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                                                                EXHIBIT 23.4



                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


THE PARTNERS
1740 BROADWAY ASSOCIATES, L.P.


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
Supplement dated March 26, 1997, to the Prospectus dated December 26, 1995, of
Vornado Realty Trust of our report dated January 16, 1997, except for Note 2, as
to which the date is March 12, 1997, on the financial statements of 1740
Broadway Associates, L.P., as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related
statements of operations, changes in Partners' capital and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996, which report
appears in the Form 8-K of Vornado Realty Trust dated March 12, 1997, and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus Supplement.




                                            Friedman Alpren & Green LLP



New York, New York
March 26, 1997