Registration No. 333-_________

      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2010

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

                              ___________________

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                               BCB Bancorp, Inc.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


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

                                104-110 Avenue C
                                Bayonne, NJ 07002
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                         BCB Community Bank 401(k) Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                   Copies to:

         Mr. Donald Mindiak                       Mr. Alan Schick, Esq.
President, Chief Executive Officer, and     Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.
       Chief Financial Officer             5335 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Suite 780
          BCB Bancorp, Inc.                      Washington,  D.C. 20015
          04-110 Avenue C                            (202)-274-2000
         Bayonne, NJ 07002
          (201) 823-0700
   (Name, Address and Telephone
   Number of  Agent for Service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large  accelerated  filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated  filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated  filer,"  "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting  company" in Rule 12b-2 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
amended. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer [ ]    Accelerated filer          [ ]
Non-accelerated filer   [ ]    Smaller reporting company  [X]
          (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
                     ------------------------

If any of the  securities  being  registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities  Act of
1933 check the following box.[X]


<PAGE>


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<CAPTION>

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

====================================================================================================================
         Title of                                     Proposed               Proposed
        Securities                Amount               Maximum                Maximum               Amount of
          to be                   to be            Offering Price            Aggregate            Registration
        Registered            Registered(1)           Per Share           Offering Price               Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                                 <C>                  <C>                    <C>                    <C>
Participation Interests             (1)                  __                     __                     (2)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------
(1)  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
     statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
     pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)  Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933, no registration
     fee is required to be paid.
</TABLE>

                            -----------------------

     This   Registration   Statement  shall  become  effective  upon  filing  in
accordance  with Section 8(a) of the  Securities  Act of 1933 and 17 C.F.R.  ss.
230.462.

                                       2

<PAGE>


PART I.

Items 1 and 2. Plan  Information  and Registrant  Information  and Employee Plan
Annual Information

         This   Registration   Statement  relates  to  the  registration  of  an
indeterminate number of participation interests in the BCB Community Bank 401(k)
Plan (the "Plan").  Documents  containing the information  required by Part I of
the Registration Statement have been or will be sent or given to participants in
the Plan, as specified Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act").

         Such documents are not being filed with the Commission,  but constitute
(along with the  documents  incorporated  by  reference  into this  Registration
Statement  pursuant  to Item 3 of Part II  hereof) a  prospectus  that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II.

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The  following  documents  previously  or  concurrently  filed with the
Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

         a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2008 (File No.  000-50275),  filed with the  Commission  on March 27,  2009,
pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

         b) All other reports filed by the Company  pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  since the end of the
year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above; and

         c) The  description  of the  Company's  common  stock  contained in the
Current  Report on Form 8-K filed with the  Commission  on May 1, 2003 (File No.
000-50275).

         All  documents  subsequently  filed by the Company with the  Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934,  as  amended,  after  the date  hereof,  and  prior to the  filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which  deregisters all securities then remaining  unsold,  shall be
deemed  incorporated by reference into this  Registration  Statement and to be a
part  thereof  from the date of the  filing  of such  documents.  Any  statement
contained  in the  documents  incorporated,  or  deemed to be  incorporated,  by
reference  herein or therein  shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded  for
purposes of this Registration  Statement and the prospectus to the extent that a
statement  contained  herein  or  therein  or in any  other  subsequently  filed
document which also is, or is deemed to be,  incorporated by reference herein or
therein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded  shall  not be  deemed,  except  as so  modified  or  superseded,  to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the prospectus.

         All  information  appearing  in  this  Registration  Statement  and the
prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed  information,  including
financial statements,  appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein
by reference.

Item 4.  Description of Securities

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         None.

