SEC FORM 3

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

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

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

100 MISTY LANE

(Street)

PARSIPPANY

07054

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/30/2007

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CENTER BANCORP INC [ CNBC ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
COMMON STOCK	10,710	D
COMMON STOCK	53,911	I	Wife
COMMON STOCK	1,271,787	I	See Footnote⁽¹⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:

1. In a joint Schedule 13D filing initially made on June 29, 2006 and thereafter amended on numerous occasions, on behalf of Seidman and Associates, L.L.C. (216,699 shares), Seidman Investment Partnership, L.P. (216,367 shares), Seidman Investment Partnership II, L.P.(256,392 shares), Broad Park Investors, L.L.C. (150,148 shares), Chewy Gooey Cookies, L.P. (106,576 shares), Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd. (256,725 shares), LSBK06-08, LLC. (68,880 shares), Sonia Seidman (53,911 shares), Lawrence Seidman SEP-IRA (10,710 shares), such person beneficially own a total of 1,336,408 shares of our common stock in which Lawrence Seidman has direct voting authority and dispositive authority.

	/s/ Lawrence B. Seidman	06/13/2007
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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