Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Brookline Bancorp, Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 333-197881) on Form S-3 and (No. 333-197317) on Form S-8 of Brookline Bancorp, Inc. of our reports dated February 29, 2016, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Brookline Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, which reports appear in the December 31, 2015 annual report on Form 10-K of Brookline Bancorp, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 29, 2016
