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Noncontrolling Interests - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 02, 2024 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) Property	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) Property shares	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, increase from subsidiary equity issuance		$ 274	$ 10	$ 274	$ 13
Noncontrolling interest, decrease from redemptions or purchase of interests				$ 1,290	0
Long Island, NY [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| Property		8		8
Noncontrolling interest, increase from subsidiary equity issuance				$ 91,900
Embedded derivative, fair value of embedded derivative liability		$ 28,400		28,400
Cash paid to noncontrolling interests to settle capital units				2,100
Increase (decrease) in other operating liabilities				$ 800
Long Term Incentive Plan Units [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Grants in period (in shares) \| shares				326,140
Kimco Realty OP, LLC [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Subsidiary, ownership percentage, parent	99.86%	99.84%		99.84%
OP Units [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Purchase price of consolidated property interest				$ 3,300
Noncontrolling interest, decrease from redemptions or purchase of interests				$ 3,800
Preferred Units [Member] \| Long Island, NY [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, increase from subsidiary equity issuance						$ 122,100
Non-controlling interest, units redeemed (in shares) \| shares				101,369
Common Units [Member] \| Long Island, NY [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, increase from subsidiary equity issuance						$ 13,600
Non-controlling interest, units redeemed (in shares) \| shares				3,441
Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, increase from subsidiary equity issuance		$ 274	10	$ 274	13
Noncontrolling Interest [Member] \| Long Island, NY [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, increase from subsidiary equity issuance				63,500
Noncontrolling interest, decrease from redemptions or purchase of interests				1,300
Paid-in Capital [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, decrease from redemptions or purchase of interests				500
Kimco Realty OP, LLC [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, increase from subsidiary equity issuance		274	10	274	13
Kimco Realty OP, LLC [Member] \| Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, increase from subsidiary equity issuance		$ 274	$ 10	$ 274	$ 13
Kimco Realty OP, LLC [Member] \| RPT [Member] \| OP Units [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Units issued during period, units, acquisitions (in shares) \| shares	953,400
Units issued during period, value, acquisitions	$ 21,000