Bankwell Financial Group, the parent company of Bankwell Bank, opened its Brooklyn office in the Bay Ridge neighborhood, expanding the bank’s commercial and private client banking presence into New York City.
The Bay Ridge office represents Bankwell’s first full service location in New York State and supports the bank’s continued focus on serving closely held businesses, their owners and professionals in key markets.
The Brooklyn office is home to an experienced private client banking team that joined Bankwell in 2025, led by Monika Buono, private client group director. The team has local market expertise, building on the foundation established by Monika and her late colleague, Zoe Koutsoupakis, who served alongside her in leading the private client group at prior institutions and is remembered fondly for her professionalism, dedication and lasting impact on clients and community. The team provides their corporate clients and individuals with a dedicated single point of contact and access to tailored commercial banking, lending and treasury management solutions.
“Brooklyn is a dynamic business environment with a strong base of entrepreneurs, family owned companies and commercial real estate operators,” Konstantin Grinberg, head of private client banking at Bankwell, said. “Establishing a Brooklyn office allows us to support our private client team locally and deliver responsive, relationship driven banking solutions to clients throughout the borough and greater New York market.”
Services provided through the Bay Ridge office include commercial lending, owner occupied and investment real estate financing, SBA lending, treasury management and deposit solutions for businesses and individuals.
