Exhibit 23


            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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The Board of Directors
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation:

We consent to  incorporation  by reference in the  registration  statements  No.
333-133591,  No.  333-86986,  No.  333-51187  and No.  333-53001  on Form S-8 of
Peapack-Gladstone  Financial  Corporation (the Corporation) of our reports dated
February 27, 2007, with respect to the  consolidated  statements of condition of
Peapack-Gladstone  Financial  Corporation and subsidiary as of December 31, 2006
and  2005  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, 2006,  management's assessment of the effectiveness of
internal  control over  financial  reporting  as of December  31, 2006,  and the
effectiveness  of internal  control over financial  reporting as of December 31,
2006,  which  reports are  incorporated  by  reference  in the December 31, 2006
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation.

Our  report  referred  to the  Corporation's  adoption  of SEC Staff  Accounting
Bulletin  No. 108,  "Considering  the Effects of Prior Year  Misstatements  when
Quantifying  Misstatements  in Current Year Financial  Statements" on January 1,
2006.

                                                 /S/ KPMG LLP



Short Hills, New Jersey
March 12, 2007


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