Stockholders' Equity of the Company (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share

SL Green's earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 is computed as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
Numerator	2014		2013		2014		2013
Basic Earnings:
Income attributable to SL Green common stockholders	$	64,688	$	37,025	$	446,319	$	64,210
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Redemption of units to common shares	2,636		1,110		16,010		1,909
Diluted Earnings:
Income attributable to SL Green common stockholders	$	67,324	$	38,135	$	462,329	$	66,119

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
Denominator	2014	2013	2014	2013
Basic Shares:
Weighted average common stock outstanding	95,734	91,988	95,437	91,684
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Redemption of units to common shares	3,585	2,792	3,423	2,705
Stock-based compensation plans	387	236	462	242
Diluted weighted average common stock outstanding	99,706	95,016	99,322	94,631