Phoebe Doty

Phoebe Doty (died June 9, 1849) was an American prostitute and madam. In 1821, she started her career in a bordello in the Five Points neighborhood of New York City. Over the next three years, she accrued $600 in personal belongings. For the next decade or so, Doty moved from house to house, eventually settling in a brothel on Church Street. There she was valued at $800.

By 1839, Doty had opened her own brothel on Leonard Street. At decade's end, she was valued at $2000.