Document And Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Nov. 04, 2013 Class A Common Stock [Member]	Nov. 04, 2013 Class B Common Stock [Member]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Entity Registrant Name	BBX CAPITAL CORPORATION
Entity Central Index Key	0000921768
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		16,208,088	195,045