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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

Tobin, Thomas J.
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   (Last)               (First)                 (Middle)

36 Island Creek Rd.
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                                    (Street)

Southampton, NY 11968
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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)

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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 [ X ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) President & CEO ------------------------- ============================================================================== Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ============================================================================== 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) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 02/12/02 P 250 shs. A $18.50 19,420 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 02/12/02 P 250 shs. A $18.50 17,935 I Wife - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 441 I Son - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock (Restricted*#@) 01/16/02 A V 1,440 shs. A $18.80 2,880 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * On January 24, 2000, 1440 shares were awarded under the Equity Incentive Plan, of which, 480 vested on January 15, 2001 and 480 vesting on each anniversary thereafter conditioned on continued service at the time of vesting. Of the 480 shares vested on January 15, 2001, 240 shares are included in the directly owned common stock above, and an additional 240 shares are included in the beneficially owned common stock above. Of the 480 shares vested on January 15, 2002, 240 shares are included in the directly owned common stock above, and an additional 240 shares are included in the beneficially owned common stock above. # On January 17, 2001, 1440 Shares were awarded under the Equity Incentive Plan, vesting 480 on January 17, 2002 and 480 on each anniversary thereafter conditioned on continued service at the time of vesting. Of the 480 shares vested on January 17, 2002, 240 shares are included in the directly owned common stock above, and an additional 240 shares are included in the beneficially owned common stock above. @ On January 16, 2002, 1440 Shares were awarded under the Equity Incentive Plan, vesting 480 on January 16, 2003 and 480 on each anniversary thereafter conditioned on continued service at the time of vesting. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ =============================================================================== 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) ================================================================================ 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) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Options 01/16/02 A V 4,000 01/16/02 01/16/12 Common Stock 4,000 $18.80 45,000 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ Explanation of Responses: /s/ Thomas J. Tobin 02/28/02 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **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.