                                       3
<PAGE>

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         Article VII of the Certificate of  Incorporation  of BCB Bancorp,  Inc.
(for purposes of this Item 6, the "Corporation")  sets forth circumstances under
which directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company may be insured or
indemnified against liability which they incur in their capacities as such:

         The Corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors,  employees and
agents and former  officers,  directors,  employees  and  agents,  and any other
persons  serving at the  request of the  Corporation  as an  officer,  director,
employee  or agent  of  another  corporation,  association,  partnership,  joint
venture,  trust, or other  enterprise,  against expenses  (including  attorneys'
fees,  judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement)  incurred in connection
with any pending or threatened  action,  suit,  or  proceeding,  whether  civil,
criminal,  administrative or investigative,  with respect to which such officer,
director,  employee, agent or other person is party, or is threatened to be made
a party,  to the full extent  permitted by the New Jersey  Business  Corporation
Act. The  indemnification  provided herein (i) shall not be deemed  exclusive of
any other  right to which any person  seeking  indemnification  may be  entitled
under any by-law,  agreement, or vote of shareholders of disinterested directors
or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action
in any other  capacity,  and (ii)  shall  insure to the  benefit  of the  heirs,
executors, and the administrators of any such person. The Corporation shall have
the power,  but shall not be  obligated,  to purchase and maintain  insurance on
behalf of any person or persons  enumerated above against any liability asserted
against  or  incurred  by them or any of them  arising  out of their  status  as
corporate  directors,   officers,  employees,  or  agents  whether  or  not  the
Corporation  would have the power to indemnify them against such liability under
the provisions of this article.

         The Corporation  shall, from time to time,  reimburse or advance to any
person  referred to in this article the funds necessary for payment of expenses,
including  attorneys'  fees,  incurred in  connection  with any action,  suit or
proceeding referred to in this article, upon receipt of a written undertaking by
or on behalf of such person to repay such amount(s) if a judgment or other final
adjudication  adverse to the director or officer establishes that the director's
or officer's  acts or omissions  (i)  constitute a breach of the  director's  or
officer's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders,  (ii) were not
in good faith,  (iii) involved a knowing  violation of law, (iv) resulted in the
director  or  officer  receiving  an  improper  personal  benefit,  or (v)  were
otherwise  of such a  character  that New  Jersey  law would  require  that such
amount(s) be repaid.

Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  List of Exhibits.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Regulation S-K                                                         Reference to Prior Filing or
Exhibit Number                      Document                           Exhibit No. Attached Hereto
--------------                      --------                           -----------------------------

<S>      <C>                                                                    <C>
         4        Form of Common Stock Certificate                              *

         5        Opinion of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Attached as Exhibit 5

         23.1     Consent of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Contained in Exhibit 5

         23.2     Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      Attached as Exhibit 23.2

         24       Power of Attorney                                             Contained on Signature Page
</TABLE>
----------------
*        Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Registration Statement on
         Form 8-K (File No. 000-50275) originally filed by the Company under the
         Exchange Act of 1934 with the Commission on May 1, 2003, and all
         amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
         description.

                                       4
<PAGE>

Item 9.  Undertakings

         The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         1. To file,  during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a  post-effective  amendment  to this  Registration  Statement  to  include  any
material  information  with respect to the plan of  distribution  not previously
disclosed  in  this  Registration  Statement  or any  material  change  to  such
information in this Registration Statement;

         2.  That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof;

         3. To remove from  registration by means of a post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the Plan;

         4. That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933,  each filing of the  Company's  annual  report  pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 that is  incorporated  by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such
securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the  initial  bona fide  offering
thereof; and

         5.  Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and  controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions,  or otherwise,  the
Company has been  advised  that in the opinion of the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against  such  liabilities  (other  than the  payment by the Company of expenses
incurred or paid by a director,  officer or controlling person of the Company in
the  successful  defense of any action,  suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered,  the Company  will,  unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.


                                       5

<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES

         The Registrant.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the  requirements  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused this
registration  statement  on  Form  S-8  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned,  thereunto duly  authorized,  in the city of Bayonne,  state of New
Jersey, on this 26th day of February, 2010.


                                           BCB BANCORP, INC.



