Bridgehampton is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on the South Fork of Suffolk County, New York, United States.

Shortly after the founding of Southampton in 1640, settlers began to move east to the area known by the Shinnecock Indians as Sagaponack and Mecox.

The bridge was the link between Mecox and Sagaponack and gave this locality its name of Bridgehampton.

The notorious criminal and memoirist Stephen Burroughs lived there during the 18th century and helped found the town's first library in 1793; the volumes he purchased could be found in the Bridgehampton Public Library as late as 2002.

[2] Bridgehampton has a climate transitioning between humid continental, subtropical and maritime.

Due to the cold winter lows, plant hardiness more resembles a continental environment in spite of its oceanside location.

The Bridgehampton Race Circuit was a 2.85-mile (4.59 km), thirteen-turn road course located near Sag Harbor.