[BCB Bancorp Press Release Letterhead]

                  BCB BANCORP PRICES SECONDARY PUBLIC OFFERING

     BAYONNE, NJ--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 14, 2005--BCB Bancorp announced last
night that it priced its secondary public offering of 1,100,000 shares of common
stock at a public  offering  price of $15.25 per share.  Net  proceeds  from the
offering of  approximately  $15.2  million  (after  deducting  the  underwriting
discount and offering  expenses) will be available for  contribution to capital,
for use in  lending  and  investing  activities,  for branch  expansion  and for
general corporate  purposes.  The offering was underwritten on a firm commitment
basis by Janney  Montgomery  Scott LLC. The Bank has granted the  underwriter an
option,  exercisable  by notice on or before January 13, 2006, to purchase up to
an additional 165,000 shares to cover over-allotments,  if any. The common stock
of BCB Bancorp will begin  trading on the NASDAQ  National  Market on Wednesday,
December 14, 2005 under the symbol "BCBP".

Should you have any  questions,  please  contact  Donald  Mindiak,  President or
Thomas Coughlin, Chief Financial Officer at 201-823-0700.

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     This  press  release  shall  not   constitute  an  offer  to  sell  or  the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in
any state in which such offer,  solicitation  or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification  under the securities laws of any state. The offer
is made only by means of the offering circular.

     This release may contain forward-looking  statements.  We caution that such
statements may be subject to a number of uncertainties  and actual results could
differ materially and, therefore, readers should not place undue reliance on any
forward-looking  statements.  Information  about factors that potentially  could
affect BCB Bancorp's  financial  results are included in the  prospectus for our
public  offering of common stock and in our other  filings,  including  our Form
10-Q for the  three  months  ended  September  30,  2005,  that we make with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission.  BCB  Bancorp  does  not  undertake,  and
specifically  disclaims,  any obligation to publicly  release the results of any
revisions  that may be made to any  forward-looking  statements  to reflect  the
occurrence of anticipated or  unanticipated  events or  circumstances  after the
date of such statements, except as required under applicable law.