                                       By: /s/ Donald Mindiak
                                           -----------------------------------
                                           Donald Mindiak
                                           President, Chief Executive Officer,
                                           and Chief Financial Officer
                                           (Duly Authorized Representative)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         We, the  undersigned  directors and officers of BCB Bancorp,  Inc. (the
"Company") hereby severally  constitute and appoint Donald Mindiak,  as our true
and  lawful  attorney  and  agent,  to do any and all things in our names in the
capacities  indicated  below which said Donald  Mindiak  may deem  necessary  or
advisable to enable the Company to comply with the  Securities  Act of 1933, and
any  rules,   regulations  and  requirements  of  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission, in connection with the registration of participation interests under
the BCB Community Bank 401(k) Plan, including specifically,  but not limited to,
power  and  authority  to sign for us in our names in the  capacities  indicated
below  the  registration   statement  and  any  and  all  amendments  (including
post-effective  amendments) thereto;  and we hereby approve,  ratify and confirm
all that said Donald Mindiak shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following  persons in
the capacities and on the date indicated.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Signatures                                  Title                                       Date
----------                                  -----                                       ----


<S>                                         <C>                                         <C>
/s/ Donald Mindiak                          Director, President, Chief Executive        February 26, 2010
------------------------------------        Officer, and Chief Financial Officer
Donald Mindiak                              (Principal Executive Officer)
                                            (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Robert Ballance                         Director                                    February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Robert Ballance

/s/ Judith Q. Bielan                        Director                                    February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Judith Q. Bielan

/s/ Joseph J. Brogan                        Director                                    February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Joseph J. Brogan

/s/ James E. Collins                        Director and Senior Lending Officer         February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
James E. Collins

/s/ Thomas M. Coughlin                      Director and Chief Operating Officer        February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Thomas M. Coughlin
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                                         <C>                                         <C>

/s/ Mark D. Hogan                           Chairman of the Board                       February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Mark D. Hogan

/s/ Joseph Lyga                             Director                                    February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Joseph Lyga

/s/ Alexander Pasiechnik                    Director                                    February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Alexander Pasiechnik

/s/ August Pellegrini, Jr.                  Director                                    February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Dr. August Pellegrini, Jr.

/s/ Joseph Tagliareni                       Director                                    February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Joseph Tagliareni
</TABLE>


<PAGE>


         The Plan.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the trustees (or other  persons who  administer  the Plan) have duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the city of Bayonne,  state of New Jersey, on this 26th day
of February, 2010.


                                         BCB Community Bank 401(k) Plan



                                  By:    /s/ Thomas Coughlin
                                         -----------------------------------
                                         Thomas M. Coughlin
                                  Title: Chief Operating Officer


<PAGE>



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Regulation S-K                                                         Reference to Prior Filing or
Exhibit Number                      Document                           Exhibit No. Attached Hereto
--------------                      --------                           -----------------------------

<S>      <C>                                                                    <C>
         4        Form of Common Stock Certificate                              *

         5        Opinion of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Attached as Exhibit 5

         23.1     Consent of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Contained in Exhibit 5

         23.2     Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      Attached as Exhibit 23.2

         24       Power of Attorney                                             Contained on Signature Page
</TABLE>
----------------
*        Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Registration Statement on
         Form 8-K (File No. 000-50275) originally filed by the Company under the
         Exchange Act of 1934 with the Commission on May 1, 2003, and all
         amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
         description.


<PAGE>













                                    Exhibit 5

                 OPINION OF LUSE GORMAN POMERENK & SCHICK, P.C.


