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Environmental Obligations - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2012
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Other Commitments [Line Items]        
Pollution legal liability insurance policy duration 10 years      
Pollution legal liability insurance policy aggregate limit $ 50,000,000gty_PollutionLegalLiabilityInsurancePolicyAggregateLimit      
Remediation agreement of lease   We have agreed to be responsible for environmental contamination at the premises that was known at the time the lease commenced, and that existed prior to commencement of the lease and is discovered (other than as a result of a voluntary site investigation) during the first ten years of the lease term.    
Environmental remediation liability   94,945,000gty_AccrualForEnvironmentalRemediation   91,566,000gty_AccrualForEnvironmentalRemediation
Accretion expense   1,169,000us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpense 620,000us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpense  
The amounts of credits to environmental expenses included in continuing operations and to earnings from operating activities in discontinued operations   49,000gty_AmountOfCreditsToEnvironmentalExpensesIncludedInContinuingOperationsAndToEarningsFromOperatingActivitiesInDiscontinuedOperations 359,000gty_AmountOfCreditsToEnvironmentalExpensesIncludedInContinuingOperationsAndToEarningsFromOperatingActivitiesInDiscontinuedOperations  
Increase in carrying value of property   5,279,000gty_IncreaseInCarryingValueOfProperty 2,598,000gty_IncreaseInCarryingValueOfProperty  
Non-cash impairment charges   4,805,000gty_NonCashImpairmentCharges 1,242,000gty_NonCashImpairmentCharges  
Estimated remaining useful life of underground storage tank for capitalized asset retirement costs   10 years    
Depreciation and amortization expense for capitalized asset retirement costs   1,636,000gty_DepreciationAndAmortizationForCapitalizedAssetRetirementCosts 335,000gty_DepreciationAndAmortizationForCapitalizedAssetRetirementCosts  
Capitalized asset retirement costs   59,357,000us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsAssetRetirementCosts   59,809,000us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsAssetRetirementCosts
Asset retirement obligations removed from balance sheet   12,954,000us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationLiabilitiesSettled    
Deferred rental revenue   2,416,000us-gaap_DeferredRevenueLeasesGross    
Minimum [Member]        
Other Commitments [Line Items]        
Environmental remediation liability discount range   4.00%us-gaap_AccrualForEnvironmentalLossContingenciesDiscountRate
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Environmental remediation liability fair value, expected future net cash flows   2.00%gty_AccrualForEnvironmentalLossContingenciesInflationAdjustmentRate
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Maximum [Member]        
Other Commitments [Line Items]        
Environmental remediation liability discount range   7.00%us-gaap_AccrualForEnvironmentalLossContingenciesDiscountRate
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Environmental remediation liability fair value, expected future net cash flows   2.75%gty_AccrualForEnvironmentalLossContingenciesInflationAdjustmentRate
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USTs [Member]        
Other Commitments [Line Items]        
Asset retirement obligations removed from balance sheet   12,954,000us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationLiabilitiesSettled
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Net asset cost related to USTs removed from the balance sheet   10,538,000gty_NetAssetRetirementCostsRemoved
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Deferred rental revenue   2,416,000us-gaap_DeferredRevenueLeasesGross
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Future Environmental Liabilities [Member]        
Other Commitments [Line Items]        
Environmental remediation liability   47,999,000gty_AccrualForEnvironmentalRemediation
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= gty_FutureEnvironmentalLiabilitiesMember
  49,700,000gty_AccrualForEnvironmentalRemediation
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= gty_FutureEnvironmentalLiabilitiesMember
Reasonably Estimable Environmental Remediation Obligation [Member]        
Other Commitments [Line Items]        
Environmental remediation liability   $ 46,946,000gty_AccrualForEnvironmentalRemediation
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= gty_ReasonablyEstimableEnvironmentalRemediationObligationMember
  $ 41,866,000gty_AccrualForEnvironmentalRemediation
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