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Deferred Costs, Acquired Lease Intangibles and Goodwill - Acquired Leases (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Mar. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
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Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Acquired below-market ground lease, Gross Amount | $ 396,916 us-gaap_GroundLeasesGross | $ 396,916 us-gaap_GroundLeasesGross
Acquired below-market ground lease, Accumulated Amortization | (7,151)us-gaap_GroundLeasesAccumulatedAmortization | (5,029)us-gaap_GroundLeasesAccumulatedAmortization
Acquired below-market leases, Gross Amount | (168,372)us-gaap_BelowMarketLeaseGross | (169,805)us-gaap_BelowMarketLeaseGross
Acquired below-market leases, Accumulated Amortization | 38,636 us-gaap_BelowMarketLeaseAccumulatedAmortization | 30,946 us-gaap_BelowMarketLeaseAccumulatedAmortization
Acquired in-place lease value and deferred leasing costs [Member] |  |
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Finite-lived intangible assets, Gross Amount | 300,725 us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = esrt_AcquiredInPlaceLeaseValueAndDeferredLeasingCostsMember | 304,916 us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = esrt_AcquiredInPlaceLeaseValueAndDeferredLeasingCostsMember
Finite-lived intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization | (92,680)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = esrt_AcquiredInPlaceLeaseValueAndDeferredLeasingCostsMember | (83,540)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = esrt_AcquiredInPlaceLeaseValueAndDeferredLeasingCostsMember
Acquired above-market leases [Member] |  |
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Finite-lived intangible assets, Gross Amount | 84,213 us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_AboveMarketLeasesMember | 84,633 us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_AboveMarketLeasesMember
Finite-lived intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization | $ (19,172)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_AboveMarketLeasesMember | $ (15,761)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_AboveMarketLeasesMember

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