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        S-8</strong></font></div>
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        STATEMENT</strong></font></div>
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        SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</strong></font></div>
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        Bancorp, Inc.</strong></font></div>
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        Montauk
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        Bancorp, Inc. 2006 Stock-Based Incentive Plan</strong></font></div>
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                Bridge
                Bancorp, Inc. 2006 Stock-Based Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Stock Benefit Plan&#8221;)
                as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment
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        pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements
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        following documents previously or concurrently filed with the Commission
        are
        hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">a)
        The
        Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December
        31,
        2005 (Commission File No. 000-18546), filed with the Commission on March
        15,
        2006 pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
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        other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
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        Exchange Act since the end of the year covered by the Annual Report on Form
        10-K
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">c)
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        description of the Company&#8217;s common stock set forth in the Registrant&#8217;s
        statement filed on Form 10, dated April 27, 1990, and the amendment thereto
        filed October 15, 1990 (Commission File No. 000-18546).</font></div>
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        documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant
        to
        Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date hereof,
        and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
        all
        securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
        then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this
        Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of the filing
        of
        such documents. Any statement contained in the documents incorporated, or
        deemed
        to be incorporated, by reference herein or therein shall be deemed to be
        modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the
        prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or
        in any
        other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be,
        incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such
        statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
        except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
        Statement and the prospectus.</font></div>
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        information appearing in this Registration Statement and the prospectus is
        qualified in its entirety by the detailed information, including financial
        statements, appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein by
        reference.</font></div>
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        5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Article
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        person who was, is, or is threatened to be made a party to any action or
        proceeding, whether civil or criminal (including an action by or in the right
        of
        the Corporation or any other corporation, partnership, join venture, trust,
        employee benefit plan or other enterprise which any director or officer of
        the
        Corporation served in any capacity at the request of this Corporation), by
        reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director
        or
        officer of the Corporation, or served such other corporation, partnership,
        joint
        venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity,
        shall
        be indemnified by the Corporation against all judgements, fines, amounts
        paid in
        settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys&#8217; fees actually and
        necessarily incurred in connection with the defense or appeal of any such
        action
        or proceeding, and against any other amounts, expenses and fees similarly
        incurred; provided that no indemnification shall be made to or on behalf
        of any
        director or officer where indemnification is prohibited by applicable law.
        This
        right of indemnification shall include the right of a director or officer
        to
        receive payment from the Corporation for expenses incurred in defending or
        appealing any such action or proceeding in advance of its final disposition;
        provided that the payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition
        of an
        action or proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation
        of an
        undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay all amounts
        so
        advanced if it should be determined ultimately that the director or officer
        is
        not entitled to be indemnified. The preceding right of indemnification shall
        be
        a contract right enforceable by the director or officer with respect to any
        claim, cause of action, action or proceeding accruing or arising while this
        Bylaw shall be in effect.</font></div>
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        of Indemnification</u></font></div>
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        indemnification provided for by Section 501 shall be authorized in any manner
        provided by applicable law or, in the absence of such law;</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">By
        the
        Board of Directors acting by a quorum of directors who are not parties to
        such
        action or proceeding, upon a finding that there has been no judgement or
        other
        final adjudication adverse to the director or officer which establishes that
        his
        acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate
        dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that
        he
        personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which
        he was
        not legally entitled; or</font></div>
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        a
        quorum under clause (a) is not obtainable, (i) by the Board upon the opinion
        in
        writing of independent legal counsel that indemnification is proper in the
        circumstances because there has been no such judgement or other final
        adjudication adverse to the director or officer, or (ii) by the shareholders
        upon a finding that there has been no such judgement or other final adjudication
        adverse to the director or officer.</font></div>
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</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Right
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        a
        claim of indemnification is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety
        days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant
        may at any time there- after bring suit against the Corporation to recover
        the
        unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant
        shall also be entitled to recover the expenses of prosecuting such
        claim.</font></div>
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        rights conferred on any person under this Article shall not be exclusive
        of any
        other right which may exist under any statute, provision of the Certificate
        of
        Incorporation, Bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors
        or otherwise.</font></div>
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        to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
        Corporation against any expense, liability or loss of the general nature
        contemplated by this Article, whether or not the Corporation would have the
        power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under
        the
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        fullest
        extent authorized by the laws of New York as they now exist or may hereafter
        be
        amended. If any portion of this Article shall for any reason be held invalid
        or
        unenforceable by judicial decision or legislative amendment, the valid and
        enforceable provisions of this Article will continue to be given effect and
        shall be construed so as to provide the broadest indemnification permitted
        by
        law.</font></div>
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        indicated below which said Thomas J. Tobin may deem necessary or advisable
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        regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in
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Form S-8 Bridge Bancorp, Inc. 2006 Stock-Based Incentive Plan
UNITED
        STATES
SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
        D.C. 20549
——————————-
FORM
        S-8
REGISTRATION
        STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
        SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
——————————-
Bridge
        Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact
        Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
New
        York
11-2934195
(State
        or
        Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S.
        Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation
        or Organization)
2200
        Montauk
        Highway,
Bridgehampton,
        New
        York
11932
(Address
        of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
        Code)
Bridge
        Bancorp, Inc. 2006 Stock-Based Incentive Plan
(Full
        Title of the Plan)
Thomas
        J.
        Tobin
John
        J. Gorman, Esquire
President
        and Chief Executive Officer
Luse
        Gorman Pomerenk & Schick
Bridge
        Bancorp, Inc.
A
        Professional Corporation
2200
        Montauk
        Highway,
5335
        Wisconsin Ave.,
        N.W., Suite 400
Bridgehampton,
        New York
        11932
Washington,
        D.C.
        20015
(631)
        537-1000
(202)
        274-2000
(Name,
        Address and
        Telephone
Number
        of Agent for
        Service)
CALCULATION
        OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                  of
Securities
to
                  be
Registered
Amount
to
                  be
Registered
(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
                  Price
Per
                  Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
                  Price
Amount
                  of
Registration
Fee
Common
                  stock, par value $0.01 per share
310,000
(2)
$25.625
(3)
$7,943,750
$850
Common
                  stock, par value $0.01 per share
310,000
(4)
$25.625
(3)
$7,943,750
$850
TOTALS
620,000
—
$15,887,500
$1,700
_______________________
(1)
Together
                with an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary
                to
                adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the
                Bridge
                Bancorp, Inc. 2006 Stock-Based Incentive Plan (the "Stock Benefit Plan")
                as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment
                of the
                outstanding common stock of Bridge Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant
                to 17 C.F.R. Section 230.416(a).
(2)
Represents
                the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under
                the Stock
                Benefit Plan for grants of restricted
                stock.
(3)
Determined
                pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section
                230.457(h)(1).
(4)
Represents
                the number of shares of common stock currently reserved for issuance
                for
                options under the Stock Benefit Plan for grants of stock
                options.
This
        Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with
        Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and 17 C.F.R. §
230.462.
PART
        I.
Items
        1 and 2. Plan Information and Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual
        Information.
The
        documents containing the information specified in Parts I and II of Form
        S-8
        have been or will be sent or given to participants in the Stock Benefit Plan
        as
        specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
        Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act").
Such
        documents are not being filed with the Commission, but constitute (along
        with
        the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
        pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements
        of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART
        II.
Item
        3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
        following documents previously or concurrently filed with the Commission
        are
        hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
a)
        The
        Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December
        31,
        2005 (Commission File No. 000-18546), filed with the Commission on March
        15,
        2006 pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
        as
        amended (the "Exchange Act");
b)
        All
        other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
        the
        Exchange Act since the end of the year covered by the Annual Report on Form
        10-K
        referred to in (a) above; and
c)
        The
        description of the Company's common stock set forth in the Registrant's
        statement filed on Form 10, dated April 27, 1990, and the amendment thereto
        filed October 15, 1990 (Commission File No. 000-18546).
All
        documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant
        to
        Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date hereof,
        and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
        all
        securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
        then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this
        Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of the filing
        of
        such documents. Any statement contained in the documents incorporated, or
        deemed
        to be incorporated, by reference herein or therein shall be deemed to be
        modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the
        prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or
        in any
        other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be,
        incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such
        statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
        except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
        Statement and the prospectus.
All
        information appearing in this Registration Statement and the prospectus is
        qualified in its entirety by the detailed information, including financial
        statements, appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein by
        reference.
