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): February 25, 2010

                                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 5.03   Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
            Year
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On February 25, 2010, BCB Bancorp,  Inc. amended it Certificate of Incorporation
to increase its authorized  capital stock to 20,000,000  shares of common stock,
no par value. Such amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation was approved by
the  stockholders  of BCB Bancorp,  Inc. at its special  meeting of stockholders
held on December 17, 2009.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)  Financial Statements of businesses acquired. Not Applicable.

(b)  Pro forma financial information. Not Applicable.

(c)  Exhibits.

     The following Exhibit is attached as part of this report:

       3.   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation






                                   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: February 26, 2010                 By:  /s/Donald Mindiak
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                                           Donald Mindiak
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer