| Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–26 | 3 pts (826 loans; 14% at the SBA maximum) | 3 pts (15% at the maximum) |
Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 138 · FY2021 170 · FY2022 199 · FY2023 346 · FY2024 381 · FY2025 352 · FY2026 206.
For comparison, not an offer. SBA figures count approvals by every SBA lender for borrowers whose ZIP code lies in the county, not only CDFIs; approval is not disbursement. Rate over prime = the SBA's recorded initial rate minus the prime rate on the approval day; SBA caps it at 3 to 6.5 points depending on loan size (current prime rate and caps: methodology).
Sources: Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 and American Community Survey 2020–2024 (table B19013); SBA 7(a) & 504 FOIA data as of 30 Sep 2026; prime rate: FRED DPRIME; SBA maximums: SBA 7(a) terms. Downloaded 15 Nov 2026. How we compute these.
SBA loans made here by CDFIs
SBA data as of 30 Sep 2026Certified CDFIs were the lender, the CDC or the third-party lender on 20 SBA approvals (16 7(a) loans and 4 504 projects) for borrowers in Queens County in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 7 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $17.6M approved.
CDFIs with 3 or more: Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union (7), Spring Bank (5). 5 more CDFIs made 1 or 2 each.
Counted by the county of the borrower's ZIP code. Approval is not disbursement. These are only the SBA loans of certified CDFIs; most SBA lenders here are not CDFIs, and CDFIs also lend outside SBA programs.
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) & 504 FOIA loan data, files as of 30 Sep 2026, downloaded 3 Nov 2026. Our counts, cancelled approvals left out. How we match lenders.
CDFI lending recorded here (FY2022)
CDFI Fund data, released Dec 202423,896 loans and investments totaling $753M (median $5,750) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Queens County in fiscal year 2022, by 35 reporting CDFIs. More than half of these records come from a single reporting CDFI.
| Purpose (CDFI Fund category) | Count | Total | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-real estate microenterprise | 20,896 | $119.1M | $5,000 |
| None of the listed purposes | 2,070 | $50.6M | $19,440 |
| Home purchase | 715 | $333.5M | $410,000 |
| Non-real estate business | 106 | $15.8M | $99,716 |
| Home improvement | 33 | $1.5M | $49,121 |
| Real estate: multifamily housing construction | 25 | $67.7M | $1.8M |
| Other purposes | 51 | $164.8M |
Of 2,350 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 77% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.
CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 3,442 consumer loans in Queens County totaling $27.6M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 14% of them as serving low-income borrowers.
Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 16,948 · FY2019 18,245 · FY2020 12,243 · FY2021 21,352.
Only CDFIs that hold an active CDFI Fund award (CDFI Program, Native American CDFI Assistance or the CDFI Rapid Response Program) report these transactions, so this is not all lending by the certified CDFIs on this page. The Fund masks which CDFI made each loan, so we cannot say which lender listed here made them.
Source: CDFI Fund, CDFI/NACA/CDFI RRP Program Award Recipient Data Release, Transaction Level Report and Consumer Loan Report public files for fiscal year 2022 (released Dec 2024; downloaded 3 Nov 2026). Amounts are original loan or investment amounts as reported. Place = the 2010 census tract of each record. How we count.
Lenders whose website names Queens County or a town in it
- Greater Jamaica Local Development Company, Inc.Loan fund · Jamaica, NYSmall-business loansNames Queens County ·
Businesses located in Southeast Queens (114xx and 116xx zip codes)
Verified - Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund, LLCLoan fund · New York, NYMicroloans, Small-business loansNames Queens County ·
Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood, Queens and the Bronx
Verified - Homeownership Lending LLCLoan fund · New York, NYHome mortgagesNames Queens County ·
New York City and beyond
Verified - LOWER EAST SIDE PEOPLES FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONCredit union · New York, NYAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Home mortgages, Personal / consumer loans…Names Queens County ·
NYC residents (mortgage lending)
Verified - UPPER MANHATTAN EMPOWERMENT ZONE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONLoan fund · New York, NYCommercial real estate loans, Microloans, Small-business loansNames Queens County ·
Upper Manhattan businesses, New York City
Verified - Union County Economic Development CorporationLoan fund · Cranford, NJCommercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Microloans, SBA-backed loans (7(a)/504/Community Advantage)…Names Queens County ·
New Jersey, NYC and certain areas in NY and PA (microloans)
Verified - Urban Upbound Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Long Island City, NYCredit-builder loans, Personal / consumer loans, Small-business loansNames Queens County ·
Membership open to anyone who works, worships or resides in western Queens (Long Island City, Astoria, Sunnyside, Woodside)
Verified
Say they serve all of New York
- NYBDC Local Development CorporationLoan fund · Latham, NYCommercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Microloans, SBA-backed loans (7(a)/504/Community Advantage)…Verified
- Sustainable Neighborhoods LLCLoan fund · New York, NYHome repair / improvement loansVerified
Free help before you apply
These offices give free or low-cost advice: a Small Business Development Center or SCORE mentor can help with the business plan, cash-flow projections and paperwork most business lenders ask for, and a HUD-approved housing counselor can help with a homebuyer course, a budget or a missed mortgage payment. Some counseling agencies also lend; using their advice does not commit you to their loans. Call ahead to check hours and what they cover.
Business advice
- Queens LaGuardia SBDCSmall Business Development Center · 30-20 Thomson Avenue, Suite BA02, Long Island City, NY 11101718-482-5303
- Queens York SBDCSmall Business Development Center · York College, 94-50 159th Street, Jamaica, NY 11451718-262-2880
- Queens Women's Business CenterWomen's Business Center · 120-55 Queens Blvd., Suite 309, Kew Gardens, NY 11424718-263-0546
- New York City SCORESCORE mentoring · 1040 First Ave. #353, New York, NY 10022646-580-2066 · about 8 miles from the centre of Queens County
Housing counseling
- Asian Americans for EqualityHUD-approved housing counselor · 133-29 41st Avenue, Suite 201, Flushing, NY 11355718-961-0888
- Chhaya Community Development CorporationHUD-approved housing counselor · 3743 77th St, Jackson Heights, NY 11372718-478-3848
- Chhaya Community Development Corporation-Branch OfficeHUD-approved housing counselor · 12118 Liberty Ave, South Richmond Hill, NY 11419718-478-3848
- Margert Community CorporationHUD-approved housing counselor · 325 Beach 37th St, Far Rockaway, NY 11691718-471-3724
- Money Management International - Jamaica, NYHUD-approved housing counselor · 16110 Jamaica Ave Ste 407, Jamaica, NY 11432866-232-9080
- Neighborhood Housing Services of JamaicaHUD-approved housing counselor · 8970 162nd St, Queens, NY 11432718-291-7400
Sources: SBA local assistance listings, read 6 Nov 2026; HUD's list of approved housing counseling agencies (open-data version last updated 9 Apr 2025). For the current list and the services each agency offers, use the CFPB's housing counselor search (it uses HUD's list) or call HUD at 800-569-4287. Offices are placed by ZIP code, so distances are approximate.
Other New York counties
Source: CDFI Atlas, cdfiatlas.com/states/ny/counties/queens-county/. © 2026 CDFI Atlas. Quoting with a link is welcome; republishing the pages or the compiled data is not (terms of use).