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Junior Subordinated Debentures Issued to Capital Trusts - Schedule of Outstanding Junior Subordinated Debentures and Related Trust Preferred Securities Issued by Each Trust non-printing (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
State Bancorp Capital Trust I [Member]  
Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption by Settlement Terms [Line Items]  
Purchase accounting discounts $ 1,800,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
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State Bancorp Capital Trust II [Member]  
Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption by Settlement Terms [Line Items]  
Purchase accounting discounts 2,500,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
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= vly_StateBancorpCapitalTrustTwoMember
GCB Capital Trust III [Member]  
Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption by Settlement Terms [Line Items]  
Unamortized purchase accounting premium $ 171,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedPremium
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Annual interest rate, base rate 3-month LIBOR
Annual interest rate spread, percentage 1.40%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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