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Investment Securities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Security
Dec. 31, 2013
Security
Dec. 31, 2012
Sep. 30, 2012
Investment Securities [Line Items]        
Held to maturity, fair value $ 1,778,316,000us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecurities $ 1,731,737,000us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecurities    
Available for sale 886,970,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities 829,692,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities    
Fair value of trading securities 14,233,000us-gaap_TradingSecurities 14,264,000us-gaap_TradingSecurities    
Number of security positions in the securities held to maturity portfolio in an unrealized loss position 57us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions 133us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions    
Fair value of investments held to maturity pledged as collateral 854,900,000us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesPledgedAsCollateral      
Weighted-average remaining expected life of residential mortgage-backed securities held to maturity, years 7 years 3 months 18 days      
Number of security positions in the securities available for sale portfolio in an unrealized loss position 96us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions1 99us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions1    
Gross unrealized losses 12,331,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax 46,262,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax    
Amortized cost 889,958,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost 866,904,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost    
Gross unrealized losses 12,331,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss 46,262,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss    
Fair value of securities available for sale pledged as collateral 414,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesPledgedAsCollateral      
Weighted-average remaining expected life of residential mortgage-backed securities available for sale, years 5 years 5 months      
Investments held 0vly_InvestmentsHeldForSale      
Credit factors risk percentage 25.00%vly_CreditFactorsRiskPercentage      
Recognized impairment charges   722,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges    
Gross gains on sales transactions 746,000us-gaap_GainOnSaleOfInvestments 14,098,000us-gaap_GainOnSaleOfInvestments 6,621,000us-gaap_GainOnSaleOfInvestments  
Gross gains 744,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfInvestments 14,054,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfInvestments 5,571,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfInvestments  
Gross losses on the early redemption     5,300,000vly_LossOnRedemptionOfPreferredStock  
Interest income on trading securities 1,200,000us-gaap_InterestAndDividendIncomeSecuritiesTradingOrMeasuredAtFairValue 1,400,000us-gaap_InterestAndDividendIncomeSecuritiesTradingOrMeasuredAtFairValue 1,800,000us-gaap_InterestAndDividendIncomeSecuritiesTradingOrMeasuredAtFairValue  
Single Issuer Trust Preferred Security [Member] | Non-Rated [Member]        
Investment Securities [Line Items]        
Number of security positions in the securities held to maturity portfolio in an unrealized loss position 4us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions
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Single-Issuer Bank Trust Preferred Securities [Member]        
Investment Securities [Line Items]        
Fair value of trading securities 14,200,000us-gaap_TradingSecurities
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14,300,000us-gaap_TradingSecurities
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Trust preferred securities [Member]        
Investment Securities [Line Items]        
Impairment charge part of combined amortized cost of the securities 0us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCostBeforeOtherThanTemporaryImpairment
/ us-gaap_DebtSecurityAxis
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0us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCostBeforeOtherThanTemporaryImpairment
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= us-gaap_OtherDebtSecuritiesMember
  4,500,000us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCostBeforeOtherThanTemporaryImpairment
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Three Private Label Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]        
Investment Securities [Line Items]        
Other-than-temporarily impaired mortgage-backed securities, amortized cost 13,700,000vly_OtherThanTemporarilyImpairedMortgageBackedSecuritiesAmortizedCost
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Other-than-temporarily impaired mortgage-backed securities, fair value 14,600,000vly_OtherThanTemporarilyImpairedMortgageBackedSecuritiesFairValue
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Pooled Trust Preferred Securities [Member]        
Investment Securities [Line Items]        
Available for sale 8,700,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Number of security positions in the securities available for sale portfolio in an unrealized loss position 2us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions1
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3us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions1
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Amortized cost 10,800,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
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= vly_PooledTrustPreferredSecuritiesMember
     
Other-than-temporarily impaired trust preferred securities, amortized cost 5,400,000vly_OtherThanTemporarilyImpairedTrustPreferredSecuritiesAmortizedCost
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Other-than-temporarily impaired trust preferred securities, fair value 4,700,000vly_OtherThanTemporarilyImpairedTrustPreferredSecuritiesFairValue
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Gross gains on sales transactions   10,700,000us-gaap_GainOnSaleOfInvestments
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Pooled Trust Preferred Securities [Member] | Investment Grade [Member]        
Investment Securities [Line Items]        
Number of security positions in the securities available for sale portfolio in an unrealized loss position 1us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions1
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Gross unrealized losses 1,400,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss
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Second Pooled Trust Preferred Securities [Member] | Investment Grade [Member]        
Investment Securities [Line Items]        
Gross unrealized losses 698,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss
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Obligations of states and political subdivisions [Member]        
Investment Securities [Line Items]        
Held to maturity, fair value 500,018,000us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecurities
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545,886,000us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecurities
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Available for sale 44,051,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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37,700,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Gross unrealized losses 576,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
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2,163,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax
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Amortized cost 44,500,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
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39,112,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
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Gross unrealized losses 576,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss
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2,163,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss
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Obligations of states and political subdivisions [Member] | Other Than Temporarily Impaired Securities [Member]        
Investment Securities [Line Items]        
Available for sale 19,200,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
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Amortized cost 18,400,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
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Gross unrealized losses 1,300,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss
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Investment carrying value $ 544,100,000vly_InvestmentCarryingValue
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Investment carrying value percentage 55.00%vly_InvestmentPercentage
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