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Significant Accounting Policies (Details 6)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Workforce concentration      
Concentration of Credit Risk      
Number of collective bargaining agreements (agreement) 6slg_NumberOfCollectiveBargainingArrangements
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Annualized rent | Customer concentration      
Concentration of Credit Risk      
Number of tenants (tenants) 3slg_NumberOfTenants
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Maximum percentage of annualized rent for any one tenant not individually disclosed (percent) 2.00%slg_ConcentrationRiskPercentageThreshold
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Annualized rent | 1515 Broadway | Customer concentration      
Concentration of Credit Risk      
Percentage of concentration (percent) 9.90%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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10.60%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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10.20%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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Annualized rent | 388 and 390 Greenwich Street | Customer concentration      
Concentration of Credit Risk      
Percentage of concentration (percent) 9.80%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
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/ slg_RealEstateByLocationAxis
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Annualized rent | 919 Third Avenue | Customer concentration      
Concentration of Credit Risk      
Percentage of concentration (percent) 7.50%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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/ slg_RealEstateByLocationAxis
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7.80%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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/ slg_RealEstateByLocationAxis
= slg_ThirdAvenue919Member
8.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ slg_RealEstateByLocationAxis
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Annualized rent | 1185 Avenue of the Americas | Customer concentration      
Concentration of Credit Risk      
Percentage of concentration (percent) 7.80%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
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/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
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/ slg_RealEstateByLocationAxis
= slg_AvenueOfTheAmericas1185Member
7.70%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
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/ slg_RealEstateByLocationAxis
= slg_AvenueOfTheAmericas1185Member
7.10%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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/ slg_RealEstateByLocationAxis
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Annualized rent | One Madison Avenue | Customer concentration      
Concentration of Credit Risk      
Percentage of concentration (percent)   6.40%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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/ slg_RealEstateByLocationAxis
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6.20%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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Annualized rent | Tenant 1 | Customer concentration      
Concentration of Credit Risk      
Percentage of concentration (percent) 10.90%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
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Annualized rent | Tenant 2 | Customer concentration      
Concentration of Credit Risk      
Percentage of concentration (percent) 7.20%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
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Annualized rent | Tenant 3 | Customer concentration      
Concentration of Credit Risk      
Percentage of concentration (percent) 5.60%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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= slg_AnnualizedRentMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= slg_Tenant3Member
   
Collective bargaining arrangements | Workforce concentration      
Concentration of Credit Risk      
Percentage of concentration (percent) 73.40%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
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Collective bargaining arrangements which expires in 2015 | Workforce concentration      
Concentration of Credit Risk      
Percentage of concentration (percent) 77.60%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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