Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation:

We consent to  incorporation  by reference in the  registration  statements  No.
333-86986,  No.  333-51187  and No.  333-53001 on Form S-8 of  Peapack-Gladstone
Financial  Corporation of our reports dated  February 28, 2006,  with respect to
the  consolidated   statements  of  condition  of  Peapack-Gladstone   Financial
Corporation  and  subsidiary  as of  December  31, 2005 and 2004 and the related
consolidated  statements of income,  changes in shareholders'  equity,  and cash
flows for each of the years in the  three-year  period ended  December 31, 2005,
management's  assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2005,  and the  effectiveness  of internal  control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, which reports are incorporated
by  reference  in  the  December  31,  2005  Annual   Report  on  Form  10-K  of
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation.



                                  /S/ KPMG LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey
March 10, 2006