EXHIBIT 5 (i)

                                                             June 26, 2001


         Re.   Unity Bancorp, Inc.
               Registration Statement on Form S-4


Unity Bancorp, Inc.
64 Old Highway 22
Clinton, NJ 08809


Dear Sirs:

     We have acted as counsel for Unity Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the
"Registration Statement") being filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating
to an offer by the Company of up to 1,150,000 shares of common stock, no par
value ("Common Stock"), and warrants to purchase up to 1,150,000 shares of
Common Stock ("Warrants"), in exchange for outstanding shares of the Company's
Series A Preferred Stock ("Preferred Stock").

     In so acting, we have examined, and relied as to matters of fact upon, the
originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of
the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company and such other
certificates (including certificates of officers of the Company), records,
instruments and documents, and have made such other and further investigations,
as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to enable us to express the opinion
set forth below. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of
all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, and the
authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

     Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that upon issuance and
delivery by the Company of the Common Stock and the Warrants, such Common Stock
and Warrants will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable. In addition,
upon the issuance and delivery by the Company of the Warrants, the Warrants will
be legal and binding obligations of the Company. Further, upon the exercise of
the Warrants in accordance with their terms, the shares of Common Stock
issueable under the Warrants will be legally issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we
are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.


                                        WINDELS MARX LANE & MITTENDORF, LLP