<PAGE>


                          LUSE GORMAN POMERENK & SCHICK
                           A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                                ATTORNEYS AT LAW

                     5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE, N.W., SUITE 780
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20015
                                [OBJECT OMITTED]
                            TELEPHONE (202) 274-2000
                            FACSIMILE (202) 362-2902
                                 www.luselaw.com

WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER                                       WRITER'S EMAIL
(202) 274-2000


March 1, 2010

Board of Directors
BCB Bancorp, Inc.
104-110 Avenue C
Bayonne, NJ 07002

                     Re:  BCB Community Bank 401(k) Plan
                          Registration  Statement on Form S-8
                          ------------------------------------

Lady and Gentlemen:

         You have  requested  the opinion of this firm as to certain  matters in
connection with the registration of participation interests in the BCB Community
Bank 401(k) Plan (the "Plan").

         In rendering the opinion expressed herein, we have reviewed the Charter
of BCB Bancorp,  Inc. (the  "Company"),  the Plan,  the  Company's  Registration
Statement  on Form S-8 (the "Form  S-8"),  as well as  applicable  statutes  and
regulations  governing the Company.  We have assumed the authenticity,  accuracy
and  completeness  of all  documents in  connection  with the opinion  expressed
herein.  We  have  also  assumed  the  legal  capacity  and  genuineness  of the
signatures  of  persons  signing  all  documents  in  connection  with which the
opinions expressed herein are rendered.

         Based on the foregoing, we are of the following opinion:

         Upon the effectiveness of the Form S-8 and in accordance with the Plan,
the participation  interests in the Plan will be legally issued,  fully paid and
non-assessable and the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Company  that may be  purchased  by the Plan  will,  upon  purchase,  be legally
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

         This  opinion  has been  prepared  solely for the use of the Company in
connection  with the  preparation  and filing of the Form S-8, and should not be
used for any other purpose or relied upon by any other person  without the prior
written  consent of this firm.  We hereby  consent to the use of this opinion in
the Form S-8.



                                  Very truly yours,


                                  /s/ Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                  LUSE GORMAN POMERENK & SCHICK
                                  A Professional Corporation


<PAGE>
















                                  Exhibit 23.2

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM










<PAGE>





            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
            --------------------------------------------------------

BCB Bancorp, Inc.
Bayonne, New Jersey

We  hereby  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement  on Form S-8 of our  report  dated  March 25,  2009,  relating  to the
consolidated  financial  statements  of  BCB  Bancorp,  Inc.  appearing  in  the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.


                                /s/ ParenteBeard LLC
                                -----------------------------------------------
ParenteBeard LLC
----------------
Clark, New Jersey
-----------------
March 1, 2010
-------------
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Registration No. 333-_________

      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2010

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

                              ___________________

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               BCB Bancorp, Inc.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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

                                104-110 Avenue C
                                Bayonne, NJ 07002
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                         BCB Community Bank 401(k) Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                   Copies to:

         Mr. Donald Mindiak                       Mr. Alan Schick, Esq.
President, Chief Executive Officer, and     Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.
       Chief Financial Officer             5335 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Suite 780
          BCB Bancorp, Inc.                      Washington,  D.C. 20015
          04-110 Avenue C                            (202)-274-2000
         Bayonne, NJ 07002
          (201) 823-0700
   (Name, Address and Telephone
   Number of  Agent for Service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large  accelerated  filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated  filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated  filer,"  "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting  company" in Rule 12b-2 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
amended. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer [ ]    Accelerated filer          [ ]
Non-accelerated filer   [ ]    Smaller reporting company  [X]
          (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
                     ------------------------

If any of the  securities  being  registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities  Act of
1933 check the following box.[X]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

====================================================================================================================
         Title of                                     Proposed               Proposed
        Securities                Amount               Maximum                Maximum               Amount of
          to be                   to be            Offering Price            Aggregate            Registration
        Registered            Registered(1)           Per Share           Offering Price               Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Participation Interests             (1)                  __                     __                     (2)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------
(1)  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
     statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
     pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)  Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933, no registration
     fee is required to be paid.
-----------------------

     This   Registration   Statement  shall  become  effective  upon  filing  in
accordance  with Section 8(a) of the  Securities  Act of 1933 and 17 C.F.R.  ss.
230.462.