Item
        4. Description of Securities.
Not
        applicable.
Item
        5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item
        6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article
        V
        of the Registrant's Bylaws provides as follows:
Section
        501
-
Right
        to Indemnification
Any
        person who was, is, or is threatened to be made a party to any action or
        proceeding, whether civil or criminal (including an action by or in the right
        of
        the Corporation or any other corporation, partnership, join venture, trust,
        employee benefit plan or other enterprise which any director or officer of
        the
        Corporation served in any capacity at the request of this Corporation), by
        reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director
        or
        officer of the Corporation, or served such other corporation, partnership,
        joint
        venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity,
        shall
        be indemnified by the Corporation against all judgements, fines, amounts
        paid in
        settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees actually and
        necessarily incurred in connection with the defense or appeal of any such
        action
        or proceeding, and against any other amounts, expenses and fees similarly
        incurred; provided that no indemnification shall be made to or on behalf
        of any
        director or officer where indemnification is prohibited by applicable law.
        This
        right of indemnification shall include the right of a director or officer
        to
        receive payment from the Corporation for expenses incurred in defending or
        appealing any such action or proceeding in advance of its final disposition;
        provided that the payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition
        of an
        action or proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation
        of an
        undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay all amounts
        so
        advanced if it should be determined ultimately that the director or officer
        is
        not entitled to be indemnified. The preceding right of indemnification shall
        be
        a contract right enforceable by the director or officer with respect to any
        claim, cause of action, action or proceeding accruing or arising while this
        Bylaw shall be in effect.
Section
        502
-
Authorization
        of Indemnification
Any
        indemnification provided for by Section 501 shall be authorized in any manner
        provided by applicable law or, in the absence of such law;
(a)
By
        the
        Board of Directors acting by a quorum of directors who are not parties to
        such
        action or proceeding, upon a finding that there has been no judgement or
        other
        final adjudication adverse to the director or officer which establishes that
        his
        acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate
        dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that
        he
        personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which
        he was
        not legally entitled; or
(b)
If
        a
        quorum under clause (a) is not obtainable, (i) by the Board upon the opinion
        in
        writing of independent legal counsel that indemnification is proper in the
        circumstances because there has been no such judgement or other final
        adjudication adverse to the director or officer, or (ii) by the shareholders
        upon a finding that there has been no such judgement or other final adjudication
        adverse to the director or officer.
Section
        503
-
Right
        of Claimant to Bring Suit
If
        a
        claim of indemnification is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety
        days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant
        may at any time there- after bring suit against the Corporation to recover
        the
        unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant
        shall also be entitled to recover the expenses of prosecuting such
        claim.
Section
        504
-
Non-Exclusivity
        of Rights
The
        rights conferred on any person under this Article shall not be exclusive
        of any
        other right which may exist under any statute, provision of the Certificate
        of
        Incorporation, Bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors
        or otherwise.
Section
        505
-
Insurance
Subject
        to the laws of New York, the Corporation may maintain insurance, as its expense,
        to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
        Corporation against any expense, liability or loss of the general nature
        contemplated by this Article, whether or not the Corporation would have the
        power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under
        the
        laws of New York.
Section
        506
-
Severability
It
        is the
        intent of the Corporation to indemnify its officers and directors to the
        fullest
        extent authorized by the laws of New York as they now exist or may hereafter
        be
        amended. If any portion of this Article shall for any reason be held invalid
        or
        unenforceable by judicial decision or legislative amendment, the valid and
        enforceable provisions of this Article will continue to be given effect and
        shall be construed so as to provide the broadest indemnification permitted
        by
        law.
Item
        7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not
        applicable.
Item
        8. List of Exhibits.
Regulation
                    S-K
Exhibit
                    Number
Document
Reference
                    to Prior Filing or
Exhibit
                    No. Attached Hereto
4
Certificate
                    of Incorporation of the Registrant
*
5
Opinion
                    of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick,
                    P.C.
Attached
                    as Exhibit 5
10
Bridge
                    Bancorp, Inc. 2006 Stock-Based Incentive Plan
**
23.1
Consent
                    of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick,
                    P.C.
