Brookline Bancorp, Inc. is a multi-bank holding company that engages in the provision of financial solutions through its subsidiaries. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and currently employs 813 full-time employees. The firm's activities include acceptance of commercial, municipal and retail deposits, origination of mortgage loans on commercial and residential real estate located principally in all New England states, origination of commercial loans and leases to small- and mid-sized businesses, investment in debt and equity securities, and the offering of cash management and wealth and investment advisory services. The firm also provides specialty equipment financing through its subsidiary Eastern Funding, which is based in New York City, New York and Plainview, New York. Brookline Bank operates 29 full-service banking offices and two lending offices in the greater Boston metropolitan area. BankRI operates 20 full-service banking offices in the greater Providence, Rhode Island area.