Document And Entity Information Deferred rent liability Note To Financial Statement Details Textual statementsignificantaccountingpoliciespolicies statementnote7liabilityforestimatedcostsinexcessofreceiptsduringliquidationtables statementnote12commitmentstables statementnote15fairvalueoffinancialinstrumentstables statementnote7liabilityforestimatedcostsinexcessofreceiptsduringliquidationchangesinliabilityforestimatedcostsinexcessofestimatedreceiptsdetails statementnote12commitmentsothercommitmentsdetails statementnote15fairvalueoffinancialinstrumentsassetsandliabilitiesfromcontinuingoperationsatfairvaluerecurringandnonrecurringdetails Other Employees [Member] Information pertaining to individuals classified as other employees. Notes To Financial Statements Former Chief Executive Officer [Member] us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due, Next Twelve Months Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract] JAG [Member] Represents the counter party JAG. gyro_LeaseAndRentalExpenseContingentOnVacancies Lease and Rental Expense Contingent on Vacancies Amount of rent expense for master lease contingent on vacancies. CEO and President Each [Member] us-gaap_ProceedsFromPrincipalRepaymentsOnLoansAndLeasesHeldForInvestment Proceeds from Principal Repayments on Loans and Leases Held-for-investment Impaired Real Estate Assets [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] us-gaap_OtherCommitment Other Commitment Fair Value Hierarchy [Domain] Fair Value, Hierarchy [Axis] gyro_NumberOfMajorCustomers Number of Major Customers Number of major customers Equity Component [Domain] Equity Components [Axis] Other Commitments [Table Text Block] Other Commitments [Domain] Other Commitments [Axis] Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block] us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding us-gaap_RealEstateHeldforsale Real estate held for sale Commitments Disclosure [Text Block] Subsequent Event [Member] Basis of Accounting [Text Block] Related Party [Axis] Subsequent Event Type [Domain] Subsequent Event Type [Axis] Related Party [Domain] Cash and cash equivalents Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value Subsequent Events [Text Block] us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty Area of Real Estate Property Liquidation Basis of Accounting [Member] Scenario, Unspecified [Domain] Scenario, Forecast [Member] Scenario [Axis] us-gaap_NumberOfUnitsInRealEstateProperty Number of Units in Real Estate Property us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties Number of Real Estate Properties us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 Concentration Risk, Percentage Credit Concentration Risk [Member] Maximum [Member] Customer Concentration Risk [Member] Range [Domain] Minimum [Member] Customer [Axis] Concentration Risk Type [Domain] Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block] Range [Axis] Customer [Domain] Accounting Policies [Abstract] us-gaap_LitigationSettlementAmountAwardedToOtherParty Litigation Settlement, Amount Awarded to Other Party Concentration Risk Type [Axis] Relationship to Entity [Domain] Statement of Financial Position [Abstract] Title of Individual [Axis] Change in market value of securities Amount of change in market value of securities to reflect the change in value under liquidation basis. us-gaap_LessorLeasingArrangementsOperatingLeasesTermOfContract Lessor, Operating Lease, Term of Contract Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] Concentration Risk Benchmark [Domain] Concentration Risk Benchmark [Axis] Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block] gyro_MaximumValueOfAssetToEffectDissolution Maximum Value of Asset to Effect Dissolution The maximum value where in the Amended and restated limited liability company agreement may effect dissolution upon the majority common interest or boards discretion. The Corporation [Member] Represents Gyrodyne Company of America Inc. Disposal Group Name [Domain] Disposal Group Name [Axis] Controlled by Parent Company [Member] The properties controlled by the parent company. us-gaap_PolicyTextBlockAbstract Accounting Policies Investments in Debt and Marketable Equity Securities (and Certain Trading Assets) Disclosure [Text Block] Liquidation Basis of Accounting [Policy Text Block] The policy disclosure of accounting basis used when liquidation is deemed imminent. Statement [Table] us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments Number of Operating Segments Fairfax Medical Center [Member] Real estate property classified as held-for-sale. Class of Stock [Axis] Principles of Consolidation [Text Block] The entire disclosure of principles of consolidation. us-gaap_DisclosureTextBlockAbstract Notes to Financial Statements Rental Income [Member] Represents rental income. New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block] Earnings Per Share, Policy [Policy Text Block] gyro_MarketableSecuritiesContractualMaturities Marketable Securities, Contractual Maturities The contractual maturity date of marketable securities. Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used, Asset Name [Domain] Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used by Type [Axis] us-gaap_AreaOfLand Area of Land Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block] us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleMaturityAndCollectionsOfInvestments Proceeds from Sale, Maturity and Collection of Investments Collateralized Mortgage Obligations [Member] Putative Class Action Lawsuit [Member] On July 3, 2014, a purported stockholder of the Company filed a putative class action lawsuit against Gyrodyne Company of America, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and members of its Board of Directors (the "Individual Defendants"), and against GSD and the Company (collectively, the "Defendants"), in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Suffolk (the "Court"), captioned Cashstream Fund v. Paul L. Lamb, et al., Index No. 065134/2014 (the "Action"). gyro_LitigationSettlementAppraisedValueValueOfPropertiesDifferenceAmount Litigation Settlement, Appraised Value Value of Properties, Difference Amount The difference amount between the current appraised value of properties and the previous appraised value. Single Family Residential Building [Member] Represents information pertaining to single family residential building. 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Board of Directors Chairman [Member] Document Fiscal Year Focus gyro_BonusPoolFundingAsPercentageOfAppraisedValueOfContributedProperties Bonus Pool Funding as Percentage of Appraised Value of Contributed Properties Represents the amount of bonus pool funding expressed as a percentage of the specified appraised value of each of the Contributed Properties. Document Period End Date us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfMortgageBackedSecuritiesMBSCategorizedAsAvailableForSale Proceeds from Sale of Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) categorized as Available-for-sale gyro_RetentionBonusPlanGrossSellingPriceRequirementPercentage Retention Bonus Plan, Gross Selling Price Requirement, Percentage Represents requirement to the the gross selling price of a each of the Contributed properties expressed as a percentage of its appraised value. gyro_AdditionalBonusPoolFundingPercentageOfGrossSalesPriceOnFirstTenPercentOfPropertyAppreciation Additional Bonus Pool Funding, Percentage of Gross Sales Price on First Ten Percent Of Property Appreciation Represents gross sales price of a property in excess of its appraised value expressed as a percentage and used for additional bonus pool funding. Document Type gyro_AdditionalBonusPoolFundingPercentageOfGrossSalesPriceOnSecondTenPercentOfPropertyAppreciation Additional Bonus Pool, Funding Percentage of Gross Sales Price on Second Ten Percent of Property Appreciation Represents gross sales price of a property in excess of its appraised value expressed as a percentage and used for additional bonus pool funding. gyro_AdditionalBonusPoolFundingPercentageOfGrossSalesPriceOnPropertyAppreciationGreaterThanTwentyPercent Additional Bonus Pool Funding, Percentage of Gross Sales Price on Property Appreciation Greater than Twenty Percent Represents gross sales price of a property in excess of its appraised value expressed as a percentage and used for additional bonus pool funding. gyro_AdditionalBonusPoolFundingAdditionalPercentageOfGrossSalesPriceOnPropertyAppreciation Additional Bonus Pool Funding, Additional Percentage of Gross Sales Price on Property Appreciation Additional additional amount expressed as a percentage the gross selling price of property sold on or before a designated date that would be funded into the bonus pool. gyro_BonusPoolDistributionProportions Bonus Pool Distribution Proportions Percentage of bonus distributable to certain individuals. Document Information [Line Items] Document Information [Table] Directors Other Than Chairman [Member] Persons serving on the board of directors other than the chairman. Executives and Employees [Member] Persons serving the company in operating activities. Entity Filer Category Other 5 Directors [Member] Other 5 members serving on the board of directors. Entity Current Reporting Status Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Government Securities [Member] Represents cash , cash equivalents and government securities. Counterparty Name [Domain] Entity Voluntary Filers Counterparty Name [Axis] Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Medical Office Park [Member] Medical office ark [member] Multi-Tenant Industrial Park [Member] St. James, New York [Member] Employment Agreement with Severance Contingencies [Member] Information pertaining to employment agreements with bonus and severance commitment contingencies. Other Employee Severance Commitment Contingencies [Member] Information pertaining to other employee severance commitment contingencies. gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingLandEntitlementCostsIncurred Liquidation Basis of Accounting, Land Entitlement Costs Incurred Amount of land entitlement costs to dispose of assets or other items expected to be sold in liquidation recognized in the period. us-gaap_SupplementalUnemploymentBenefitsSeveranceBenefits Supplemental Unemployment Benefits, Severance Benefits gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingLandEntitlementCosts Liquidation Basis of Accounting, Land Entitlement Costs Amount of estimated land entitlement costs to dispose of assets or other items expected to be sold in liquidation. Entity Central Index Key gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingRemeasurementGainLossOnAccruedCapitalExpendituresExcludingLandEntitlementCostsAndLandPurchases Capital expenditures excluding land entitlement costs and land purchases Amount of gain (loss) from remeasurement of estimated accrued capital expenditures excluding land entitlement costs and land purchases to dispose of assets or other items expected to be sold in liquidation. Entity Registrant Name gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingRemeasurementGainLossOnAccruedLandEntitlementCosts Land entitlement costs Amount of gain (loss) from remeasurement of estimated accrued land entitlement costs to dispose of assets or other items expected to be sold in liquidation. Capital expenditures excluding land entitlement costs and land purchases Capital expenditures excluding land entitlement costs and land purchases gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingAccruedCapitalExpendituresExcludingLandEntitlementCostsAndLandPurchases Amount of estimated accrued capital expenditures excluding land entitlement costs and land purchases to dispose of assets or other items expected to be sold in liquidation. Entity [Domain] Land entitlement costs gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingAccruedLandEntitlementCosts Land entitlement costs Amount of estimated accrued land entitlement costs to dispose of assets or other items expected to be sold in liquidation. Real estate assets Legal Entity [Axis] Capital expenditures excluding land entitlement costs and land purchases gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingRemeasurementGainLossOnLiabilityCapitalExpendituresExcludingLandEntitlementCosts Amount of gain (loss) from remeasurement of capital entitlement excluding land development costs and land purchases to reflect the change in value under liquidation basis. Land entitlement costs gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingRemeasurementGainLossOnLiabilityLandEntitlementCosts Amount of gain (loss) from remeasurement of land entitlement costs to reflect the change in value under liquidation basis. LIABILITIES: Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares) gyro_PercentageOfMortgageBackedSecuritiesSold Percentage of Mortgage Backed Securities Sold The percentage of mortgage back securities sold during the period. us-gaap_Assets Total Assets Property at Port Jefferson Station, New York [Member] Information pertaining to property located in Port Jefferson Station, New York. gyro_MarketableSecuritiesEstimatedYield Marketable Securities Estimated Yield Approximate yield of marketable securities based on amortized cost. us-gaap_PaymentsForTenantImprovements Payments for Tenant Improvements Trading Symbol us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationPropertyPlantAndEquipment Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Property, Plant and Equipment gyro_MarketableSecuritiesAdjustedDuration Marketable Securities Adjusted Duration Marketable securities adjusted duration Real Estate, Type of Property [Axis] us-gaap_AssetsNet Net Assets Net assets in liquidation Net assets in liquidation, beginning of period Net assets in liquidation, end of period Liability for estimated costs in excess of estimated receipts during liquidation Remeasurement of assets and liabilities Amount of gain (loss) from re-measurement of liabilities to reflect the change in value under liquidation