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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000930413-15-004317
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151113

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000712771
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				521273725
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		301 SYLVAN AVENUE
		CITY:			ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07632
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2018168900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		301 SYLVAN AVENUE
		CITY:			ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07632

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CENTER BANCORP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in">November 13, 2015</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><U>VIA EDGAR</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>Re:</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.<B> </B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-207169)</TD></TR>                                                                                                                                                            <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>Request
                                         for Acceleration of Effectiveness</U></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify">Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In accordance with
Rule 461 of the general Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and in connection with the offering
described in the Prospectus contained in the above-captioned Registration Statement, ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
hereby requests that the above-captioned Registration Statement be declared effective at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Monday,
November 16, 2015 or as soon thereafter as practicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-indent: 0.5in">In making the foregoing request, we hereby
acknowledge that:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;)
or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking
any action with respect to the filing </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">The action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy
of the disclosure in the filing; and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">The Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of
effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the
United States. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In addition, the Company
represents that it will comply with such provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as may
apply to it for this offering.<A NAME="a_GoBack"></A></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 4in; text-indent: -0.5in">Very truly yours,</P>

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BANCORP, INC.</B></FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 3.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">By:</TD><TD><I><U>/s/ William S. Burns</U></I></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 3.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">Name:</TD><TD>William S. Burns</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 3.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">Title:</TD><TD>Executive Vice President and CFO</TD></TR></TABLE>



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