After approximately two decades of discussions and plans, the new Far Rockaway Library is finally open.

“I think you are worthy of a state-of-the-art library,” Queens Borough President Donovan Richards said.

A $39 million project in the 18,000-square-foot-building, along with 30,000 books and new computers and laptops.

The two-story glass building also has a teen center.

It’s all part of the greater rezoning project to transform Far Rockaway, which includes building 1,700 affordable housing units.

Chakeela Williams moved into one of the affordable housing buildings in Queens a year ago.

The single mother used to live with her mother and siblings.

Williams said she and her three sons were cramped in one room. The longtime Rockaway resident said she scored the affordable apartment in the city’s lottery.

“It was scary at first, you know, cause it was my first time by myself, just me and my kids, but we love it, it’s way more room for us, we get to do things that we like to do, have our own kinda space,” she said.

According to Williams, balancing life as a mother while going to work and school can be challenging and the space of the three-bedroom unit helps.

“I’m very grateful. It’s really hard to get an apartment, especially when you don’t have good credit, like I don’t have good credit right now, it’s a work in progress, so to be able to get something that actually works with my income and my credit, it’s great,” she said.

The "Rockaway Village Apartments" project is also a work in progress.

The apartments called Beach 21, which is part of phase 2, are already up and have community members living in them. The abandoned parking lot, which is part of phase 3, is also currently housing residents.

According to city officials, there are five phases of the project and the city is on track to meet its 2026 deadline.

Roughly 1,600 affordable housing units have been built so far.

Williams said the new library is a long time in the making and she’s excited to bring her sons, ages 12, 10 and 1, there.

“Now that it’s finally open, I definitely will be taking them there. It looks amazing,” Williams said.

“It’s a win-win situation. You should not have to leave your community to have access to high-quality education, high-quality libraries, and more importantly, high-quality housing,” Richards said.

City officials said the fourth phase is approximately 183 units and there is currently an open housing lottery for it.

The fifth and final phase, of 100 units, will be completed by 2026.