basis. Real Estate [Domain] Liability for estimated costs in excess of estimated receipts during liquidation Liability for estimated costs in excess of estimated receipts during liquidation Estimated liquidation and operating costs net of receipts us-gaap_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingRemeasurementGainLossOnAccruedCostsToDisposeOfAssetsAndLiabilities Liability for estimated costs in excess of estimated receipts during liquidation Remaining Medical Park [Member] Represents the remaining medical park. Second Medical Park [Member] Represents the second medical park. Liquidation Basis of Accounting [Text Block] Second Medical Park and Remaining Medical Park [Member] Represents both the second medical park and the remaining medical park. gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingCommonStockPerShare Liquidation Basis of Accounting, Common Stock Per Share Represents the common stock per share that is expected to be distributed in liquidation. Liquidation Basis of Accounting, Liability for Estimated Costs in Excess of Receipts [Text Block] The entire disclosure for liability for estimated costs in excess of receipts during liquidation. Strategic Process Disclosure [Text Block] The entire disclosure for the strategic process. us-gaap_Liabilities Total Liabilities us-gaap_EarnestMoneyDeposits Earnest Money Deposits Liquidation Basis of Accounting, Change in Liability for Estimated Costs in Excess of Estimated Receipts [Table Text Block] Tabular disclosure for the change in liability for estimated costs in excess of estimated receipts on the liquidation basis of accounting. Property operating costs Property operating costs gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingAccruedPropertyOperatingExpenses Amount of estimated accrued property operating expenses to dispose of assets or other items expected to be sold in liquidation. Rent receivable gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingAccruedRentAndReimbursements Estimated rents and reimbursements Estimated rents and reimbursements Amount of estimated accrued rent and reimbursements to dispose of assets or other items expected to be sold in liquidation. Corporate expenditures Corporate expenditures gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingAccruedCorporateExpenditures Amount of estimated accrued corporate expenditures to dispose of assets or other items expected to be sold in liquidation. us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireRealEstate Payments to Acquire Real Estate Retention bonus payments to Directors (a) Retention bonus payments to Directors (a) gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingAccruedRetentionBonusPaymentsToDirectors Liquidation Basis of Accounting, Accrued Retention Bonus Payments to Directors Amount of estimated accrued retention bonus payments to directors to dispose of assets or other items expected to be sold in liquidation. Concentration Risk Disclosure [Text Block] Selling costs on real estate assets Selling costs on real estate assets gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingAccruedRealEstateSellingCosts Amount of estimated accrued real estate selling costs to dispose of assets or other items expected to be sold in liquidation. gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingPrepaidExpensesAndOtherAssets Less prepaid expenses and other assets Less prepaid expenses and other assets Amount of prepaid expenses and other assets in the liquidation basis of accounting. 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ASSETS: Retention bonus payments to Executives and other employees (a) gyro_LiquidationBasisOfAccountingRemeasurementGainLossOnLiabilityRetentionBonusPaymentsToExecutivesAndOtherEmployees Amount of gain (loss) from remeasurement of retention bonus payments to executives and other employees to reflect the change in value under liquidation basis. Contractual obligation Contractual Obligation Not-for-profit Corporation [Member] Represents a not for profit organization. us-gaap_TableTextBlock Notes Tables Second Medical Park Buildings Under a Purchase and Sale Agreement [Member] Represents the second medical park buildings that are under a purchase and sale agreement. Tenant 3 [Member] Refers to information regarding the third tenant. Tenant 1 [Member] Refers to information regarding the first tenant. Tenant 2 [Member] Refers to information regarding the second tenant. Rental Revenue [Member] Refers to information regarding rental revenue. us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due Investment in marketable securities Marketable Securities Business Acquisition, Acquiree [Domain] Business Acquisition [Axis]