Income (Loss) Per Share/Income (Loss) Per Class A Unit (Narrative) (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share
Weighted average common share / class A unit equivalents of excluded dilutive securities due to anti-dilutive effect	12,525	13,334
Vornado Realty L.P.
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share
Weighted average common share / class A unit equivalents of excluded dilutive securities due to anti-dilutive effect	177	1,446

Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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