Exhibit 31.1

                   Certification of Chief Executive Officer
           Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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     I, Donald Mindiak, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of BCB Bancorp, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue
   statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
   to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
   such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
   covered by this quarterly report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
   information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
   material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
   flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
   quarterly report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
   establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
   defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant
   and have:

   a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such
      disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
      supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
      registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
      to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
      period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

   b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
      and procedures and presented in this quarterly report our
      conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
      procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly
      report based on such evaluation; and

   c) disclosed in this quarterly report any change in the registrant's
      internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
      registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
      fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
      affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
      registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
   our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
   to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's
   board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


   a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
      or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
      reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to
      record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

   b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
      other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
      internal control over financial reporting.



August 9, 2004               /s/ Donald Mindiak
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                             Donald Mindiak
                             President and Chief Executive Officer


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