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Description of Business and Organization - The Predecessor Narrative (Details)
Dec. 31, 2014
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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]  
Area of real estate property 10,000,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
Predecessor [Member]  
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]  
Area of real estate property 380,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Predecessor [Member] | Office and Retail Properties [Member]  
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]  
Number of offices and properties 18us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateDescriptionTypeOfPropertyAxis
= esrt_OfficeandRetailPropertiesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Predecessor [Member] | Office and Retail Properties [Member] | Consolidated Properties [Member]  
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]  
Number of offices and properties 16us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateDescriptionTypeOfPropertyAxis
= esrt_OfficeandRetailPropertiesMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstatePropertiesAxis
= us-gaap_ConsolidatedPropertiesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Predecessor [Member] | Office and Retail Properties [Member] | Unconsolidated Properties [Member]  
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]  
Number of offices and properties 2us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateDescriptionTypeOfPropertyAxis
= esrt_OfficeandRetailPropertiesMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstatePropertiesAxis
= us-gaap_UnconsolidatedPropertiesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Predecessor [Member] | Development Parcel [Member] | Consolidated Properties [Member]  
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]  
Number of offices and properties 1us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateDescriptionTypeOfPropertyAxis
= esrt_DevelopmentParcelMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstatePropertiesAxis
= us-gaap_ConsolidatedPropertiesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Predecessor [Member] | Office Properties [Member] | Unconsolidated Properties [Member]  
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]  
Number of offices and properties 4us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateDescriptionTypeOfPropertyAxis
= esrt_OfficePropertiesMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstatePropertiesAxis
= us-gaap_UnconsolidatedPropertiesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Area of real estate property 380,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
/ us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateDescriptionTypeOfPropertyAxis
= esrt_OfficePropertiesMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstatePropertiesAxis
= us-gaap_UnconsolidatedPropertiesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember