Document And Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	May 05, 2014 Class A Common Stock [Member]	May 05, 2014 Class B Common Stock [Member]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Entity Registrant Name	BBX CAPITAL CORPORATION
Entity Central Index Key	0000921768
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		17,088,390	195,045