Organization	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization	Note 1 – Organization New York REIT Liquidating LLC (the “Company”) was formed on November 7, 2018 and is the successor entity to New York REIT, Inc., (the “Predecessor”). The Predecessor was incorporated on October 6, 2009 as a Maryland corporation that qualified as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes (“REIT”) beginning with its taxable year ended December 31, 2010. On April 15, 2014, the Predecessor listed its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “NYRT” (the “Listing”). The sole purpose of the Company is to wind up the Company’s affairs and the liquidation of the Company’s assets with no objective to continue or to engage in the conduct of a trade or business, except as necessary for the orderly liquidation of the Company’s assets. Substantially all of the Predecessor’s business was conducted through its operating partnership, New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “OP”). On August 22, 2016, the Predecessor’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved a plan of liquidation to sell in an orderly manner all or substantially all of the assets of the Predecessor and its OP and to liquidate and dissolve the Predecessor and the OP (the “Liquidation Plan”), subject to stockholder approval. The Liquidation Plan was approved at a special meeting of stockholders on January 3, 2017. All of the assets held by the OP have been sold and the OP was dissolved prior to the conversion on November 7, 2018. As of December 31, 2018, the Company’s only significant assets are a 50.1% equity interest in WWP Holdings LLC (“WWP”) which owns one property aggregating 2.0 million rentable square feet, with an average occupancy of 96.5%, and a $90.7 million cash reserve to be utilized for improvements at WWP. The Company’s property at December 31, 2018 consisted of office space, retail space and a garage representing 88%, 5% and 7%, respectively, of rentable square feet as of December 31, 2018. The Predecessor and the Company have no employees. Prior to March 8, 2017, the Predecessor retained (i) New York Recovery Advisors, LLC (the “Former Advisor”) to manage its affairs on a day-to-day basis and (ii) New York Recovery Properties, LLC (the “ARG Property Manager”) to serve as the Company’s property manager, except for certain properties where services were performed by a third party. The Former Advisor and ARG Property Manager are under common control with AR Global Investments, LLC (the successor business to AR Capital, LLC, “AR Global”), (the “Sponsor”). On March 8, 2017, the Predecessor transferred all advisory duties from the Former Advisor to Winthrop REIT Advisors, LLC (the “Winthrop Advisor”) and property management services with respect to properties managed by ARG Property Manager were transferred to Winthrop Management, L.P. (the “Winthrop Property Manager”). In March 2018 the Predecessor effected a 1-for-10 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”) of its common stock (“Common Shares”) pursuant to which each of ten Common Shares issued and outstanding as of the close of market on March 15, 2018 were automatically combined into one Common Share, subject to the elimination of fractional shares. Any fractional shares resulting from the Reverse Split were redeemed for cash in lieu of shares. All references to Common Shares outstanding and per Common Share amounts have been restated to reflect the effect of the Reverse Split for all periods presented.

Note 1 – Organization

New York REIT Liquidating LLC (the “Company”) was formed on November 7, 2018 and is the successor entity to New York REIT, Inc., (the “Predecessor”). The Predecessor was incorporated on October 6, 2009 as a Maryland corporation that qualified as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes (“REIT”) beginning with its taxable year ended December 31, 2010. On April 15, 2014, the Predecessor listed its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “NYRT” (the “Listing”).

The sole purpose of the Company is to wind up the Company’s affairs and the liquidation of the Company’s assets with no objective to continue or to engage in the conduct of a trade or business, except as necessary for the orderly liquidation of the Company’s assets.

Substantially all of the Predecessor’s business was conducted through its operating partnership, New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “OP”).

On August 22, 2016, the Predecessor’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved a plan of liquidation to sell in an orderly manner all or substantially all of the assets of the Predecessor and its OP and to liquidate and dissolve the Predecessor and the OP (the “Liquidation Plan”), subject to stockholder approval. The Liquidation Plan was approved at a special meeting of stockholders on January 3, 2017. All of the assets held by the OP have been sold and the OP was dissolved prior to the conversion on November 7, 2018.

As of December 31, 2018, the Company’s only significant assets are a 50.1% equity interest in WWP Holdings LLC (“WWP”) which owns one property aggregating 2.0 million rentable square feet, with an average occupancy of 96.5%, and a $90.7 million cash reserve to be utilized for improvements at WWP. The Company’s property at December 31, 2018 consisted of office space, retail space and a garage representing 88%, 5% and 7%, respectively, of rentable square feet as of December 31, 2018.

The Predecessor and the Company have no employees. Prior to March 8, 2017, the Predecessor retained (i) New York Recovery Advisors, LLC (the “Former Advisor”) to manage its affairs on a day-to-day basis and (ii) New York Recovery Properties, LLC (the “ARG Property Manager”) to serve as the Company’s property manager, except for certain properties where services were performed by a third party. The Former Advisor and ARG Property Manager are under common control with AR Global Investments, LLC (the successor business to AR Capital, LLC, “AR Global”), (the “Sponsor”).

On March 8, 2017, the Predecessor transferred all advisory duties from the Former Advisor to Winthrop REIT Advisors, LLC (the “Winthrop Advisor”) and property management services with respect to properties managed by ARG Property Manager were transferred to Winthrop Management, L.P. (the “Winthrop Property Manager”).

In March 2018 the Predecessor effected a 1-for-10 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”) of its common stock (“Common Shares”) pursuant to which each of ten Common Shares issued and outstanding as of the close of market on March 15, 2018 were automatically combined into one Common Share, subject to the elimination of fractional shares. Any fractional shares resulting from the Reverse Split were redeemed for cash in lieu of shares. All references to Common Shares outstanding and per Common Share amounts have been restated to reflect the effect of the Reverse Split for all periods presented.