Stockholders' Equity of the Company (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share

SL Green's earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 are computed as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
Numerator	2015		2014		2015		2014
Basic Earnings:
Income attributable to SL Green common stockholders	$	163,658	$	64,688	$	167,829	$	446,319
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Redemption of units to common shares	6,468		2,636		6,634		16,010
Diluted Earnings:
Income attributable to SL Green common stockholders	$	170,126	$	67,324	$	174,463	$	462,329

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
Denominator	2015	2014	2015	2014
Basic Shares:
Weighted average common stock outstanding	99,621	95,734	99,205	95,437
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Redemption of units to common shares	3,901	3,585	3,924	3,423
Stock-based compensation plans	407	387	480	462
Diluted weighted average common stock outstanding	103,929	99,706	103,609	99,322