EXHIBIT 23.2



                         Independent Auditors' Consent


The Board of Directors
Dime Bancorp, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our report dated January 27, 1997, incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Dime Bancorp, Inc.
(registering common stock to be issued under the Dime Bancorp, Inc. 1997 Stock
Incentive Plan for Outside Directors), relating to our audit of the consolidated
statements of financial condition of Dime Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated statements of income,
changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1996.  Our report included an explanatory
paragraph that described a change in the method of accounting for goodwill, as
discussed in the notes to those statements.



                                             KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

New York, New York
May 7, 1997