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

                                   FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE
REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                                   Commission File Number     000-16637-01
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                            BNB Capital Trust
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          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                905 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)


                9.5% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities
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         (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)



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(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

     Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)  [X]       Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)  [ ]

          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) [ ]       Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) [ ]

          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)  [ ]       Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)  [ ]

          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) [ ]       Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) [ ]

                                         Rule 15d-6           [ ]

     Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or
notice date:  0
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     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Independence Community Bank Corp., as the parent corporation owning all the
common securities of BNB Capital Trust, has caused this
certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly
authorized person.

                                         Independence Community Bank Corp.
Date:    July 8, 2002                    By:/s/  John K. Schnock
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                                         Name:   John K. Schnock
                                         Title:  Senior Vice President,
                                                 Secretary and Counsel

Instruction:  This form is required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The registrant shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one
of which shall be manually signed.  It may be signed by an officer of the
registrant, by counsel or by any other duly authorized person.  The name
and title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed under
the signature.