                                       2
PART I.

Items 1 and 2. Plan  Information  and Registrant  Information  and Employee Plan
Annual Information

         This   Registration   Statement  relates  to  the  registration  of  an
indeterminate number of participation interests in the BCB Community Bank 401(k)
Plan (the "Plan").  Documents  containing the information  required by Part I of
the Registration Statement have been or will be sent or given to participants in
the Plan, as specified Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act").

         Such documents are not being filed with the Commission,  but constitute
(along with the  documents  incorporated  by  reference  into this  Registration
Statement  pursuant  to Item 3 of Part II  hereof) a  prospectus  that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II.

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The  following  documents  previously  or  concurrently  filed with the
Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

         a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2008 (File No.  000-50275),  filed with the  Commission  on March 27,  2009,
pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

         b) All other reports filed by the Company  pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  since the end of the
year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above; and

         c) The  description  of the  Company's  common  stock  contained in the
Current  Report on Form 8-K filed with the  Commission  on May 1, 2003 (File No.
000-50275).

         All  documents  subsequently  filed by the Company with the  Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934,  as  amended,  after  the date  hereof,  and  prior to the  filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which  deregisters all securities then remaining  unsold,  shall be
deemed  incorporated by reference into this  Registration  Statement and to be a
part  thereof  from the date of the  filing  of such  documents.  Any  statement
contained  in the  documents  incorporated,  or  deemed to be  incorporated,  by
reference  herein or therein  shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded  for
purposes of this Registration  Statement and the prospectus to the extent that a
statement  contained  herein  or  therein  or in any  other  subsequently  filed
document which also is, or is deemed to be,  incorporated by reference herein or
therein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded  shall  not be  deemed,  except  as so  modified  or  superseded,  to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the prospectus.

         All  information  appearing  in  this  Registration  Statement  and the
prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed  information,  including
financial statements,  appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein
by reference.

Item 4.  Description of Securities

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         None.

                                       3
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         Article VII of the Certificate of  Incorporation  of BCB Bancorp,  Inc.
(for purposes of this Item 6, the "Corporation")  sets forth circumstances under
which directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company may be insured or
indemnified against liability which they incur in their capacities as such:

         The Corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors,  employees and
agents and former  officers,  directors,  employees  and  agents,  and any other
persons  serving at the  request of the  Corporation  as an  officer,  director,
employee  or agent  of  another  corporation,  association,  partnership,  joint
venture,  trust, or other  enterprise,  against expenses  (including  attorneys'
fees,  judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement)  incurred in connection
with any pending or threatened  action,  suit,  or  proceeding,  whether  civil,
criminal,  administrative or investigative,  with respect to which such officer,
director,  employee, agent or other person is party, or is threatened to be made
a party,  to the full extent  permitted by the New Jersey  Business  Corporation
Act. The  indemnification  provided herein (i) shall not be deemed  exclusive of
any other  right to which any person  seeking  indemnification  may be  entitled
under any by-law,  agreement, or vote of shareholders of disinterested directors
or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action
in any other  capacity,  and (ii)  shall  insure to the  benefit  of the  heirs,
executors, and the administrators of any such person. The Corporation shall have
the power,  but shall not be  obligated,  to purchase and maintain  insurance on
behalf of any person or persons  enumerated above against any liability asserted
against  or  incurred  by them or any of them  arising  out of their  status  as
corporate  directors,   officers,  employees,  or  agents  whether  or  not  the
Corporation  would have the power to indemnify them against such liability under
the provisions of this article.

         The Corporation  shall, from time to time,  reimburse or advance to any
person  referred to in this article the funds necessary for payment of expenses,
including  attorneys'  fees,  incurred in  connection  with any action,  suit or
proceeding referred to in this article, upon receipt of a written undertaking by
or on behalf of such person to repay such amount(s) if a judgment or other final
adjudication  adverse to the director or officer establishes that the director's
or officer's  acts or omissions  (i)  constitute a breach of the  director's  or
officer's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders,  (ii) were not
in good faith,  (iii) involved a knowing  violation of law, (iv) resulted in the
director  or  officer  receiving  an  improper  personal  benefit,  or (v)  were
otherwise  of such a  character  that New  Jersey  law would  require  that such
amount(s) be repaid.

Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  List of Exhibits.
Regulation S-K                                                         Reference to Prior Filing or
Exhibit Number                      Document                           Exhibit No. Attached Hereto
--------------                      --------                           -----------------------------
4        Form of Common Stock Certificate                              *

         5        Opinion of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Attached as Exhibit 5

         23.1     Consent of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Contained in Exhibit 5

         23.2     Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      Attached as Exhibit 23.2

         24       Power of Attorney                                             Contained on Signature Page
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*        Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Registration Statement on
         Form 8-K (File No. 000-50275) originally filed by the Company under the
         Exchange Act of 1934 with the Commission on May 1, 2003, and all
         amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
         description.

                                       4
Item 9.  Undertakings

         The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         1. To file,  during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a  post-effective  amendment  to this  Registration  Statement  to  include  any
material  information  with respect to the plan of  distribution  not previously
disclosed  in  this  Registration  Statement  or any  material  change  to  such
information in this Registration Statement;

         2.  That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof;

         3. To remove from  registration by means of a post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the Plan;

         4. That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933,  each filing of the  Company's  annual  report  pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 that is  incorporated  by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such
securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the  initial  bona fide  offering
thereof; and

         5.  Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and  controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions,  or otherwise,  the
Company has been  advised  that in the opinion of the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against  such  liabilities  (other  than the  payment by the Company of expenses
incurred or paid by a director,  officer or controlling person of the Company in
the  successful  defense of any action,  suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered,  the Company  will,  unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

                                       5
SIGNATURES

         The Registrant.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the  requirements  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused this
registration  statement  on  Form  S-8  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned,  thereunto duly  authorized,  in the city of Bayonne,  state of New
Jersey, on this 26th day of February, 2010.

                                           BCB BANCORP, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Donald Mindiak
                                           -----------------------------------
                                           Donald Mindiak
                                           President, Chief Executive Officer,
                                           and Chief Financial Officer
                                           (Duly Authorized Representative)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         We, the  undersigned  directors and officers of BCB Bancorp,  Inc. (the
"Company") hereby severally  constitute and appoint Donald Mindiak,  as our true
and  lawful  attorney  and  agent,  to do any and all things in our names in the
capacities  indicated  below which said Donald  Mindiak  may deem  necessary  or
advisable to enable the Company to comply with the  Securities  Act of 1933, and
any  rules,   regulations  and  requirements  of  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission, in connection with the registration of participation interests under
the BCB Community Bank 401(k) Plan, including specifically,  but not limited to,
power  and  authority  to sign for us in our names in the  capacities  indicated
below  the  registration   statement  and  any  and  all  amendments  (including
post-effective  amendments) thereto;  and we hereby approve,  ratify and confirm
all that said Donald Mindiak shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following  persons in
the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signatures                                  Title                                       Date
----------                                  -----                                       ----
/s/ Donald Mindiak                          Director, President, Chief Executive        February 26, 2010
------------------------------------        Officer, and Chief Financial Officer
Donald Mindiak                              (Principal Executive Officer)
                                            (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Robert Ballance                         Director                                    February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Robert Ballance

/s/ Judith Q. Bielan                        Director                                    February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Judith Q. Bielan

/s/ Joseph J. Brogan                        Director                                    February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Joseph J. Brogan

/s/ James E. Collins                        Director and Senior Lending Officer         February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
James E. Collins

/s/ Thomas M. Coughlin                      Director and Chief Operating Officer        February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Thomas M. Coughlin
/s/ Mark D. Hogan                           Chairman of the Board                       February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Mark D. Hogan

/s/ Joseph Lyga                             Director                                    February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Joseph Lyga

/s/ Alexander Pasiechnik                    Director                                    February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Alexander Pasiechnik

/s/ August Pellegrini, Jr.                  Director                                    February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Dr. August Pellegrini, Jr.

