Dozens of parks and historic sites across the state are shutting down or seeing their hours slashed starting this week, as a result of the state's budget woes.

Bayswater Point State Park in Queens is now closed.

The 12-acre park at the tip of a peninsula in the Rockaways was known for its hiking and nature study opportunities.

It's the only state park in the five boroughs that has closed. The rest are located upstate or on Long Island.

Operating hours are being reduced at Riverbank State Park in Harlem.

Riverbank used to be open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. on weekdays, but now it’s open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Weekend hours have been slashed from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The park's outdoor swimming pool has been closed, and senior classes and community events have been eliminated.

Residents from the area gathered Monday to protest the reduced hours.

"The damage that is done to the community and to the social fabric here for something like this, is not something that anyone should take lightly,” said Jerry Bruck of the group New Yorkers to Save Riverbank.

"These are real New Yorkers that are actually affected today by these budget cuts and what we find particularly tragic is that it doesn't seem to be any savings that are happening,” said Margaret Tobin, also of the group.

Governor David Paterson says the state's fiscal crisis made the closures and service changes necessary.