Stockholders' Equity of the Company (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share

SL Green's earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 are computed as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
Numerator	2016		2015		2016		2015
Basic Earnings:
Income attributable to SL Green common stockholders	$	34,252	$	163,658	$	190,930	$	167,829
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Redemption of units to common shares	1,663		6,467		8,171		6,634
Diluted Earnings:
Income attributable to SL Green common stockholders	$	35,915	$	170,125	$	199,101	$	174,463

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
Denominator	2016	2015	2016	2015
Basic Shares:
Weighted average common stock outstanding	100,233	99,621	100,140	99,205
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Operating Partnership units redeemable for common shares	4,497	3,901	4,272	3,924
Stock-based compensation plans	413	407	349	480
Diluted weighted average common stock outstanding	105,143	103,929	104,761	103,609