The news sent holiday cheers through Bay Ridge.

Amery Rock said her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Darla, can’t wait for the library to open its doors.

“Whenever we pass it, she points it out,” Rock said. “She says she is going to get her own library card, and that she will be able to take out 10 books if she wants to.”

And it’s not just youngsters who are counting the days.

“Yippee,” said Jean Ryan. “I love that library, and I will be able to take my grandson there.”

Structural work was finally completed earlier this month, and now the city’s Department of Design and Construction is awaiting a final inspection, which should occur before the end of the month, according to agency Spokesman Craig Chin.