EXHIBIT 31.2

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, John P. Ferrara, certify that:

1.            I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of AmBase
              Corporation;

2.            Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
              statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
              necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
              circumstances under which such statements were made, not
              misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.            Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
              financial information included in this report, fairly present in
              all material respects the financial condition, results of
              operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
              periods presented in this report;

4.            The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible
              for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
              procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
              15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

(a)           Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
              disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
              supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
              registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
              known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
              the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

(b)           Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
              controls and procedures, and presented in this report our
              conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
              and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
              report based on such evaluation

(c)           Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
              control over financial reporting that occurred during the
              registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
              fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
              materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
              the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

  5.     The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
         on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
         reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of
         registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
         functions):

(a)           All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
              or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which
              are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability
              to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
              and

(b)           Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
              other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
              internal controls over financial reporting.

Date:  July 24, 2003                       /s/ John P. Ferrara
                                          John P. Ferrara
                                          Vice President, Chief Financial
                                          Officer, and Controller