UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 14, 2005

                                BCB BANCORP, INC.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

       New Jersey                      0-50275              26-0065262
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(State or Other Jurisdiction)     Commission File No.)    (I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation)                                   Identification No.)


104-110 Avenue C, Bayonne, New Jersey                       07002
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (201) 823-0700
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                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 1.01. Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement
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On  December  14,  2005,  the  Board of  Directors  of BCB  Bancorp,  Inc.  (the
"Company")  approved the accelerated  vesting and exercisability of all unvested
and  unexercisable  stock  options  granted as a part of the 2003 and 2002 Stock
Option Plans of the Company held by directors, officers or employees on December
20, 2005. As a result, options to purchase 218,195 shares of common stock, which
would  otherwise have vested and become  exercisable  from time to time over the
next three  years,  will become  fully  vested and  immediately  exercisable  on
December  20,  2005.  The number of shares and  exercise  prices of the  options
subject to acceleration  are unchanged.  The  accelerated  options have exercise
prices  that  range from $5.29 to $11.84  per  share.  The  accelerated  options
include   194,964   options  held  by  directors  and  executive   officers  and
23,231 options held by other employees.

The Company estimates that accelerating the vesting and  exercisability of these
options will eliminate  approximately  $808,000 of  compensation  expense net of
income tax that would  otherwise  have been  recorded  in the  Company's  income
statements  for future  periods upon its adoption as of January 1, 2006, of FASB
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, Share-Based Payment.






                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

                                      BCB BANCORP, INC.



DATE: December 19, 2005               By: /s/ Donald Mindiak
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                                          Donald Mindiak
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer