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Rego Park II Apartment Tower (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
sqft
aptunits
Dec. 31, 2014
Rego Park 2 Property [Abstract]    
Development and construction in progress $ 89,244,000us-gaap_DevelopmentInProcess $ 75,289,000us-gaap_DevelopmentInProcess
Rego Park 2 Property [Member] | Property Under Development [Member] | Apartment Tower [Member]    
Rego Park 2 Property [Abstract]    
Number of units in apartment tower (in units) 312us-gaap_NumberOfUnitsInRealEstateProperty
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= us-gaap_ApartmentBuildingMember
/ alx_PropertyOperatingStatusAxis
= alx_PropertyUnderDevelopmentMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis
= alx_RegoPark2PropertyMember
 
Area of property (in square feet) 255,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
/ us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateDescriptionTypeOfPropertyAxis
= us-gaap_ApartmentBuildingMember
/ alx_PropertyOperatingStatusAxis
= alx_PropertyUnderDevelopmentMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis
= alx_RegoPark2PropertyMember
 
Estimated Date Of Completion 2015  
Estimated Budgeted Cost 125,000,000alx_EstimatedBudgetedCost
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= us-gaap_ApartmentBuildingMember
/ alx_PropertyOperatingStatusAxis
= alx_PropertyUnderDevelopmentMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis
= alx_RegoPark2PropertyMember
 
Development and construction in progress $ 87,087,000us-gaap_DevelopmentInProcess
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= us-gaap_ApartmentBuildingMember
/ alx_PropertyOperatingStatusAxis
= alx_PropertyUnderDevelopmentMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis
= alx_RegoPark2PropertyMember