Ownership Submission
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, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  TOALSON VALERIE
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/24/2007		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BANKATLANTIC BANCORP INC [BBX]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP of Sub, BankAtlantic
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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)
Class A Common Stock 108.684 (1)
I
401(k) Plan

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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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Options to Buy Class A Common Stock 02/14/2011 02/13/2016 Class A Common Stock 25,000 $ 13.6 D  
Options to Buy Class A Common Stock 07/11/2011 07/10/2016 Class A Common Stock 10,000 $ 14.81 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
TOALSON VALERIE
2100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309		       EVP of Sub, BankAtlantic  

Signatures

James A. White, EVP CFO, BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc., Attorney-In-Fact for Valerie C. Toalson 02/01/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents number of units held by the reporting person in the Company stock fund in the Company's 401(k) plan. The 401(k) plan administrator has reported that these units represented 100.434 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock held in the 401(k) plan on January 31, 2007.

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