/s/ Joseph Tagliareni                       Director                                    February 26, 2010
------------------------------------
Joseph Tagliareni
The Plan.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the trustees (or other  persons who  administer  the Plan) have duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the city of Bayonne,  state of New Jersey, on this 26th day
of February, 2010.

                                         BCB Community Bank 401(k) Plan

                                  By:    /s/ Thomas Coughlin
                                         -----------------------------------
                                         Thomas M. Coughlin
                                  Title: Chief Operating Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Regulation S-K                                                         Reference to Prior Filing or
Exhibit Number                      Document                           Exhibit No. Attached Hereto
--------------                      --------                           -----------------------------
4        Form of Common Stock Certificate                              *

         5        Opinion of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Attached as Exhibit 5

         23.1     Consent of Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.                Contained in Exhibit 5

         23.2     Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      Attached as Exhibit 23.2

         24       Power of Attorney                                             Contained on Signature Page
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*        Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Registration Statement on
         Form 8-K (File No. 000-50275) originally filed by the Company under the
         Exchange Act of 1934 with the Commission on May 1, 2003, and all
         amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
         description.
Exhibit 5

                 OPINION OF LUSE GORMAN POMERENK & SCHICK, P.C.
LUSE GORMAN POMERENK & SCHICK
                           A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                                ATTORNEYS AT LAW

                     5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE, N.W., SUITE 780
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20015
                                [OBJECT OMITTED]
                            TELEPHONE (202) 274-2000
                            FACSIMILE (202) 362-2902
                                 www.luselaw.com

WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER                                       WRITER'S EMAIL
(202) 274-2000

March 1, 2010

Board of Directors
BCB Bancorp, Inc.
104-110 Avenue C
Bayonne, NJ 07002

                     Re:  BCB Community Bank 401(k) Plan
                          Registration  Statement on Form S-8
                          ------------------------------------

Lady and Gentlemen:

         You have  requested  the opinion of this firm as to certain  matters in
connection with the registration of participation interests in the BCB Community
Bank 401(k) Plan (the "Plan").

         In rendering the opinion expressed herein, we have reviewed the Charter
of BCB Bancorp,  Inc. (the  "Company"),  the Plan,  the  Company's  Registration
Statement  on Form S-8 (the "Form  S-8"),  as well as  applicable  statutes  and
regulations  governing the Company.  We have assumed the authenticity,  accuracy
and  completeness  of all  documents in  connection  with the opinion  expressed
herein.  We  have  also  assumed  the  legal  capacity  and  genuineness  of the
signatures  of  persons  signing  all  documents  in  connection  with which the
opinions expressed herein are rendered.

         Based on the foregoing, we are of the following opinion:

         Upon the effectiveness of the Form S-8 and in accordance with the Plan,
the participation  interests in the Plan will be legally issued,  fully paid and
non-assessable and the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Company  that may be  purchased  by the Plan  will,  upon  purchase,  be legally
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

         This  opinion  has been  prepared  solely for the use of the Company in
connection  with the  preparation  and filing of the Form S-8, and should not be
used for any other purpose or relied upon by any other person  without the prior
written  consent of this firm.  We hereby  consent to the use of this opinion in
the Form S-8.

                                  Very truly yours,

                                  /s/ Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                  LUSE GORMAN POMERENK & SCHICK
                                  A Professional Corporation
Exhibit 23.2

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
            --------------------------------------------------------

BCB Bancorp, Inc.
Bayonne, New Jersey

We  hereby  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement  on Form S-8 of our  report  dated  March 25,  2009,  relating  to the
consolidated  financial  statements  of  BCB  Bancorp,  Inc.  appearing  in  the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

                                /s/ ParenteBeard LLC
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ParenteBeard LLC
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Clark, New Jersey
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March 1, 2010
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