SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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                                    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): October 3, 2003

                               BCSB BANKCORP, INC.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


        United States                  0-24589                  52-2108333
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of      (Commission             (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)      File Number)            Identification No.)



4111 E. Joppa Road, Suite 300, Baltimore, Maryland                  21236
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                          (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (410) 256-5000
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                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)







ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.
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     On October 3, 2003,  BCSB Bankcorp,  Inc. (the "Company")  (NASDAQ:  BCSB),
completed  a private  placement  of  $10,000,000  of capital  (trust  preferred)
securities  issued by its Delaware  statutory  trust,  BCSB Capital  Trust II on
September  30,  2003.  The  securities  bear  interest  at a rate of 3.00%  over
three-month  LIBOR  and  mature in 2033.  The  Company  will  treat the issue as
capital for  regulatory  purposes.  The Company  intends to use the proceeds for
general corporate purposes.

     This current report contains statements that are  forward-looking,  as that
term is defined by the Private  Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or the
Securities and Exchange Commission in its rules, regulations,  and releases. The
Company  intends  that such  forward-looking  statements  be subject to the safe
harbors created  thereby.  All  forward-looking  statements are based on current
expectations regarding important risk factors, including but not limited to real
estate values, local and national economic conditions and the impact of interest
rates on financing.  Accordingly, actual results may differ from those expressed
in the forward-looking  statements, and the making of such statements should not
be regarded as a representation  by the company or any other person that results
expressed  therein  will be  achieved.  The  Company  does  not  undertake,  and
specifically  disclaims any  obligation,  to publicly  release the result of any
revisions that may be made to any  forward-looking  statements to reflect events
or circumstances  after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence
of anticipated or unanticipated events.












                                   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.


                                  BCSB BANKCORP, INC.
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                                  (Registrant)


     Date:  October 3, 2003       By: /s/ Gary C. Loraditch
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                                      Gary C. Loraditch
                                      President