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                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[  ] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person

Halsey, Thomas
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   (Last)               (First)                 (Middle)

513 Deerfield Rd.
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                                    (Street)

Watermill,  NY 11976
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   (City)               (State)                 (Zip)


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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

   Bridge Bancorp, Inc.  BDGE

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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

   057-36-1480
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4. Statement for Month/Year
   02/02

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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)







   [ X ]   Director                             [   ]   10% Owner
   [   ]   Officer (give title below)           [   ]   Other (specify below)



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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                                6.
                                                                 4.                              5.             Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Amount of      ship
                                                    3.           Disposed of (D)                 Securities     Form:     7.
                                                    Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially   Direct    Nature of
                                      2.            Code         ------------------------------- Owned at End   (D) or    Indirect
1.                                    Transaction   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             of Month       Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                     Date          ------------     Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                            (mm/dd/yy)     Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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 Common Stock                                                                                    17,198           I       Wife
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 Common Stock                                         J                  50 shs.   D                  0           I       Son-Cede
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 Common Stock                                         J               2,700 shs.   D                  0           I       Son
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 Common Stock                                                                                    24,822           D       Self
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 Common Stock                                                                                       135           D       Self IRA
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 Common Stock                                                                                       135           I       Wife IRA
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 Common Stock                                         J               2,115 shs.   D                  0           I       Daughter
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Transaction Code (J)-The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of
these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the
reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of
Section 16 or for any other purpose.
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly





FORM 4 (continued)

Table    II --  Derivative  Securities  Acquired,  Disposed of, or  Beneficially
         Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                          9.        10.
                                                                                                          Number    Owner-
                                                                                                          of        ship
                    2.                                                                                    Deriv-    of
                    Conver-                    5.                              7.                         ative     Deriv-   11.
                    sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount           Secur-    ative    Nature
                    of                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ities     Secur-   of
                    Exer-             4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Bene-     ity:     In-
                    cise     3.       Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       ficially  Direct   direct
                    Price    Trans-   action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.                  of       action   Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    at End    In-      ficial
Title of            Deriv-   Date     (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   of        direct   Owner-
Derivative          ative    (Month/  8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity      Month     (I)      ship
Security            Secur-   Day/     ------   ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)          ity      Year)    Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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Explanation of Responses:




/s/ Thomas E. Halsey                                            2/13/02
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date

**   ___ Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
     Criminal Violations.

     See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedures.