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Capital - Additional Information and Private Perpetual Preferred Units (Details) - $ / shares | 3 Months Ended |  |
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Mar. 31, 2020 | Mar. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2019 | May 16, 2019
Shares and Units [Abstract] |  |  |  |
OP units outstanding (in shares) | 297,676,225 |  |  |
Dividends on common stock received until performance criteria met for LTIP units (as a percent) | 10.00% |  |  |
Dividends on common stock received after performance criteria met for LTIP units (as a percent) | 90.00% |  |  |
Dividends on common stock received in periods after performance criteria met for LTIP units (as a percent) | 100.00% |  |  |
Dividends declared (in USD per share) | $ 0.105 | $ 0.105 |  |
2019 Plan |  |  |  |
Shares and Units [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Number of shares authorized under the plan (in shares) | 11,000,000.0 |  |  | 11,000,000.0
Empire State Realty Trust |  |  |  |
Shares and Units [Abstract] |  |  |  |
OP units owned by the Company (in shares) | 177,128,009 |  |  |
Other Partners, Certain Directors, Officers And Other Members Of Executive Management |  |  |  |
Shares and Units [Abstract] |  |  |  |
OP units not owned by the Company (in shares) | 120,548,216 |  |  |
Empire State Realty OP | Empire State Realty Trust |  |  |  |
Shares and Units [Abstract] |  |  |  |
OP units owned by the Company (as a percent) | 59.50% |  |  |
Empire State Realty OP | Other Partners, Certain Directors, Officers And Other Members Of Executive Management |  |  |  |
Shares and Units [Abstract] |  |  |  |
OP units not owned by the Company (as a percent) | 40.50% |  |  |
Private Perpetual Preferred Units, Series 2019 |  |  |  |
Shares and Units [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Private perpetual preferred units, issued (in shares) | 4,664,038 |  | 4,610,383 |
Private perpetual preferred units, liquidation preference (in USD per share) | $ 13.52 |  | $ 13.52 |
Preferred units cumulative cash distributions (in USD per share) | $ 0.70 |  |  |
Private Perpetual Preferred Units, Series 2014 |  |  |  |
Shares and Units [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Private perpetual preferred units, issued (in shares) | 1,560,360 |  | 1,560,360 |
Private perpetual preferred units issued during period (in shares) | 1,560,360 |  |  |
Private perpetual preferred units, liquidation preference (in USD per share) | $ 16.62 |  | $ 16.62 |
Dividends declared (in USD per share) | $ 0.60 |  |  |

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