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 30, 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 30, 2005,  the Board of  Directors  of BCB Bancorp,  Inc.  (the
"Company")  amended the  Company's  2002 Stock Option Plan and 2003 Stock Option
Plan (the  "Plans") to eliminate  "Limited  Rights" from the Plans and any other
feature that grants an option  holder the right to receive a cash  settlement of
an  option in  circumstances  that are not  within  the sole  discretion  of the
Company.  The Board determined to adopt these amendments in response to a recent
interpretation  of  FAS  123(R)  that  would  require   reclassification   as  a
"liability" and subsequent  mark-to-market  accounting,  for any option or other
award the  settlement of which,  in cash,  is not in the sole  discretion of the
issuer of the option. Pursuant to Instruction 2 of Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation
S-K,  the  amendments  to the Plans will be filed as exhibits  to the  Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 9.01.        Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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                  (a)  Not Applicable.

                  (b)  Not Applicable.

                  (c)  None







                                   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: January 3, 2006                  By: /s/ Donald Mindiak
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                                           Donald Mindiak
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer