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Description of Business and Organization - Narrative (Details) ft² in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020 ft² entity office_and_property parcel $ / shares
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items] |
Area of real estate property (in sqft) | 10.1
Number of entities to be treated as taxable REIT subsidiary of ESRT | entity | 2
Empire State Realty Trust | Empire State Realty OP |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items] |
OP units owned by the Company (as a percent) | 60.10%
ESRT | Empire State Realty Trust | Empire State Realty OP |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items] |
OP units owned by the Company (as a percent) | 60.10%
Common Class A | ESRT |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items] |
Par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0.01
Office Building |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items] |
Area of real estate property (in sqft) | 9.4
Number of properties | office_and_property | 14
Office Building | Manhattan |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items] |
Area of real estate property (in sqft) | 7.6
Number of properties | office_and_property | 9
Office Building | Fairfield County, Connecticut and Westchester County, New York |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items] |
Area of real estate property (in sqft) | 1.8
Number of properties | office_and_property | 5
Development Parcel |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items] |
Number of properties | parcel | 3
Retail | Manhattan and Westport, Connecticut |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items] |
Area of real estate property (in sqft) | 0.2
Retail | Manhattan |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items] |
Area of real estate property (in sqft) | 0.5
Number of properties | office_and_property | 4
Retail | Westport, Connecticut |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items] |
Number of properties | office_and_property | 2
Other Property | Stamford, Connecticut |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items] |
Area of real estate property (in sqft) | 0.4

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