EXHIBIT 23.2


                  INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT




The Board of Directors
Broad National Bancorporation


We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of Broad National Bancorporation of our
report dated January 15, 1997, relating to the consolidated
statements of condition of Broad National Bancorporation and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, 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, 1996, which report is included in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Broad National Bancorporation for
the year ended December 31, 1996.  Our report refers to the
adoption of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, "Accounting for
Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities" in 1994.



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Short Hills, New Jersey
September 24, 1997