Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton
Mitchell Lane in Bridgehampton is home to Bridge Gardens, Peconic Land Trust's free public garden of about five acres at 36 Mitchell Lane.
Mitchell Lane is a residential road in the hamlet of Bridgehampton, in unincorporated Town of Southampton territory. Its best-known address is public: Bridge Gardens, Peconic Land Trust's garden at 36 Mitchell Lane. It covers about five acres and is open daily, year-round, free of charge.
A public garden gives Mitchell Lane a fixed point most residential streets lack. Land trust ownership is not the same as a recorded restriction, though. This page does not state what legal instrument, if any, limits the garden land's future use. A buyer who values the garden next door should ask the Land Trust and check the county clerk's records.
What governs a Mitchell Lane parcel
Town of Southampton zoning governs Mitchell Lane. The zoning district on the Town map, not the road name, sets lot area, coverage and accessory-building limits.
Bridgehampton's Main Street has carried a Town historic-district overlay since December 2023. Inside that boundary, any exterior change visible from a public way needs a Certificate of Appropriateness. A buyer of a Mitchell Lane parcel should confirm on the Town map that the lot falls outside the district, or plan for that review.
Buyer diligence
- Confirm the parcel's position and zoning district on the Town and county maps.
- Check whether the house appears in the Town's 2014 historic survey for Bridgehampton.
- Identify the instrument, if any, behind any open land next to the lot. The agricultural-reserves guide explains the options.
- Pull the certificates of occupancy and the sanitary record for every structure.
Nearby lanes
Ocean Road is Bridgehampton's main road to the ocean. Sagaponack Road leads east toward Sagaponack. Halsey Lane and Mecox Road lead toward Mecox.
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Recorded sales
Recorded sales through July 2026
14 recorded arm’s-length sales of 10 distinct properties since October 2016 (11 house, 2 land, 1 partial interest).
4 single-parcel house sales in 2023–2025 — too few for a range or median; listed below.
Historical transaction median, Nov 15, 2016 to Apr 17, 2026: $8,150,000 (11 single-parcel house sales). A decade-wide figure, not a current value.
| Sale date | Address | Type | Recorded price | Beds (roll) | Built (roll) | Flood zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2026 | 361 Mitchell Lane | House | $11,100,000 | 2 | 1984 | X |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 273 Mitchell Lane | House | $8,500,000 | 8 | 2025 | X |
| May 17, 2024 | 279 Mitchell Lane | House | $11,000,000 | 7 | 2024 | X |
| Feb 14, 2024 | 361 Mitchell Lane | House | $2,650,000 | 2 | 1984 | X |
| Oct 16, 2023 | 325 Mitchell Lane | House | $5,995,000 | 4 | 2008 | X |
| Jun 29, 2022 | 373 Mitchell Lane | House | $10,750,000 | 7 | 2015 | X |
| Feb 18, 2022 | 273 Mitchell Lane | Land · house on the 2025 roll† | $1,551,000 | 8 | 2025 | X |
| Feb 18, 2022 | 279 Mitchell Lane | House | $3,500,000 | 7 | 2024 | X |
| Oct 5, 2021 | 557 Mitchell Lane | House | $12,250,000 | 8 | 2022 | X |
| Aug 5, 2020 | 555 Mitchell Lane | Land · house on the 2025 roll† | $2,765,000 | 7 | 2023 | X |
| Jul 28, 2020 | 557 Mitchell Lane | House | $3,100,000 | 8 | 2022 | X |
| Jun 7, 2019 | 402 Mitchell Lane | Partial interest | $7,000,000 | — | — | X |
| Jun 14, 2017 | 318 Mitchell Lane | House | $8,150,000 | 5 | 2016 | X |
| Nov 15, 2016 | 335 Mitchell Lane | House | $6,250,000 | 7 | 2016 | X |
† Recorded as land when it sold (vacant, or a house the buyer took down); the 2025 assessment roll now shows a house. Land sales never enter a house median. Sale date is the date of sale on the transfer form. Beds and year built come from the assessment roll where it records them. Source: New York State real property transfer record (form RP-5217, filed with every deed), arm's-length sales as flagged by the state. These figures are a separate series from the Roebling Index, which is built from published market reports. How these tables are built.
Flood and coastal exposure
0 of 59 residential and vacant parcels sit in FEMA’s 1% annual-chance flood area (zones VE, AE, A or AO), where a mortgage from a federally regulated or insured lender requires flood insurance on the building.
| FEMA zone | Parcels | What it means for an owner |
|---|---|---|
| X — minimal flood hazard | 59 | Outside the mapped flood areas. Flood insurance is not federally required. Flooding can still happen from heavy rain and drainage. |
Loans. In zones VE, AE, A and AO, any mortgage made, insured or bought by a federally regulated lender, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA or VA requires flood insurance on the building for the life of the loan. A lender can require it in zone X as well. A cash buyer is not required to insure.
Premiums. Since 2021 the National Flood Insurance Program prices each house on its own features (elevation, distance to water, cost to rebuild), so the zone is a starting point, not the price. Private flood policies are an alternative. An elevation certificate is the document every insurer asks for.
Renovating. In the 1% flood area, if work on a house costs half or more of the building’s market value, or a storm damages it that badly, the whole house must be brought up to current flood rules, which usually means raising it. Plan a renovation budget against that line.
Zone at each tax parcel’s center point; part of a parcel can sit in a different zone. Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (Suffolk County, map 36103C), retrieved 2026-11-12; flood insurance rate map panels effective Sep 25, 2009. A parcel-level determination needs the current map panel, any Letter of Map Revision or Amendment, and an elevation certificate. State coastal erosion hazard areas are mapped separately and are not shown here. Flood and coastal-erosion guide.
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What buying, owning or selling here costs.
Peconic Bay CPF, mansion tax, title, MRT.
NY transfer tax, commission, attorney.
Taxes, flood and wind coverage, septic, upkeep.
Sell now, or rent the seasons and sell later.
A summer rental against owning the house.
Federal, NY, NYC and the nonresident payment.
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