After years of advocacy and delays, the 116th Precinct is scheduled to open in early- to mid-October in Rosedale, according to the Mayor’s Office.

The announcement was made last Friday after a handshake agreement between the mayor and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) on a $112.4 billion budget, according to his office. About $1.2 million in funds will be allocated toward 32 civilian positions to staff the precinct.

The speaker said the investment in the precinct, located at 244-04 North Conduit Ave., along with others in the budget, helps residents.

The two-story, 45,000-square-foot station house will take Laurelton, Rosedale, Brookville and Springfield Gardens from the 105th Precinct because of that police station’s large coverage area, according to authorities.

The 105th Precinct also covers Queens Village, Cambria Heights, Bellerose, Glen Oaks, Floral Park and New Hyde Park

In 2021, the Mayor’s Office said the building cost $78 million and the total projected cost of the facility was estimated at $104.8 million.

The station would staff approximately 200 people and a commanding officer selection will be in late July, according to the NYPD.

“It will operate as a standard patrol precinct staffed accordingly,” said an NYPD spokesperson. “Operational planning remains ongoing.”

Many residents of Southeast Queens are happy to learn of the precinct’s opening in October.

“I am extremely, with emphasis on the word extremely, happy and proud that it has become a reality,” said Bess DeBetham, a member of the Federated Blocks of Laurelton and Community Board 13. “It goes back to the early 70s when we first asked for the precinct. It has been a nonstop issue annually with every administration since [Mayor Koch].”

The 105th Precinct stretches 11 miles and serves people in Eastern and Southeast Queens, along with parts of Long Island, and that became a problem because of its response time, according to DeBetham.

“It really wasn’t fair to officers and the precinct commander that we on the southern tier of the 105th were constantly complaining,” DeBetham said. “If we made a call that was an urgent call, the whole community would be dead because it takes so long to get there.”

According to an NYPD representative at a meeting about the precinct in 2018, held by then-Borough President Melinda Katz, the 105th Precinct had a response time of 6 minutes and 58 seconds in 2017.

Response times for precincts across the city for critical incidents were trending at more than 9 minutes, according to stats provided by the NYPD.

“After several years of collaboration, I am pleased that the efforts of so many has resulted in this positive outcome for the community and New York City as a whole,” said Marcia O’Brien, third vice president of the Rosedale Civic Association and second vice-chairperson of CB 13.

She told the Chronicle that CB 13 Chairman Bryan Block had spearheaded the 116th Precinct Task Force for the precinct in more recent years.

“I’m pleased, excited and ecstatic that it is opening,” Block told the Chronicle.

Spring-Gar Community Civic Association was not available for comment.

Oster Bryan, president of the St. Albans Civic Association, said the funds for the precinct could have been spent on other community matters.

“The community has more pressing issues I would say, especially around education,” Bryan told the Chronicle. “Another precinct baffles me, especially given the state of the testing scores and education results of the school districts.”

In School District 28, 55 percent of students were proficient in reading and 51 percent of students were proficient in math, according to state test scores. In School District 29, 45 percent of students were proficient in reading and 31 percent were proficient in math.

“People have been complaining about the performance of our schools,” Bryan said. “Nothing comes before our children. If you are not prioritizing the children in our community, then you are really out of whack.”