Contained
                    in Exhibit 5
23.2
Consent
                    of Crowe Chizek and Company
                    LLC.
Attached
                    as Exhibit 23.2
24
Power
                    of Attorney
Contained
                    on Signature Page
*
Incorporated
        by reference to Registrant's amended Form 10, File No. 0-18546, filed October
        15, 1990.
**
Incorporated
        by reference to Appendix A to the proxy statement for the Company's 2006 Annual
        Meeting of Stockholders (Commission File No. 000-18546), filed by the Company
        under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, on March 24, 2006.
Item
        9. Undertakings.
The
        undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
1.
To
        file,
        during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
        amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material information
        with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
        Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
        Registration Statement;
2.
That,
        for
        the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
        each
        such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
        relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
        at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
        fide
offering
        thereof;
3.
To
        remove
        from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
        being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the Plan;
4.
That,
        for
        purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
        filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
        Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
        Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
        relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
        at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
        fide
offering
        thereof; and
5.
Insofar
        as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
        may
        be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company
        pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been
        advised
        that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
        indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
        therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
        such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred
        or
        paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the
        successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
        director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
        being
        registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
        has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
        jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
        policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
        of
        such issue.
SIGNATURES
The
        Registrant.
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies
        that
        it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
        for
        filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form
        S-8
        to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
        in
        Bridgehampton, Town of Southampton, State of New York, on this 11 day of 
August, 2006.
BRIDGE
        BANCORP, INC.
By:        
        /s/ Thomas J. Tobin
Thomas
        J.
        Tobin, President and
Chief
        Executive Officer
(Duly
        Authorized Representative)
POWER
        OF ATTORNEY
We,
        the
        undersigned directors and officers of Bridge Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company")
        hereby severally constitute and appoint Thomas J. Tobin as our true and lawful
        attorney and agent, to do any and all things in our names in the capacities
        indicated below which said Thomas J. Tobin may deem necessary or advisable
        to
        enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules,
        regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in
        connection with the registration of shares of common stock to be granted
        and
        shares of common stock to be issued upon the exercise of stock options to
        be
        granted under the Bridge Bancorp, Inc. 2006 Stock-Based Incentive Plan,
        including specifically, but not limited to, power and authority to sign for
        us
        in our names in the capacities indicated below the registration statement
        and
        any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto; and
        we
        hereby approve, ratify and confirm all that said Thomas J. Tobin shall do
        or
        cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
        on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
        on
        the date indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/
                    Thomas J. Tobin
President,
                    Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive
                    Officer)
August
                    11, 2006
Thomas
                    J. Tobin
/s/
                    Janet T. Verneuille
Executive
                    Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal
                    Financial
                    and Accounting Officer)
August
                    11, 2006
Janet
                    T. Verneuille
/s/
                    Howard H. Nolan
Senior
                    Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and
                    Director
August
                    11, 2006
Howard
                    H. Nolan
/s/
                    Raymond Wesnofske
Chairperson
                    of the Board
August
                    11, 2006
Raymond
                    Wesnofske
Vice
                    Chairperson of the Board
Marcia
                    Z. Hefter
/s/
                    Thomas E. Halsey
Director
August
                    11, 2006
Thomas
                    E. Halsey
Director
R.
                    Timothy Maran
Director
Charles
                    I. Massoud
/s/
                    Dennis A. Suskind
Director
August
                    11, 2006
Dennis
                    A. Suskind
EXHIBIT
        INDEX
Exhibit
                    Number
Description
4
Certificate
                    of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference
                    to
                    Registrant's amended Form 10, File No. 000-18546, filed October 15, 1990.
5
Opinion
                    of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick,
                    P.C.
10
Bridge
                    Bancorp, Inc. 2006 Stock-Based Incentive Plan (incorporated by
                    reference
                    to Appendix A to the proxy statement for the Company's 2006 Annual Meeting
                    of Stockholders (Commission File No. 000-18546), filed by the
                    Company
                    under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, on March 24,
                    2006).
23.1
Consent
                    of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.
                    (contained in the opinion included as Exhibit 5).
23.2
Consent
                    of Crowe Chizek and Company
                    LLC.
24
Power
                    of Attorney (contained in the signature page to this Registration
                    Statement).