VIA EDGAR
July 28, 2020
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | Brookline Bancorp, Inc. Acceleration Request for Registration Statement on Form S-3 File No. 333-240013 |
| Acceleration Request Requested Date: July 31, 2020 Requested Time: 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), Brookline Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated to July 31, 2020, at 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable, unless we or our outside counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP, request by telephone that such Registration Statement be declared effective at some other time. In making this acceleration request, the Company acknowledges that it is aware of its responsibilities under the Act.
Once the Registration Statement is effective, please orally confirm the event with our counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP, by calling Samantha Kirby at (617) 570-8794. We also respectfully request that a copy of the written order from the Securities and Exchange Commission verifying the effective time and date of the Registration Statement be sent to our counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP, Attention: Samantha Kirby, by facsimile to (617) 649-1462.
If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact Samantha Kirby of Goodwin Procter LLP at (617) 570-8794.
| Sincerely, | |
| BROOKLINE BANCORP, INC. | |
| /s/ Paul A. Perrault | |
| Paul A. Perrault | |
| Chief Executive Officer | |
| Brookline Bancorp, Inc. |
| cc: | Samantha M. Kirby, Esq., Goodwin Procter LLP |
