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Investment Securities (Narrative) (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
security
position
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
position
security
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]      
Securities available for sale, at fair value $ 1,047,559,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities   $ 1,074,395,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
Investment securities held to maturity 473,704,000us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecurities   469,528,000us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecurities
Total number of all held to maturity and available for sale securities in an unrealized loss position 131pfs_SecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions   206pfs_SecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions
Other-than-temporary impairment charges, net 0pfs_OtherThanTemporarySecuritiesImpairmentChargesNet    
Amortized cost 1,028,428,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost   1,061,461,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
Proceeds from the sale of securities available for sale 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities 6,085,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities  
Gross gains   365,000pfs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGainsNetExcludingOtherThanTemporaryImpairments  
Recognized gain on calls of securities 2,000pfs_RecognizedGainOnCallsOfSecurities    
Gross losses   0us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLossesExcludingOtherThanTemporaryImpairments  
Proceeds from calls on securities available for sale 465,000pfs_ProceedsFromMaturitiesAndCallsOfSecuritiesAvailableForSale 740,000pfs_ProceedsFromMaturitiesAndCallsOfSecuritiesAvailableForSale  
Gross gains 2,000us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGainLossExcludingOtherThanTemporaryImpairments    
Loss on the sale of a previously impaired non-agency mortgage-backed security   365,000pfs_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsReductionsSecuritiesSoldRealizedLoss  
Previously incurred cumulative credit losses   1,500,000pfs_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsCreditLossesOnDebtSecuritiesHeldCumulativeCreditLosses  
Number of securities in an unrealized loss position 21us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions1   43us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions1
Proceeds from calls on securities available for sale   4,073,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfHeldToMaturitySecurities  
Recognized gain on calls of securities held to maturity portfolio   13,000pfs_RecognizedGainOnCallsOfSecuritiesHeldToMaturityPortfolio  
Proceeds from the calls   6,395,000pfs_ProceedsFromCallsOfHeldtomaturitySecurities  
Proceeds from sale of securities held to maturity portfolio 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfHeldToMaturitySecurities 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfHeldToMaturitySecurities  
Fair value 487,671,000us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesFairValue   482,473,000us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesFairValue
Number of securities in an unrealized loss position 110us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions   163us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions
Available-for-sale Securities [Member]      
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]      
Gross losses 0us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLossesExcludingOtherThanTemporaryImpairments
/ us-gaap_InformationByCategoryOfDebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesMember
0us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLossesExcludingOtherThanTemporaryImpairments
/ us-gaap_InformationByCategoryOfDebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesMember
 
Private Label Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]      
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]      
Amortized cost 3,003,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_InformationByCategoryOfDebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByPrivateEnterprisesMember
   
Number of securities in an unrealized loss position 4us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions1
/ us-gaap_InformationByCategoryOfDebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByPrivateEnterprisesMember
   
Unrealized losses 21,000us-gaap_UnrealizedGainLossOnInvestments
/ us-gaap_InformationByCategoryOfDebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByPrivateEnterprisesMember
   
Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]      
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]      
Investment securities held to maturity 2,500us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecurities
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesMember
   
Fair value $ 2,600us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesFairValue
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesMember