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Commitments and Contingencies Major Customers and Other Concentrations (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
tenant
office_and_property
Dec. 31, 2013
tenant
office_and_property
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Cash, FDIC Insured Amount 250,000us-gaap_CashFDICInsuredAmount  
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Number of tenants 3esrt_ConcentrationRiskNumberofTenants
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
3esrt_ConcentrationRiskNumberofTenants
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
Concentration risk percentage 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
Number of properties 3us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
3us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member] | Empire State Building Co. [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration risk percentage 33.86%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis
= esrt_EmpireStateBuildingCo.Member
 
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member] | One Grand Central Place [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration risk percentage 13.47%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis
= esrt_OneGrandCentralPlaceMember
20.99%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis
= esrt_OneGrandCentralPlaceMember
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member] | First Stamford Place [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration risk percentage 6.95%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis
= esrt_FirstStamfordPlaceMember
11.62%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis
= esrt_FirstStamfordPlaceMember
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member] | Major Tenant Three [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration risk percentage 14.62%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= esrt_MajorTenantThreeMember
11.41%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= esrt_MajorTenantThreeMember
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member] | Customer 1 [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration risk percentage 8.17%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= esrt_MajorTenantOneMember
6.01%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= esrt_MajorTenantOneMember
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member] | Customer 2 [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration risk percentage 4.17%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= esrt_MajorTenantTwoMember
2.72%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= esrt_MajorTenantTwoMember
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member] | Customer 3 [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration risk percentage 2.28%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= esrt_Customer3Member
2.68%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= esrt_Customer3Member