| Date      of Report (Date of earliest event reported)                | April      16, 2008 |                     |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
|                                                                 |                |                     |
|                                                                 |                |                     |
| GREATER      COMMUNITY BANCORP                                       |
| (Exact      name of registrant as specified in its charter)          |
|                                                                 |                |                     |
|                                                                 |                |                     |
| NEW      JERSEY                                                      | 000-14294           | 22-2545165               |
| (State      or other jurisdiction                                    | (Commission         | (IRS      Employer       |
| of      incorporation)                                               | File      Number)   | Identification      No.) |
|                                                                 |                |                     |
|                                                                 |                |                     |
| 55      UNION BOULEVARD, TOTOWA, NJ                                  |                | 07512                    |
| (Address      of principal executive offices)                        |                | (Zip      Code)          |
|                                                                 |                |                     |
| Registrant's      telephone number, including area code              | 973-942-1111        |                |
|                                                                 |                |                     |
|                                                                 |                |                     |
|                                                                 |                |                     |
| (Former      name or former address, if changed since last  report.) |

----

| 99.1   | Press      release dated April 16, 2008.  The press release disclosed in      this Item 9.01 as Exhibit 99.1 shall be considered “furnished” but      not “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as      amended. |
|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

----

|                                 | GREATER      COMMUNITY BANCORP                                                                                                                         |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                 |                        (Registrant) |
|                                 |                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                 |                                                                                                                                                   |
| Date:  April 17,      2008 | /s/ Stephen J.      Mauger                                                                                                                             |
|                                 | Stephen      J. Mauger                                                                                                                                 |
|                                 | Senior      Vice President, Treasurer and                                                                                                              |
|                                 | Chief      Financial Officer                                                                                                                           |