Exhibit 32.2
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                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THTE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


     In connection with the annual report of AmBase  Corporation (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the period  ending June 30,  2007 as filed with the  Securities
and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, John P. Ferrara,
Chief Financial Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that
to my knowledge:

     (1) The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and result of  operations of the
Company.


Date:  July 24, 2007
                                           /s/ John P. Ferrara
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                                           John P. Ferrara
                                           Vice President and
                                           Chief Financial Officer
                                           AmBase Corporation