EXHIBIT 5.1

                                                 June 27, 2002

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc.
321 Railroad Avenue
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as special Maryland counsel to Urstadt Biddle Properties
Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the
registration of certain securities of the Company (the "Offered Securities"),
including (i) shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
("Common Stock"), (ii) shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, $.01 par
value per share ("Class A Common Stock"), (iii) shares of the Company's
preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share ("Preferred Stock"), (iv) depositary
shares representing entitlement to all rights and preferences of a fraction of a
share of Preferred Stock of a specified series, (v) debt securities ("Debt
Securities"), and (vi) delayed delivery contracts to purchase Common Stock,
Class A Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares or Debt Securities of
the Company. The Offered Securities, having an aggregate maximum public offering
price of $150,000,000, are more fully described in the Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-84774, the "Registration Statement"), the Prospectus
included therein (the "Prospectus"), filed by the Company on March 22, 2002,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Prospectus Supplement, dated
June 27, 2002 (the "Prospectus Supplement"), with respect to the offering of
8,050,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company (including 1,050,000
shares under an underwriters' over-allotment option). In connection therewith,
you have requested our opinion concerning certain matters.

     We have examined the Registration Statement, including the Prospectus and
the Prospectus Supplement, and such other documents, corporate records, laws and
regulations as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of giving the opinions
set forth in this opinion letter. We have relied as to certain factual matters
on information obtained from public officials and officers of the Company. Based
upon that examination and subject to the assumptions and qualifications set
forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

     1. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing
under the laws of the State of Maryland.

     2. The 8,050,000 shares of the Class A Common Stock described in the
Prospectus Supplement have been authorized by appropriate corporate action of
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Company and, when issued and sold as described in the Registration Statement,
including the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, will be legally issued,
fully paid and non-assessable.

     We express no opinion with respect to the laws of any jurisdiction other
than the laws of the State of Maryland. The opinions expressed herein are
limited to the matters set forth in this letter and no other opinions should be
inferred beyond the matters expressly stated.

     We hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading "Legal Opinions"
in the Prospectus and any Prospectus Supplement forming a part of the
Registration Statement and to the filing of this opinion letter on the Company's
Form 8-K, dated June 27, 2002, as Exhibit 5.1 thereto and its incorporation by
reference into the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not
thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                       Miles & Stockbridge P.C.



                                       By:  /s/ J. W. Thompson Webb
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                                          Principal