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                                                                    Exhibit 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION


I, Donald S. Hom, certify that:

        1.      I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of Lincoln
                Park Bancorp;

        2.      Based on my knowledge, this 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 report;

        3.      Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
                financial information included in this report, fairly present in
                all material respects the financial condition, results of
                operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of,
                and for, the period presented in this report.

        4.      The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) 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 small business issuer 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 small business issuer, including
                                its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
                                us by others within those entities, particularly
                                during the period in which this report is being
                                prepared;

                        b.      Evaluated the effectiveness of the small
                                business issuer's disclosure controls and
                                procedures and presented in this report our
                                conclusion about the effectiveness of the
                                disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
                                end of the period covered by this report based
                                on such evaluation; and

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

        1.      The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I
                have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
                control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's
                auditors and the audit committee of small business issuer'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
                                small business issuer'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 small business
                                issuer's internal controls over financial
                                reporting.


Date:    May 12, 2005
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                                        /s/ Donald S. Hom
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                                        Donald S. Hom
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer
                                        (Chief Executive Officer)