More than 50 churches around the city held their final services inside public school buildings on Sunday, as the Bloomberg administration plans to start enforcing a court decision banning churches from using schools for religious worship.

The Department of Education says the ban will affect 53 congregations citywide.

However, a separate list by the office of Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera says at least 52 congregations will be affected — 24 congregations in Manhattan, nine in Brooklyn, nine in Queens, eight in the Bronx and two on Staten Island.

"This is an atrocity, this is a regressive policy that the mayor is putting on," said Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera.

One of the affected churches, Abounding Grace Ministries, has held services at P.S. 34 in the East Village in Manhattan for three-and-a-half years.

While the church is still willing to fight, members of the congregations claimed the community is losing out.

"Eliminating this part of the community will undermine the fabric of our larger community here," said Pastor Rick Del Rio of Abounding Grace Ministries. "And this a place, as you see, there are people that have come, they're the ones that really have been marginalized. We don't have the finances to buy a big building, so this has been a blessing."

The leader of another affected church, Pastor Sal Sabino of Heavenly Vision Christian Center in the Bronx, told NY1 his parish is disappointed by the move, as his church has been using the same space at Walton High School in Bedford Park for years.

"There's no classes during that period of time. So what are they going to do with an empty building? That's my question to Mayor Bloomberg and the DOE. What are you going to do?" said Sabino. "What's the purpose of having an empty building on Sunday afternoons?"

Over at the Park Slope Presbyterian Church, faithful gathered at their new home inside the Greenwood Baptist Church, and at a new later time.

"A little bit harder for parents to get there kids out in afternoons after naps and around dinner time," said Pastor Matt Brown.

Brown says while he's grateful for the space, the city's eviction of them from John Jay High School after eight years is frustrating.

"It's sad I think for all us to be leaving the place where we've been for so many years," said one worshiper.

For eight years the congregation worshipped in John Jay High School. But a recent court decision allows the city to enforce its policy not to rent space to more than 50 churches for regular worship in Public Schools.

"I support the city's policy because I support the Constitution. And we have a separation of church and state in this country," said Manhattan Councilwoman Jessica Lappin.

"The thing that's amazing to me is that the Board of Ed is so worried about confusion on one point and not on another," said Brown, who noted the crosses that tower over children as they enter PS 133.

The elementary school is housed in a church building which the city rents from the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens.

"It just highlights some of the irrationality of the policy," said one worshiper.

The Department of Education currently holds 34 school leases from the Catholic church to alleviate school overcrowding and requires religious symbols inside be removed or covered during use.

In a statement, the DOE writes "We did not buy any of the buildings...Nor did we do anything to subsidize it - which is among the primary concerns in continuing to allow worship in public schools."

Meanwhile, a bill recently passed by the State Senate would allow the churches to stay, and discussions are underway for the State Assembly to follow suit.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said there will be no action on the bill this week, saying concerns still need to be cleared up about how long the churches are allowed to stay in schools.