[LETTERHEAD OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP]

                         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. Pride Shares
Program), relating to our audits 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, which report is included in Dime Bancorp, Inc.'s
1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K. 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 9, 1997